Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 98.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	245% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	26.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170322
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Apr 29 '18 at 09:20
Run Duration	174 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$235 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 5.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	98.5% Outstanding	Memory 96.1 1-Core 162 2-Core 317 104% 192 Pts	4-Core 542 8-Core 832 85% 687 Pts	64-Core 847 52% 847 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 98.5% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6393) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 397.31 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 147 Reflection 166 Parallax 132 120% 148 fps	Gravity 171 Splatting 127 129% 149 fps
Poor: 109% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 286GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	245% Outstanding	Read 2,122 Write 1,340 Mixed 1,229 345% 1,564 MB/s	4K Read 54 4K Write 135 4K Mixed 36.4 200% 75.3 MB/s	DQ Read 512 DQ Write 364 DQ Mixed 187 208% 354 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 245% Great: 254%
Seagate BUP Slim BK 2TB 21,039 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0108 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	70.5% Very good	Read 111 Write 133 Mixed 83.1 81% 109 MB/s	4K Read 1.29 4K Write 3.22 4K Mixed 0.52 171% 1.68 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 70.5% Great: 67%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 2TB (2016)-$106 133,734 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 94040096 (03) Spinup time 96 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 718 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 7525867 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1045 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 717 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 66 521601054 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 15 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 924 (C2) HDA temperature 30 40 64424509470 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 129201206199902 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2999899801 (F2) Unknown 100 253 26146769737	80.9% Excellent	Read 100 Write 181 Mixed 131 103% 137 MB/s	4K Read 0.59 4K Write 5.32 4K Mixed 0.64 194% 2.18 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 80.9% Great: 110%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GB 92,468 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	101% Outstanding	MC Read 36.9 MC Write 39 MC Mixed 30.6 101% 35.5 GB/s	SC Read 22.7 SC Write 42.8 SC Mixed 30.4 91% 32 GB/s	Latency 53.5 75% 53.5 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 114%

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Desktop 90%

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Workstation 76%

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Motherboard: Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING - $199

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $235Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	4,418x
Core i5-7600KIntel $170Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	792x
Core i7-7700k VHIntelBench 84%, 9,708 samples	342x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,036x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	951x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	899x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	443x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	310x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 213%, 165,668 samples	230x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	491x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	264x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	228x

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Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $762

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $124	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16