Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 78% Battleship	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 69% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	85.4% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	62.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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 (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	26.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170322
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jun 19 '18 at 14:45
Run Duration	326 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	17%

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PC Performing above expectations (70^th 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-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.65 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	88.2% Excellent	Memory 87.2 1-Core 146 2-Core 270 93% 168 Pts	4-Core 480 8-Core 759 76% 619 Pts	64-Core 810 50% 810 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 88.2% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 85AA) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.11 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	85.4% Excellent	Lighting 109 Reflection 120 Parallax 98.2 89% 109 fps	MRender 92.2 Gravity 110 Splatting 88.9 79% 96.9 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 85.4% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 480GB-$250 15,510 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 285GB free (System drive) Firmware: 605ABBF2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 12320244 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 29231547426545 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1202 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 96 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 29 35 73016737821 (C2) HDA temperature 29 35 73016737821 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 12320244 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 12320244 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 12320244 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 98784247808 (E9) Unknown 0 0 21733 (EA) Unknown 0 0 16113 (F1) Unknown 0 0 16113 (F2) Unknown 0 0 14568 (F4) Unknown 99 99 2818091	62.9% Good	Read 513 Write 301 Mixed 276 80% 363 MB/s	4K Read 25 4K Write 20.8 4K Mixed 17.5 71% 21.1 MB/s	DQ Read 30 DQ Write 81.7 DQ Mixed 12 22% 41.2 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 62.9% Great: 65%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$64 143,477 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 877GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 140 136 3966 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3893 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 73 73 19741 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 680 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 161 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 126 126 222005 (C2) HDA temperature 114 98 29 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	86% Excellent	Read 155 Write 144 Mixed 136 109% 145 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 2.55 4K Mixed 0.24 104% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 86% Great: 85%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 731GB free Firmware: JC4B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 111 99 31089663 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5795 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 89 60 915868324 (09) Power-on hours count 66 66 30523 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3217 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 17180196874 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 64 54 622395428 (C2) HDA temperature 36 46 73014444068 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 28 23 31089663 (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 138345191612635 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2188709784 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2186671411	67.2% Good	Read 117 Write 117 Mixed 108 86% 114 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 1.51 4K Mixed 0.54 117% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 67.2% Great: 68%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$64 143,477 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 89GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 142 137 3866 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1341 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 72 72 20530 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 666 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 146 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 128 128 217910 (C2) HDA temperature 111 97 32 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	59.2% Above average	Read 103 Write 103 Mixed 83.1 72% 96.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 2.08 4K Mixed 0.19 76% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 59.2% Great: 85%
USB DISK 2.0 32GB 1,547 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 5GB free, PID 4100 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	5.32% Terrible	Read 13.2 Write 4.94 Mixed 7.4 10% 8.5 MB/s	4K Read 3.72 4K Write 0.47 4K Mixed 0.32 41% 1.51 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.32% Great: 11%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 4x8GB 12,182 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	78.3% Very good	MC Read 27.7 MC Write 31 MC Mixed 24.8 80% 27.8 GB/s	SC Read 18 SC Write 29.4 SC Mixed 23.6 68% 23.7 GB/s	Latency 70.3 57% 70.3 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 78.3% Great: 99%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Workstation 76%

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Motherboard: Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING - $199

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	4,366x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	783x
Core i7-7700k VHIntelBench 84%, 9,708 samples	342x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,029x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	940x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	893x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	436x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	309x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 213%, 165,668 samples	228x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	483x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	257x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	224x

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Total price: $962

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16