Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 117% UFO	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 102% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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 91.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	129% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	59.6% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170125
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 30 '17 at 02:00
Run Duration	154 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	21%

PC Performing as expected (52^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-$250 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	91.5% Outstanding	Memory 93.6 1-Core 144 2-Core 251 92% 163 Pts	4-Core 481 8-Core 780 77% 631 Pts	64-Core 799 50% 799 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 91.5% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85F1) CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 384.94 Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	129% Outstanding	Lighting 176 Reflection 203 Parallax 181 144% 187 fps	MRender 132 Gravity 179 Splatting 135 121% 149 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 129% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue SATA M.2 500GB-$100 6,800 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 416GB free (System drive) Firmware: X41110WD Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 10 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 14 (A5) Unknown 100 100 1310733 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 50 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1 (A9) Unknown 100 100 559 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 2 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 48 206159872036 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 12884901891 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 88 (EA) Unknown 100 100 149 (F1) Unknown 253 253 139 (F2) Unknown 253 253 91 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	59.6% Above average	Read 487 Write 226 Mixed 240 70% 317 MB/s	4K Read 26.1 4K Write 56.6 4K Mixed 10.9 83% 31.2 MB/s	DQ Read 29.4 DQ Write 79.2 DQ Mixed 11.4 21% 40 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 59.6% Great: 103%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016)-$80 112,118 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2.5TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 60599840 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 12 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 28049 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 9 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 12 (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 74 72 437059610 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 9 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 13 (C2) HDA temperature 26 40 55834574874 (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 13443247636489 (F1) Unknown 100 253 107090062 (F2) Unknown 100 253 14025071	111% Outstanding	Read 201 Write 185 Mixed 172 140% 186 MB/s	4K Read 0.78 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.18 80% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 114%
Seagate BUP Slim SL 2TB 8,475 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 458GB free Firmware: 0302 Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	19.6% Very poor	Read 32.8 Write 35.2 Mixed 32.6 25% 33.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.39 4K Write 1.61 4K Mixed 0.24 73% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 19.6% Great: 65%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (29^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	70.9% Very good	MC Read 27.4 MC Write 26.2 MC Mixed 20.5 71% 24.7 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 25.9 SC Mixed 22.4 62% 21.6 GB/s	Latency 60.8 66% 60.8 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 70.9% Great: 104%

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Workstation 76%

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Motherboard: Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING - $199

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	4,349x
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	1,027x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	939x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	888x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	435x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	309x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 213%, 165,668 samples	226x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	482x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 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: $1,001

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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