Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 76% Battleship	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 59% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 82.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	87.6% 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	85.7% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

Motherboard	Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	28.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170723
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 19 '17 at 03:58
Run Duration	168 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (61^st 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-$242 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	82.8% Excellent	Memory 91.2 1-Core 152 2-Core 251 93% 165 Pts	4-Core 429 8-Core 436 58% 432 Pts	64-Core 436 27% 436 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 82.8% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Asus(1043 8549) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1602 MHz, MLim: 1902 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 378.92 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	87.6% Excellent	Lighting 112 Reflection 120 Parallax 110 92% 114 fps	MRender 99 Gravity 102 Splatting 92.9 80% 98.1 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 87.6% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Vertex 3 120GB-$42 25,948 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 112GB free Firmware: 2.25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 114 93669839 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 -84739704744359 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 562 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 207 (B1) Unknown 0 0 9 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 30 128850984990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 93669839 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 93669839 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 93669839 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 9014 (EA) Unknown 0 0 8346 (F1) Unknown 0 0 8346 (F2) Unknown 0 0 5520	73.2% Very good	Read 487 Write 141 Mixed 207 60% 278 MB/s	4K Read 35.1 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 16.7 133% 54.1 MB/s	DQ Read 186 DQ Write 135 DQ Mixed 41.9 64% 121 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 73.2% Great: 82%
Samsung 840 Evo 500GB-$150 68,337 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 83GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1675 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 583 (B1) Unknown 98 98 19 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 35 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 103 (F1) Unknown 99 99 14537486432	85.7% Excellent	Read 507 Write 349 Mixed 357 90% 404 MB/s	4K Read 45 4K Write 79.8 4K Mixed 23.7 141% 49.5 MB/s	DQ Read 46.7 DQ Write 88.6 DQ Mixed 23.6 30% 53 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 85.7% Great: 126%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 695GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 186 174 3666 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4343 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 5465 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1954 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 547 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3795 (C2) HDA temperature 111 80 36 (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	70.7% Very good	Read 137 Write 109 Mixed 110 89% 119 MB/s	4K Read 0.82 4K Write 2.07 4K Mixed 0.46 123% 1.11 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 70.7% Great: 76%
WD WD3000HLHX-01JJPV0 300GB 3,057 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 147GB free Firmware: 04.05G04 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 237 233 3125 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3199 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 5728 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1965 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 99 1 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295032833 (BE) vendor-specific 67 39 8345694044193 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 554 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2644 (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	73.9% Very good	Read 127 Write 130 Mixed 104 90% 120 MB/s	4K Read 0.83 4K Write 3.03 4K Mixed 0.54 151% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 73.9% Great: 79%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x16GB-$560 34,441 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2197 MHz Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	78.3% Very good	MC Read 26.4 MC Write 29.7 MC Mixed 26.5 79% 27.5 GB/s	SC Read 17.9 SC Write 30.8 SC Mixed 24.6 70% 24.4 GB/s	Latency 65.4 61% 65.4 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 78.3% Great: 105%

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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 $242Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	4,350x
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	227x

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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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $993

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