Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 84% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 74% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 82.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	104% 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	80.6% 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	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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	11 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170125
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 08 '18 at 17:29
Run Duration	226 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	16%

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PC Performing as expected (57^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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	82.7% Excellent	Memory 80.8 1-Core 143 2-Core 277 91% 167 Pts	4-Core 455 8-Core 796 76% 625 Pts	64-Core 668 41% 668 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 82.7% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3717) CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 384.76 Performing below potential (71^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	104% Outstanding	Lighting 135 Reflection 144 Parallax 125 110% 135 fps	MRender 112 Gravity 132 Splatting 106 94% 117 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$28 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 25GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z22000RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 192 100 1472 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 973 (A6) Unknown 100 100 195 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 247 (A9) Unknown 100 100 48 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 230 (AE) Unknown 100 100 94 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 57 100 240518168619 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 7 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 47917 (F1) Unknown 253 253 16217 (F2) Unknown 253 253 17810	80.6% Excellent	Read 469 Write 344 Mixed 417 91% 410 MB/s	4K Read 27.3 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 4.5 110% 50.3 MB/s	DQ Read 183 DQ Write 303 DQ Mixed 18.7 78% 168 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 80.6% Great: 86%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 66331312 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1240 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 64 60 3111725 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1243 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 178 (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 72 65 487981084 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 7 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 6280 (C2) HDA temperature 28 40 34359738396 (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 -78881369357977 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2367535240 (F2) Unknown 100 253 11240252840	102% Outstanding	Read 190 Write 166 Mixed 168 131% 175 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 1.55 4K Mixed 0.22 83% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 114%
Hitachi HTS545050A7E380 500GB 64,410 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 254GB free Firmware: GG2OAC90 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 214 214 60129542145 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 2940 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 5000 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1012 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 131 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 94 94 65406 (C2) HDA temperature 253 253 249108496407 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0	47.7% Average	Read 87.3 Write 79 Mixed 81.4 62% 82.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.35 4K Mixed 0.17 63% 0.65 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 47.7% Great: 58%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 227GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 60 (03) Spinup time 174 166 2300 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5437 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 7106 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1220 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 155 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5428 (C2) HDA temperature 114 106 29 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 88 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 88 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 88	74.3% Very good	Read 130 Write 129 Mixed 119 95% 126 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 0.26 127% 1.35 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 74.3% Great: 109%
WD Blue 2.5" 500GB-$21 80,932 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 370GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 150 142 1491 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3804 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 4797 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 715 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 39 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 191 191 28118 (C2) HDA temperature 116 90 27 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	46.8% Average	Read 83.8 Write 78.9 Mixed 78.3 60% 80.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 2.17 4K Mixed 0.27 92% 0.99 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 46.8% Great: 61%
Seagate ST3250310AS 250GB-$44 34,705 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 35GB free Firmware: 3.AAA Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 111 95 38430778 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5932 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 89 60 881207090 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 16883 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3089 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 45 555352097 (C2) HDA temperature 33 55 47244640289 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 69 61 38998573 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	36.6% Below average	Read 72.1 Write 55.4 Mixed 62.3 48% 63.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.59 4K Write 1.26 4K Mixed 0.28 79% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 36.6% Great: 54%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMK8GX4M1A2666C16 G.SKILL F4-2400C15-8GIS 16GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	38.1% Below average	MC Read 13 MC Write 13.3 MC Mixed 11.5 36% 12.6 GB/s	SC Read 12.1 SC Write 12.4 SC Mixed 12.7 35% 12.4 GB/s	Latency 79.1 51% 79.1 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 38.1% Great: 68%

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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 $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	4,385x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	785x
Core i7-7700k VHIntelBench 84%, 9,708 samples	342x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,030x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	943x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	894x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	438x
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 $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	487x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	260x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	226x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $766

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16