Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 15% Surfboard	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


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 94%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	7.98% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	88.6% 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	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	28.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170322
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Apr 22 '18 at 10:27
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

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-$242 712,312 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 (98^th percentile)	94% Outstanding	Memory 91.4 1-Core 145 2-Core 287 96% 174 Pts	4-Core 519 8-Core 805 82% 662 Pts	64-Core 805 50% 805 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 94% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake) 153,031 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 872F) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 23.20.16.4973 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.98% Terrible	Lighting 8.33 Reflection 11.9 Parallax 8.38 7% 9.54 fps	MRender 12 Gravity 7.53 Splatting 16.6 10% 12 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.98% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung SM843T 480GB 374 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 236GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXM87W3Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 6534 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 221 (B1) Unknown 99 99 6 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 10496 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 63 55 37 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 1 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 34 (F1) Unknown 99 99 4707636078	88.6% Excellent	Read 493 Write 345 Mixed 410 92% 416 MB/s	4K Read 18.4 4K Write 84.6 4K Mixed 30.6 112% 44.5 MB/s	DQ Read 348 DQ Write 252 DQ Mixed 130 143% 243 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 88.6% Great: 95%
Samsung MZNLN256HCHP-000H1 256GB 2,368 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 25GB free Firmware: EMT22H0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 2613 (0B) Calibration retry count 99 99 53 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1854 (AA) Unknown 100 100 769 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 97 97 57 (AE) Unknown 99 99 53 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 195 (BE) vendor-specific 61 37 39 (C4) Reallocation count 253 253 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0	92.3% Outstanding	Read 498 Write 247 Mixed 321 78% 356 MB/s	4K Read 25.9 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 32.3 142% 57.9 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 273 DQ Mixed 102 137% 251 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 92.3% Great: 98%
OOS2000G 2TB 1,864 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 1.5TB free Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 111 99 38194984 (03) Spinup time 96 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2481 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 63 60 2522804 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1408 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1070 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 65537 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 55 538705952 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 34 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 6184 (C2) HDA temperature 32 45 94489280544 (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 -28101971016970 (F1) Unknown 100 253 10065837097 (F2) Unknown 100 253 10486942091	97.9% Outstanding	Read 183 Write 159 Mixed 165 127% 169 MB/s	4K Read 0.77 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.22 84% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 97.9% Great: 110%
Seagate IronWolf 8TB (2016)-$176 904 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 747GB free Firmware: SC61 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 78 64 69366206 (03) Spinup time 90 84 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1630 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 82 60 177570664 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 34772055229509 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 687 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295032834 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 46 589103139 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 1751 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 27 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 3716 (C2) HDA temperature 35 51 94489280547 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 6 1 69366206 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 2 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -20426864459038 (F1) Unknown 100 253 19707331138 (F2) Unknown 100 253 9293065436
Poor: 31% Great: 106%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMR32GX4M2C3200C16 2x16GB 2,697 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (37^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	76% Very good	MC Read 27.6 MC Write 28.6 MC Mixed 23 75% 26.4 GB/s	SC Read 19.9 SC Write 30.9 SC Mixed 24.3 72% 25 GB/s	Latency 65.1 62% 65.1 ns
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 76% 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 $242Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	4,351x
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	889x

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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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