Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 83% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 71% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 95.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	83.6% 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	187% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

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Motherboard	Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	13.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170723
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 17 '17 at 20:00
Run Duration	160 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	21%

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PC Performing as expected (59^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-$241 712,312 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 (99^th percentile)	95.7% Outstanding	Memory 94 1-Core 144 2-Core 286 96% 175 Pts	4-Core 524 8-Core 782 81% 653 Pts	64-Core 782 48% 782 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 95.7% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6173) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.59 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	83.6% Excellent	Lighting 103 Reflection 119 Parallax 100 84% 107 fps	MRender 99.5 Gravity 97.6 Splatting 105 83% 101 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 83.6% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 500GB 13,939 User benchmarks, average bench 179% 419GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. Max speed: Unknown Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	187% Outstanding	Read 1,032 Write 982 Mixed 996 224% 1,003 MB/s	4K Read 49.5 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 58.2 213% 75.5 MB/s	DQ Read 417 DQ Write 490 DQ Mixed 215 228% 374 MB/s
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 187% Great: 313%
PNY CS1311 240GB-$78 26,547 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 188GB free Firmware: CS131122 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 191 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 293 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 118 (AD) Unknown 100 100 131078 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 25 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850984990 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 98 (F1) Unknown 100 100 876	82.2% Excellent	Read 514 Write 350 Mixed 360 90% 408 MB/s	4K Read 32.2 4K Write 75.7 4K Mixed 10.5 102% 39.5 MB/s	DQ Read 318 DQ Write 203 DQ Mixed 48.8 93% 190 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 82.2% Great: 97%
WD Blue 3TB (2015)-$80 75,644 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 183 176 5816 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1718 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2859 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1290 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 65 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 196 196 13076 (C2) HDA temperature 122 117 28 (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	54.5% Above average	Read 119 Write 70.1 Mixed 82.5 68% 90.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 1.94 4K Mixed 0.19 76% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 54.5% Great: 96%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 185 177 5716 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4274 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 7422 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2334 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 110 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 195 195 17638 (C2) HDA temperature 123 116 27 (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	71.6% Very good	Read 131 Write 119 Mixed 133 96% 127 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 2.38 4K Mixed 0.19 85% 1.02 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 71.6% Great: 84%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance RGB DDR4 3466 C16 2x8GB-$253 5,267 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	74% Very good	MC Read 27.7 MC Write 28.4 MC Mixed 20.5 73% 25.5 GB/s	SC Read 18.5 SC Write 29.9 SC Mixed 23.8 69% 24.1 GB/s	Latency 59.7 67% 59.7 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 74% Great: 115%

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Gaming 89%

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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 $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	4,359x
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	1,028x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	940x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	892x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 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	228x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	482x
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: $977

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $37
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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