Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 68% Battle cruiser	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 54% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	80.5% 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	152% 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.

High background CPU (23%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	9.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171226
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Mar 30 '18 at 04:07
Run Duration	337 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	23%

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PC Performing as expected (56^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7600-$89 39,689 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	80.1% Excellent	Memory 91.5 1-Core 126 2-Core 247 87% 155 Pts	4-Core 391 8-Core 437 54% 414 Pts	64-Core 455 28% 455 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 80.1% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8598) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 391.24 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	80.5% Excellent	Lighting 101 Reflection 108 Parallax 93.5 82% 101 fps	MRender 94.5 Gravity 92.9 Splatting 96.7 78% 94.7 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 80.5% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 600p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$119 20,782 User benchmarks, average bench 128% 140GB free (System drive) Firmware: PSF109C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	152% Outstanding	Read 1,529 Write 552 Mixed 821 212% 967 MB/s	4K Read 30.6 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 40 153% 58.4 MB/s	DQ Read 246 DQ Write 226 DQ Mixed 23.1 76% 165 MB/s
Poor: 95% ↑ This bench: 152% Great: 144%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$58 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 475GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 177 175 4141 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1228 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2357 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 239 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 11 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 9888 (C2) HDA temperature 119 106 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	76.4% Very good	Read 157 Write 109 Mixed 124 98% 130 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 1.89 4K Mixed 0.2 75% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 76.4% Great: 84%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$58 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 403GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 172 169 4366 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1253 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2349 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 240 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 11 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 9875 (C2) HDA temperature 118 102 29 (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	68.1% Good	Read 120 Write 117 Mixed 120 90% 119 MB/s	4K Read 0.89 4K Write 2.13 4K Mixed 0.19 98% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 68.1% Great: 84%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$50 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 370GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 173 170 4333 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5815 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 12431 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 325 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 13 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 192 192 25978 (C2) HDA temperature 121 99 26 (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	44.3% Average	Read 76 Write 78.2 Mixed 77.1 58% 77.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 1.79 4K Mixed 0.26 90% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 44.3% Great: 84%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$50 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 332GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 171 4250 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5320 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 12416 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 325 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 13 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 194 194 19429 (C2) HDA temperature 118 104 29 (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	58.2% Above average	Read 92.7 Write 110 Mixed 95.7 75% 99.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.23 83% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 58.2% Great: 84%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$58 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 240GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 180 176 6000 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1268 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4312 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 498 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 21 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 179 179 64143 (C2) HDA temperature 123 109 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	61.3% Good	Read 105 Write 108 Mixed 114 83% 109 MB/s	4K Read 0.93 4K Write 2.01 4K Mixed 0.27 106% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 61.3% Great: 84%
WDC WD20 EARX-00PASB0 2TB 63 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 426GB free, PID 0539 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	31.1% Below average	Read 64 Write 79 Mixed 41.4 79% 61.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.39 4K Write 1.47 4K Mixed 0.14 56% 0.66 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 31.1% Great: 41%
WDC WD64 00AAKS-22A7B0 640GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 323GB free, PID 0539 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	25% Poor	Read 55.4 Write 55.2 Mixed 43.2 65% 51.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 1.55 4K Mixed 0.3 65% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 25% Great: 39%
ST332062 0AS 320GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 298GB free, PID 0539 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	30.6% Below average	Read 74.4 Write 71.2 Mixed 55 84% 66.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 1.33 4K Mixed 0.42 62% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 30.6% Great: 31%
WDC WD20 EZRZ-00Z5HB0 2TB 18 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 186GB free, PID 0539 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	37.3% Below average	Read 83.6 Write 83.2 Mixed 80 106% 82.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.81 4K Write 2.23 4K Mixed 0.25 87% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 37.3% Great: 48%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x8GB-$42 66,222 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB 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	70.1% Very good	MC Read 25.8 MC Write 26.1 MC Mixed 21.5 70% 24.5 GB/s	SC Read 16.1 SC Write 27 SC Mixed 21.9 62% 21.7 GB/s	Latency 65 62% 65 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 70.1% Great: 88%

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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 $235Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	4,408x
Core i5-7600KIntel $169Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	789x
Core i7-7700k VHIntelBench 84%, 9,708 samples	342x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,034x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	950x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	897x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	441x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	310x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 213%, 165,668 samples	229x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	491x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	262x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	227x

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Value: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $771

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

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) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16