Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 78% Battleship	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 68% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 96.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	81% 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	78.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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	29.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161011
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 14 '17 at 23:22
Run Duration	114 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing as expected (55^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 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	96.8% Outstanding	Memory 91.8 1-Core 153 2-Core 277 97% 174 Pts	4-Core 547 8-Core 848 86% 697 Pts	64-Core 841 52% 841 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 96.8% Great: 92%

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: 372.90 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	81% Excellent	Lighting 100 Reflection 108 Parallax 96.2 82% 102 fps	MRender 96.4 Gravity 96.5 Splatting 98.7 80% 97.2 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 81% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Patriot Blaze 240GB-$50 1,382 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 173GB free (System drive) Firmware: S8FM08.1 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 134 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 11 (A8) Unknown 100 100 2 (AA) Unknown 100 100 419 (AD) Unknown 100 100 65541 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 6 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 99 (F1) Unknown 100 100 187	78.7% Very good	Read 500 Write 451 Mixed 465 105% 472 MB/s	4K Read 18.8 4K Write 95.8 4K Mixed 9.52 91% 41.4 MB/s	DQ Read 19.1 DQ Write 221 DQ Mixed 9.85 40% 83.2 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 78.7% Great: 85%
Toshiba P300 3TB-$100 74,038 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 1TB free Firmware: MX6OACF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 140 140 68 (03) Spinup time 142 142 34385101221 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1002 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3902 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 33 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1004 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1004 (C2) HDA temperature 253 253 180389806100 (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	65.3% Good	Read 115 Write 113 Mixed 150 96% 126 MB/s	4K Read 1.07 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.19 101% 1.05 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 65.3% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS16G4D240FSB.16FBR 2x16GB 271 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	44.7% Average	MC Read 15.3 MC Write 14.9 MC Mixed 13.2 41% 14.5 GB/s	SC Read 13.9 SC Write 16.4 SC Mixed 16.6 45% 15.6 GB/s	Latency 64.5 62% 64.5 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 44.7% Great: 86%

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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	4,362x
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	1,029x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	940x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	893x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	436x
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: $966

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $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