Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 103% UFO	Desktop 109% UFO	Workstation 89% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 106%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	92.7% 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	328% 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	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	28.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170723
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 25 '17 at 07:14
Run Duration	190 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (74^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-$250 712,312 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 (100^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Memory 96.6 1-Core 158 2-Core 317 104% 191 Pts	4-Core 622 8-Core 873 94% 748 Pts	64-Core 873 54% 873 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Asus(1043 8549) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1642 MHz, MLim: 1952 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 385.69 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92.7% Outstanding	Lighting 119 Reflection 123 Parallax 112 97% 118 fps	MRender 103 Gravity 108 Splatting 100 85% 104 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 92.7% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 500GB-$150 68,337 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 465GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1712 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 665 (B1) Unknown 98 98 21 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 35 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 164 (F1) Unknown 99 99 15533044055	98% Outstanding	Read 511 Write 350 Mixed 359 90% 407 MB/s	4K Read 45.5 4K Write 82.8 4K Mixed 29.6 151% 52.6 MB/s	DQ Read 286 DQ Write 239 DQ Mixed 24.1 83% 183 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 98% Great: 126%
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$139 63,520 User benchmarks, average bench 266% 394GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B6Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	328% Outstanding	Read 2,541 Write 1,944 Mixed 2,048 484% 2,178 MB/s	4K Read 54.3 4K Write 202 4K Mixed 60.2 267% 106 MB/s	DQ Read 613 DQ Write 624 DQ Mixed 205 268% 481 MB/s
Poor: 159% ↑ This bench: 328% Great: 353%
OCZ Vertex 3 120GB-$42 25,948 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 111GB free Firmware: 2.25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 4126994 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 27522150438515 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 639 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 256 (B1) Unknown 0 0 9 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 30 128850984990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 4126994 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 4126994 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 4126994 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 9020 (EA) Unknown 0 0 8349 (F1) Unknown 0 0 8349 (F2) Unknown 0 0 5522	70.4% Very good	Read 521 Write 159 Mixed 209 64% 296 MB/s	4K Read 34.1 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 12.3 127% 53.2 MB/s	DQ Read 32.4 DQ Write 145 DQ Mixed 40.7 45% 72.7 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 70.4% Great: 82%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 664GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 184 174 3758 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4448 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 5503 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2034 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 598 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3849 (C2) HDA temperature 110 80 37 (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	66% Good	Read 118 Write 112 Mixed 122 88% 117 MB/s	4K Read 1.11 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.38 123% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 66% Great: 76%
WD WD3000HLHX-01JJPV0 300GB 3,057 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 232GB free Firmware: 04.05G04 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 237 233 3150 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3289 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 5767 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2045 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 99 1 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295032833 (BE) vendor-specific 66 39 8345710886946 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 604 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2684 (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	64.8% Good	Read 109 Write 116 Mixed 132 90% 119 MB/s	4K Read 1.15 4K Write 3.24 4K Mixed 0.56 170% 1.65 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 64.8% Great: 79%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x16GB-$560 34,441 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3020 MHz Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	MC Read 37.1 MC Write 38.6 MC Mixed 29.4 100% 35 GB/s	SC Read 23.1 SC Write 42.8 SC Mixed 31.3 93% 32.4 GB/s	Latency 51.8 77% 51.8 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 105%

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Workstation 76%

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Motherboard: Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING - $199

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	4,350x
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	888x

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: $1,001

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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