Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 42% Speed boat	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 36% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	45.2% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	77.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
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	3.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170723
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Feb 15 '18 at 02:02
Run Duration	244 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing as expected (54^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-$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 above expectations (80^th percentile)	88.1% Excellent	Memory 88.3 1-Core 143 2-Core 284 94% 172 Pts	4-Core 473 8-Core 691 73% 582 Pts	64-Core 773 48% 773 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 88.1% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Asus(1043 8508) CLim: 1475 MHz, MLim: 1757 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.19 Performing below potential (18^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	45.2% Average	Lighting 56.5 Reflection 60 Parallax 53.4 46% 56.6 fps	MRender 62.4 Gravity 53.4 Splatting 46.5 43% 54.1 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 45.2% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata Premier SP550 240GB-$74 29,295 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 83GB free (System drive) Firmware: O1203AB Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 635 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 732 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 32 (A3) Unknown 100 100 272 (94) Unknown 100 100 111173 (95) Unknown 100 100 1528 (96) Unknown 100 100 1415 (97) Unknown 100 100 1502 (A4) Unknown 100 100 30194 (A5) Unknown 100 100 66 (A6) Unknown 100 100 3 (A7) Unknown 100 100 23 (A9) Unknown 100 100 98 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 13 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 45248154239008 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 150822 (F2) Unknown 100 100 256090 (F5) Unknown 100 100 178333 (F6) Unknown 100 100 222346 (F7) Unknown 100 100 0	77.4% Very good	Read 483 Write 253 Mixed 275 74% 337 MB/s	4K Read 29 4K Write 58.6 4K Mixed 24.5 106% 37.4 MB/s	DQ Read 304 DQ Write 173 DQ Mixed 19.4 73% 165 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 77.4% Great: 92%
HGST Travelstar 5K1000 2.5" 750GB-$125 23,438 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 304GB free Firmware: JA2OA710 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 176 100 73014444033 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 4349 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 7435 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 2159 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 17180852224 (BC) Unknown 100 100 65544 (BE) vendor-specific 70 51 405078046 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 189 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 6291552 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 35686 (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 100 100 0 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0	29.9% Poor	Read 75.3 Write 28.8 Mixed 44.1 37% 49.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.25 4K Write 0.53 4K Mixed 0.15 36% 0.31 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 29.9% Great: 57%
WD Red 1TB (2012)-$62 37,583 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 154GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 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 199 199 15231 (03) Spinup time 144 137 3800 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7538 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 14501 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1436 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 167 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 112 112 264148 (C2) HDA temperature 110 99 33 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 199 18 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	82.3% Excellent	Read 172 Write 114 Mixed 87.4 92% 125 MB/s	4K Read 0.79 4K Write 2.05 4K Mixed 0.25 99% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 82.3% Great: 87%
Seagate ST3750528AS 750GB-$65 22,230 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 140GB free Firmware: HP40 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 186640177 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 81 81 19847 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 88 60 702270224 (09) Power-on hours count 79 79 18704 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 92 92 8888 (B4) Unknown 100 100 837141997 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 196614 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 48 672792609 (C2) HDA temperature 33 52 68719476769 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 49 39 186640177 (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	57.8% Above average	Read 98.7 Write 103 Mixed 91 73% 97.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.86 4K Write 1.56 4K Mixed 0.46 116% 0.96 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 57.8% Great: 65%
Seagate ST3250310AS 250GB-$44 34,705 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 49GB free Firmware: 3.ADA Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 85 187045696 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 4041 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 82 60 186464146 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 9963 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1351 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 62 50 740294694 (C2) HDA temperature 38 50 73014444070 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 69 60 142904890 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	51.8% Above average	Read 90.1 Write 90.4 Mixed 82.1 66% 87.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 0.96 4K Mixed 0.39 90% 0.68 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 51.8% Great: 54%
WD My Passport 25E1 1TB 31,309 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 537GB free, PID 25e1 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	30.4% Below average	Read 69.2 Write 68.8 Mixed 72.1 91% 70 MB/s	4K Read 0.39 4K Write 1.73 4K Mixed 0.14 65% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 30.4% Great: 65%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial Ballistix Sport LT DDR4 2400 C16 1x8GB-$25 20,263 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	43% Average	MC Read 15.2 MC Write 14.7 MC Mixed 12.5 40% 14.1 GB/s	SC Read 13.6 SC Write 15.1 SC Mixed 13.9 41% 14.2 GB/s	Latency 69.2 58% 69.2 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 43% Great: 48%

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Motherboard: Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING - $199

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $242Bench 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: $993

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