Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 65% Destroyer	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 53% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 92.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	64.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	88.7% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.

Motherboard	Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit farger
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170723
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 15 '18 at 19:40
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	6%

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PC Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7600K-$190 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	92.2% Outstanding	Memory 95.4 1-Core 146 2-Core 290 98% 177 Pts	4-Core 506 8-Core 556 70% 531 Pts	64-Core 583 36% 583 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 92.2% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Asus(1043 85AC) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2052 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 390.65 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	64.6% Good	Lighting 81.2 Reflection 81 Parallax 68.6 66% 76.9 fps	MRender 74 Gravity 74.9 Splatting 76 62% 75 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 64.6% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra Plus 256GB-$139 17,545 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 199GB free (System drive) Firmware: X2306RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 138 100 138 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 36 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 20 (A8) Unknown 100 100 13 (A9) Unknown 100 100 242 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 2 (AE) Unknown 100 100 8 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 69 31 133144838175 (D4) Unknown 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 6 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 566 (F1) Unknown 253 253 295 (F2) Unknown 253 253 217 (F3) Unknown 100 100 0	88.7% Excellent	Read 418 Write 418 Mixed 399 92% 411 MB/s	4K Read 33 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 25.6 139% 55.1 MB/s	DQ Read 34.1 DQ Write 213 DQ Mixed 32.9 52% 93.2 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 88.7% Great: 99%
Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.C 1TB-$40 97,793 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 797GB free Firmware: JP4OA3BF Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 69 0 (02) Throughput performance 135 100 98 (03) Spinup time 152 100 25784680720 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 2487 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 99 0 (08) Seek timer performance 134 34 33 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 13323 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2261 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (B9) Unknown 100 100 65535 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 84 3488034722030 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 54 287440929 (C0) Power-off retract count 98 98 2528 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 2528 (C2) HDA temperature 181 130 201863069729 (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	42.3% Average	Read 81.8 Write 66 Mixed 72.3 55% 73.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.29 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.21 45% 0.34 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 42.3% Great: 74%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 794GB free Firmware: CC44 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 172896241 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 88 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 356482503785 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 487 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 88 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 57 537985056 (C2) HDA temperature 32 43 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 28 23 172896241 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 13 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -56491704843607 (F1) Unknown 100 253 317636820 (F2) Unknown 100 253 77930140	67.5% Good	Read 118 Write 118 Mixed 112 87% 116 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 1.41 4K Mixed 0.55 118% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 67.5% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance RGB DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GB-$83 8,676 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2679 MHz Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	87.7% Excellent	MC Read 32.7 MC Write 34.4 MC Mixed 25.8 88% 31 GB/s	SC Read 19.4 SC Write 32.3 SC Mixed 27.1 75% 26.3 GB/s	Latency 55.8 72% 55.8 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 87.7% Great: 95%

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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 $242Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	4,351x
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	889x

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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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