Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 131% UFO	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 112% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 97.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	136% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	86.5% 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	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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	28.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170322
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 20 '18 at 11:35
Run Duration	155 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (81^st 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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	97.6% Outstanding	Memory 92.5 1-Core 144 2-Core 286 96% 174 Pts	4-Core 552 8-Core 801 85% 677 Pts	64-Core 801 50% 801 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 97.6% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Zotac(19DA 1471) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2800 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	136% Outstanding	Lighting 193 Reflection 204 Parallax 207 157% 201 fps	MRender 130 Gravity 190 Splatting 130 121% 150 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 136% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung SM843T 480GB 374 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 242GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXM87W3Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 6529 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 192 (B1) Unknown 99 99 5 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 10496 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 60 55 40 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 1 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 25 (F1) Unknown 99 99 4516714725	86.5% Excellent	Read 492 Write 323 Mixed 370 88% 395 MB/s	4K Read 18.1 4K Write 79.6 4K Mixed 31.5 110% 43.1 MB/s	DQ Read 335 DQ Write 246 DQ Mixed 129 140% 237 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 86.5% Great: 95%
Samsung MZNLN256HCHP-000H1 256GB 2,368 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 31GB free Firmware: EMT22H0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 2604 (0B) Calibration retry count 99 99 52 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1825 (AA) Unknown 100 100 769 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 97 97 57 (AE) Unknown 99 99 52 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 195 (BE) vendor-specific 58 37 42 (C4) Reallocation count 253 253 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0	94.6% Outstanding	Read 498 Write 270 Mixed 328 81% 365 MB/s	4K Read 26.2 4K Write 122 4K Mixed 33.3 147% 60.6 MB/s	DQ Read 343 DQ Write 278 DQ Mixed 96.2 130% 239 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 94.6% Great: 98%
OOS2000G 2TB 1,864 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 1.5TB free Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 111 99 31050256 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2429 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 63 60 2518094 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1398 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1041 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 65537 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 61 55 656212007 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 29 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 6089 (C2) HDA temperature 39 45 94489280551 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -51350628990221 (F1) Unknown 100 253 10060289729 (F2) Unknown 100 253 10482931306	97.9% Outstanding	Read 180 Write 162 Mixed 163 127% 168 MB/s	4K Read 0.76 4K Write 1.39 4K Mixed 0.22 82% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 97.9% Great: 110%
Seagate IronWolf 8TB (2016)-$175 904 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 747GB free Firmware: SC61 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 73 64 17854277 (03) Spinup time 91 84 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1580 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 82 60 176982285 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 33195802231867 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 658 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295032834 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 55 46 756940845 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 1750 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 19 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 3615 (C2) HDA temperature 45 51 94489280557 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 11 1 17854277 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 2 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -92243012615459 (F1) Unknown 100 253 19701429594 (F2) Unknown 100 253 9247455051
Poor: 31% Great: 106%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMR32GX4M2C3200C16 2x16GB 2,697 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB 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	76.3% Very good	MC Read 27.5 MC Write 28.6 MC Mixed 23.5 76% 26.5 GB/s	SC Read 19 SC Write 30.3 SC Mixed 24.5 70% 24.6 GB/s	Latency 63.2 63% 63.2 ns
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 76.3% Great: 114%

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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 $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 $46

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