Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 10% Tree trunk	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	7.8% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	68.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	10.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170322
Uptime	11.2 Days
Run Date	Sep 15 '17 at 03:06
Run Duration	141 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	20%

PC Performing as expected (46^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-$184 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	85.4% Excellent	Memory 84 1-Core 133 2-Core 265 88% 161 Pts	4-Core 502 8-Core 494 67% 498 Pts	64-Core 502 31% 502 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 85.4% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GTX 280 1,404 User benchmarks, average bench 8% EVGA(3842 1280) 1GB Ram: 1GB, Driver: 342.1 Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	7.8% Terrible	Lighting 10.6 Reflection 8.35 Parallax 4.78 9% 7.92 fps	MRender 8.33 Gravity 8.67 Splatting 6 6% 7.67 fps
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 7.8% Great: 9%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS900 480GB-$42 17,946 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 370GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS900210 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 48 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 29 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 65 65 428 (AD) Unknown 100 100 2 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 3 (C2) HDA temperature 67 67 141736083489 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 364	68.7% Good	Read 366 Write 446 Mixed 464 96% 425 MB/s	4K Read 16.5 4K Write 31.5 4K Mixed 6.2 50% 18 MB/s	DQ Read 246 DQ Write 330 DQ Mixed 6.37 83% 194 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 68.7% Great: 102%
Kingston SSDNow KC300 240GB-$58 2,054 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 223GB free Firmware: 580ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 4671350 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 43353399886655 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1076 (0D) Soft read error rate 95 95 4671350 (64) Unknown 0 0 22365 (AA) Unknown 0 0 7552 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 28 (B1) Unknown 0 0 3 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 26 35 38656999450 (C2) HDA temperature 26 35 38656999450 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 4671350 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 120 120 78572131713024 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 4671350 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 4671350 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 97 97 1 (E8) Unknown 0 0 29 (E9) Unknown 0 0 20510 (EA) Unknown 0 0 2876 (F1) Unknown 0 0 2876 (F2) Unknown 0 0 4166	65.5% Good	Read 508 Write 256 Mixed 309 79% 358 MB/s	4K Read 16.3 4K Write 37.5 4K Mixed 16.3 65% 23.4 MB/s	DQ Read 226 DQ Write 208 DQ Mixed 78.4 97% 171 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 65.5% Great: 94%
Seagate Expansion Desk 4TB 21,301 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 3.5TB free Firmware: 9401 Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	84.4% Excellent	Read 164 Write 126 Mixed 104 98% 132 MB/s	4K Read 7.38 4K Write 5.57 4K Mixed 0.59 477% 4.51 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 84.4% Great: 97%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 1x16GB 8,931 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 1 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (20^th percentile) - ensure that an XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	36.9% Below average	MC Read 12.6 MC Write 12.7 MC Mixed 10.8 34% 12 GB/s	SC Read 11.2 SC Write 12.7 SC Mixed 12 34% 12 GB/s	Latency 73.5 54% 73.5 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 36.9% Great: 57%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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	4,396x
Core i5-7600KIntel $184Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	787x
Core i7-7700k VHIntelBench 84%, 9,708 samples	342x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,032x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	947x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	895x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	439x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	309x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 213%, 165,668 samples	229x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	488x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	261x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	226x

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Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $759

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16