Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 87% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 100% UFO	Workstation 76% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 98.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	83.6% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Memory	40GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 40GB 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.

Motherboard	Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	32.6 GB free of 40 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170723
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 23 '17 at 12:40
Run Duration	213 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing above expectations (75^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-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	98.5% Outstanding	Memory 94.9 1-Core 156 2-Core 303 101% 184 Pts	4-Core 549 8-Core 863 87% 706 Pts	64-Core 862 53% 862 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 98.5% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8599) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 387.92 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	83.6% Excellent	Lighting 106 Reflection 114 Parallax 93.4 87% 105 fps	MRender 91.9 Gravity 93.7 Splatting 96.6 77% 94.1 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 83.6% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 435GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 237 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 47 (B1) Unknown 99 99 2 (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 67 58 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 22 (F1) Unknown 99 99 3245854828	72.2% Very good	Read 503 Write 413 Mixed 415 99% 444 MB/s	4K Read 25.6 4K Write 29 4K Mixed 19.7 79% 24.7 MB/s	DQ Read 71.8 DQ Write 52.4 DQ Mixed 27.8 30% 50.7 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 72.2% Great: 134%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 356GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 418 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 479 (B1) Unknown 99 99 3 (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 66 49 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 219 (F1) Unknown 99 99 5100627818
Poor: 80% Great: 134%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 665GB 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 178 177 4083 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1867 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 2090 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 866 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 276 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1590 (C2) HDA temperature 111 99 36 (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 13 4119 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	66.4% Good	Read 101 Write 130 Mixed 125 90% 119 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 1.89 4K Mixed 0.48 138% 1.19 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 66.4% Great: 76%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 315GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 171 4250 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2599 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 2 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 3894 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1401 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 384 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2216 (C2) HDA temperature 111 81 36 (C4) Reallocation count 198 198 2 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 4 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	69.4% Good	Read 138 Write 104 Mixed 116 90% 119 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 2.21 4K Mixed 0.31 98% 1.02 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 69.4% Great: 76%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 144GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 1857 (03) Spinup time 141 139 3925 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3412 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 6587 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2017 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 374 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3037 (C2) HDA temperature 111 81 32 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 1 1 20863 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 188 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (C8) Write error rate 200 195 0	62.2% Good	Read 106 Write 110 Mixed 93.4 78% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.27 4K Mixed 0.35 83% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 62.2% Great: 69%
OCZ-VERT EX4 256GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 253% 131GB free, PID null Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	213% Outstanding	Read 325 Write 389 Mixed 348 467% 354 MB/s	4K Read 17.6 4K Write 25.1 4K Mixed 11.1 1,299% 18 MB/s	DQ Read 19.9 DQ Write 27.9 DQ Mixed 10.5 1,378% 19.4 MB/s
Poor: 213% ↑ This bench: 213% Great: 292%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMK8GX4M2B3000C15 CMK32GX4M2B3000C15 CMK8GX4M2B3000C15 CMK32GX4M2B3000C15 40GB 18 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2933, 2933, 2933, 2933 MHz 4096, 16384, 4096, 16384 MB Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	98.3% Outstanding	MC Read 36.1 MC Write 37.4 MC Mixed 30.8 99% 34.8 GB/s	SC Read 22 SC Write 41 SC Mixed 29.9 88% 31 GB/s	Latency 57.4 70% 57.4 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 98.3% Great: 99%

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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	4,384x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	785x
Core i7-7700k VHIntelBench 84%, 9,708 samples	342x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,030x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	943x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	894x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	438x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	309x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 213%, 165,668 samples	228x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	487x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	260x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	226x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $766

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16