Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 86%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	88.1% 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	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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.

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Motherboard	Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	18 GB free of 24 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170322
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 25 '17 at 13:08
Run Duration	270 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	54%

PC Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	86% Excellent	Memory 92.2 1-Core 130 2-Core 248 88% 157 Pts	4-Core 431 8-Core 637 67% 534 Pts	64-Core 719 44% 719 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 86% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Zotac(19DA 1366) CLim: 1418 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 385.69 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 43% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Seagate 600 480GB-$199 1,254 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 339GB free Firmware: C675 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 166 166 3 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 74 74 23168 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 414 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 35 0 60133408803 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 94 94 7 (EA) Unknown 100 100 208884 (F1) Unknown 100 100 11092 (F2) Unknown 100 100 12366 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 1235	83.5% Excellent	Read 499 Write 442 Mixed 470 105% 470 MB/s	4K Read 24.5 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 18.7 115% 48.4 MB/s	DQ Read 27.5 DQ Write 106 DQ Mixed 75.8 56% 69.7 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 83.5% Great: 104%
Kingston SM2280S3G2480G 480GB 1,177 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 307GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM01.R Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (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 100 100 8441 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 235 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 1241 (AD) Unknown 100 100 2687068 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 133 (C2) HDA temperature 56 41 253404512300 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 99 (E9) Unknown 100 100 4164 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 18913 (F2) Unknown 100 100 7162 (F4) Unknown 100 100 41 (F5) Unknown 100 100 92 (F6) Unknown 100 100 5539328	88.1% Excellent	Read 518 Write 478 Mixed 485 110% 494 MB/s	4K Read 28.1 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 12.6 112% 47.3 MB/s	DQ Read 29.9 DQ Write 257 DQ Mixed 12.7 48% 99.8 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 88.1% Great: 107%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 3.5TB free Firmware: CC52 Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	67.3% Good	Read 142 Write 92.5 Mixed 107 86% 114 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 0.47 4K Mixed 0.21 56% 0.42 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 67.3% Great: 96%
Hitachi HDS5C3020ALA632 2TB-$270 9,828 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 1.5TB free Firmware: ML6OA580 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 136 136 94 (03) Spinup time 133 133 34386608543 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 3399 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 148 148 28 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 51226 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 829 (C0) Power-off retract count 93 93 9027 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 93 93 9027 (C2) HDA temperature 166 166 210454315044 (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 2	64.6% Good	Read 111 Write 115 Mixed 105 83% 110 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.41 4K Mixed 0.37 96% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 64.6% Great: 73%
Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.C 1TB-$40 97,793 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 806GB free Firmware: JP4OA3EA Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 65536 (02) Throughput performance 135 135 96 (03) Spinup time 118 118 25790579010 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 10709 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 13 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 138 138 31 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 52360 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 966 (C0) Power-off retract count 85 85 18379 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 85 85 18379 (C2) HDA temperature 166 166 206159413284 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 13 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 5	74.6% Very good	Read 129 Write 131 Mixed 124 96% 128 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.29 4K Mixed 0.4 88% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 74.6% Great: 74%
WD Green 2TB (2009)-$113 12,948 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 514GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 141 137 9950 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8524 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 28 28 52818 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 498 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 285 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 1369418 (C2) HDA temperature 115 88 37 (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 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	41.2% Average	Read 70.1 Write 73.2 Mixed 71.6 54% 71.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.32 4K Write 1.91 4K Mixed 0.22 73% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 41.2% Great: 60%
BUFFALO External HDD 1TB 329 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 375GB free, PID 01ba Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	20% Very poor	Read 39.6 Write 42.5 Mixed 40.8 53% 41 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.58 4K Mixed 0.31 66% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 20% Great: 20%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX2133C14D4/8G Corsair CMK16GX4M2A2400C14 Corsair CMK16GX4M2A2400C14 24GB 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	71.5% Very good	MC Read 25.4 MC Write 26.3 MC Mixed 22.8 71% 24.8 GB/s	SC Read 16.8 SC Write 28 SC Mixed 23.7 65% 22.8 GB/s	Latency 63.8 63% 63.8 ns

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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	4,368x
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	1,029x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	941x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	893x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	436x
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 $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	485x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	257x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	224x

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Total price: $962

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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) $37	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