Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 121% UFO	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 102% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 89.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	134% 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	218% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

Motherboard	Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	28.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit farver
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170723
Uptime	1.9 Days
Run Date	Dec 29 '17 at 15:43
Run Duration	225 Seconds
Run User	DNK-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing above expectations (72^nd 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 way above expectations (97^th percentile)	89.5% Excellent	Memory 93.9 1-Core 134 2-Core 263 92% 164 Pts	4-Core 459 8-Core 659 70% 559 Pts	64-Core 686 42% 686 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 89.5% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6696) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 388.71 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	134% Outstanding	Lighting 191 Reflection 207 Parallax 201 156% 199 fps	MRender 131 Gravity 183 Splatting 125 118% 146 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 134% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 368GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 3807 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 528 (B1) Unknown 99 99 12 (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 72 45 28 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 10 (F1) Unknown 99 99 9712137153	112% Outstanding	Read 502 Write 403 Mixed 419 98% 442 MB/s	4K Read 36.5 4K Write 98.2 4K Mixed 50.7 172% 61.8 MB/s	DQ Read 346 DQ Write 268 DQ Mixed 129 145% 247 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 134%
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250 40,327 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 178GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	218% Outstanding	Read 1,861 Write 889 Mixed 1,118 284% 1,289 MB/s	4K Read 45.7 4K Write 177 4K Mixed 52.9 231% 91.9 MB/s	DQ Read 548 DQ Write 325 DQ Mixed 197 211% 356 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 218% Great: 243%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 168GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q 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 99 99 3071 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 424 (B1) Unknown 98 98 26 (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 73 48 27 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 11 (F1) Unknown 99 99 12533160245	111% Outstanding	Read 494 Write 402 Mixed 419 98% 438 MB/s	4K Read 37 4K Write 99.8 4K Mixed 49.7 173% 62.2 MB/s	DQ Read 355 DQ Write 255 DQ Mixed 119 139% 243 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 124%
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$37 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 96GB free Firmware: 583ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 3306417 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 -130343667488057 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 726 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 43 (B1) Unknown 0 0 98 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 23 48 1013615427607 (C2) HDA temperature 23 48 1013615427607 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 3306417 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 3306417 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 3306417 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 97 97 8589934593 (E9) Unknown 0 0 14065 (EA) Unknown 0 0 10444 (F1) Unknown 0 0 10444 (F2) Unknown 0 0 2580	59.9% Above average	Read 437 Write 106 Mixed 145 50% 229 MB/s	4K Read 23.1 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 15.1 110% 48.1 MB/s	DQ Read 75.8 DQ Write 110 DQ Mixed 31.1 41% 72.4 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 59.9% Great: 73%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 3TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 147 141 9616 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7501 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 56 56 32374 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1554 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 284 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 16 16 552835 (C2) HDA temperature 129 106 23 (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	63.8% Good	Read 115 Write 107 Mixed 109 83% 111 MB/s	4K Read 0.83 4K Write 1.85 4K Mixed 0.15 86% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 63.8% Great: 83%
WD Green 2TB (2009)-$113 12,948 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 2TB free Firmware: 01.00A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 150 145 9466 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9633 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 41 41 43562 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1741 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 142 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 25 25 525531 (C2) HDA temperature 127 94 25 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 15 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 187 0	50.8% Above average	Read 91.3 Write 85.4 Mixed 82.4 65% 86.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 2.03 4K Mixed 0.34 99% 0.98 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 50.8% Great: 60%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 2400 C14 2x16GB 836 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	83% Excellent	MC Read 30.4 MC Write 30.9 MC Mixed 26 83% 29.1 GB/s	SC Read 19.1 SC Write 33 SC Mixed 26 74% 26 GB/s	Latency 60.1 67% 60.1 ns
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 83% Great: 95%

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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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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