Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 60% Gunboat	Desktop 102% UFO	Workstation 52% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 94.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	55.5% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	247% 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	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.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	9.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1600 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170125
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	May 11 '17 at 00:15
Run Duration	247 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing above expectations (77^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-$242 712,312 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 (98^th percentile)	94.6% Outstanding	Memory 96.5 1-Core 144 2-Core 288 97% 176 Pts	4-Core 499 8-Core 792 79% 646 Pts	64-Core 765 47% 765 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 94.6% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 480-$75 261,163 User benchmarks, average bench 46% MSI(1462 3413) CLim: 1303 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 17.4.4 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	55.5% Above average	Lighting 70.7 Reflection 68.6 Parallax 94.2 58% 77.8 fps	MRender 68.6 Gravity 66.3 Splatting 56 51% 63.7 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 55.5% Great: 53%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 355GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	247% Outstanding	Read 2,033 Write 1,110 Mixed 1,189 318% 1,444 MB/s	4K Read 54.2 4K Write 142 4K Mixed 50 221% 82 MB/s	DQ Read 867 DQ Write 571 DQ Mixed 265 320% 568 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 247% Great: 254%
Samsung 840 Pro 256GB-$190 73,119 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 216GB free Firmware: DXM06B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 99 99 1 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 12870 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1350 (B1) Unknown 93 93 247 (B3) Unknown 99 99 1 (B5) Unknown 99 99 1 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 53 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 117 (F1) Unknown 99 99 45621340089	90.1% Outstanding	Read 509 Write 398 Mixed 491 104% 466 MB/s	4K Read 28.3 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 20 126% 52.1 MB/s	DQ Read 266 DQ Write 131 DQ Mixed 61 82% 153 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 90.1% Great: 116%
Seagate BUP Slim SL 2TB 8,475 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0143 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	72% Very good	Read 121 Write 130 Mixed 116 92% 122 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 4.04 4K Mixed 0.59 165% 1.74 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 72% Great: 65%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016)-$80 112,118 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 113 99 56992824 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 534 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 65 60 3620250 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1453 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 237 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 70 53 504627230 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 37 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 86 86 28423 (C2) HDA temperature 30 47 73014444062 (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 68019397067735 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3423131688 (F2) Unknown 100 253 62731554349	91.7% Outstanding	Read 164 Write 156 Mixed 152 118% 157 MB/s	4K Read 0.81 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.24 90% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 91.7% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016)-$80 112,118 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 966GB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 126830288 (03) Spinup time 96 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1027 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 56 55 12886326274 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1686 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 176 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 51 521404444 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 34 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 3595 (C2) HDA temperature 28 49 51539607580 (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 -100304666230235 (F1) Unknown 100 253 20658485237 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3884914696	104% Outstanding	Read 189 Write 173 Mixed 161 131% 175 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 1.69 4K Mixed 0.18 83% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 114%
HP Desktop HD BD07 2TB 451 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 2TB free, PID bd07 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	45.8% Average	Read 110 Write 106 Mixed 22.5 93% 79.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 2.15 4K Mixed 0.19 82% 1.02 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 45.8% Great: 46%
WD My Passport 1TB 12,840 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 237GB free, PID 0748 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	31.3% Below average	Read 54.5 Write 78.4 Mixed 72.5 93% 68.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.33 4K Write 2.02 4K Mixed 0.25 78% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 31.3% Great: 45%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB 18,693 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	93.8% Outstanding	MC Read 36.1 MC Write 36.2 MC Mixed 26.6 94% 33 GB/s	SC Read 21.6 SC Write 35.5 SC Mixed 29.5 82% 28.9 GB/s	Latency 52.1 77% 52.1 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 93.8% Great: 102%

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Motherboard: Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING - $199

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $242Bench 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: $993

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 $52

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