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Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 15% Tree trunk	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


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 a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 83.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	7.64% 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	255% 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.

Motherboard	Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	10.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170723
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 19 '18 at 01:29
Run Duration	166 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%

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 i7-7700K-$166 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	83.3% Excellent	Memory 70.9 1-Core 144 2-Core 286 89% 167 Pts	4-Core 514 8-Core 791 81% 652 Pts	64-Core 716 44% 716 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 83.3% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake) FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? Asus(1043 872F) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 23.20.16.4973 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.64% Terrible	Lighting 7.97 Reflection 11 Parallax 8.06 6% 9 fps	MRender 11.4 Gravity 7.2 Splatting 16 10% 11.5 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.64% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$140 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 367GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	255% Outstanding	Read 2,726 Write 1,446 Mixed 1,335 403% 1,836 MB/s	4K Read 46.1 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 31.7 173% 65.4 MB/s	DQ Read 57.6 DQ Write 246 DQ Mixed 31.1 59% 112 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 255% Great: 254%
Hitachi Travelstar 5K750 750GB-$52 41,501 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 347GB free Firmware: JE4OA60A Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 214 214 51539607553 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 8455 (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 66 66 14952 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 4228 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 76 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 7 7 930577 (C2) HDA temperature 250 250 197569151000 (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 0 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0	44.2% Average	Read 76.9 Write 77.2 Mixed 68.7 56% 74.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 0.97 4K Mixed 0.17 54% 0.52 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 44.2% Great: 53%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$33 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 117GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 167 2225 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1720 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 10553 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1660 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 138 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1638 (C2) HDA temperature 102 97 41 (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	70.5% Very good	Read 133 Write 113 Mixed 109 89% 118 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.97 4K Mixed 0.31 93% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 70.5% Great: 109%
WDC WD80 EFAX-68LHPN0 8TB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 7.5TB free, PID null Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	83.2% Excellent	Read 201 Write 181 Mixed 119 205% 167 MB/s	4K Read 1.67 4K Write 4.64 4K Mixed 0.63 186% 2.31 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 83.2% Great: 83%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D240FSB.16FBD2 2x8GB 16,539 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (15^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	69.9% Good	MC Read 25.3 MC Write 28 MC Mixed 24.5 74% 25.9 GB/s	SC Read 13.2 SC Write 21.9 SC Mixed 18 51% 17.7 GB/s	Latency 99.3 40% 99.3 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 69.9% Great: 91%

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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 $166Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	4,664x
Core i5-7600KIntel $80Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	834x
Core i7-7700k VHIntelBench 84%, 9,708 samples	342x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,075x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $237Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	1,004x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	951x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	464x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	322x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $140Bench 213%, 165,668 samples	237x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	513x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	280x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $46Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	238x

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Value: 102% - Outstanding

Total price: $685

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $210	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $135
Intel Core i5-12600K $159	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $389	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $84
Intel Core i5-12400F $111	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $370