Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 22% Surfboard	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 19% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 83.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	21.6% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	216% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (43%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	1.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170125
Uptime	7.8 Days
Run Date	Sep 29 '17 at 18:23
Run Duration	193 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	43%

PC Performing as expected (54^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-$241 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.65 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	83.6% Excellent	Memory 88.9 1-Core 134 2-Core 253 89% 159 Pts	4-Core 422 8-Core 660 67% 541 Pts	64-Core 698 43% 698 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 83.6% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R7 265-$105 8,934 User benchmarks, average bench 20% PwrHis(1787 2650) 2GB CLim: 925 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 17.1.1 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	21.6% Poor	Lighting 26.1 Reflection 27.8 Parallax 31.7 21% 28.5 fps	MRender 25.6 Gravity 20.8 Splatting 33.3 22% 26.6 fps
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 21.6% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 329GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	216% Outstanding	Read 1,509 Write 1,104 Mixed 1,097 274% 1,237 MB/s	4K Read 56.8 4K Write 128 4K Mixed 50.6 219% 78.6 MB/s	DQ Read 570 DQ Write 416 DQ Mixed 216 236% 401 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 216% Great: 254%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$65 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 501GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 196 0 (03) Spinup time 159 156 7008 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3894 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 7844 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1305 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 53 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3894 (C2) HDA temperature 117 104 33 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 2 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 2 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	31.6% Below average	Read 66.5 Write 43.3 Mixed 49.5 40% 53.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 1.55 4K Mixed 0.37 88% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 31.6% Great: 57%
Samsung Spinpoint T166 500GB-$40 43,024 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 313GB free Firmware: CR100-12 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 253 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 7616 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9396 (05) Reallocated sector count 97 97 32 (07) Seek error rate 253 253 0 (08) Seek timer performance 253 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 14143 (0A) Spinup retry count 253 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 253 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4190 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 68493 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 220 (BC) Unknown 99 99 108 (BE) vendor-specific 71 55 29 (C2) HDA temperature 154 100 28 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 68493 (C4) Reallocation count 97 97 32 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 2 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 253 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 208	39.7% Below average	Read 67.9 Write 70.2 Mixed 72.5 53% 70.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.52 4K Mixed 0.38 88% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 39.7% Great: 44%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 442GB free Firmware: CC47 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 111 99 36432368 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1378 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 84 60 310212557 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 6841 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1281 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 3 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 70 55 504758302 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 205 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 94 94 12349 (C2) HDA temperature 30 45 68719476766 (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 -11497627444730 (F1) Unknown 100 253 48519963358 (F2) Unknown 100 253 69643107013	81.5% Excellent	Read 143 Write 141 Mixed 132 104% 139 MB/s	4K Read 0.95 4K Write 1.42 4K Mixed 0.33 103% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 81.5% Great: 112%
WD Blue 160GB (2007)-$22 56,540 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 149GB free Firmware: 02.03E02 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 132 131 4375 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2842 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 7722 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1601 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 200 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2842 (C2) HDA temperature 112 98 31 (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 (F0) Head flying hours 92 92 6429 (F1) Unknown 200 200 6993741107 (F2) Unknown 200 200 6194346632	62.3% Good	Read 110 Write 107 Mixed 100 79% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.44 4K Mixed 0.47 118% 1.14 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 62.3% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 1x8GB-$25 47,473 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (16^th percentile) - ensure that an XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	35.8% Below average	MC Read 11.6 MC Write 12.8 MC Mixed 10.9 34% 11.8 GB/s	SC Read 10.4 SC Write 9.4 SC Mixed 11.1 29% 10.3 GB/s	Latency 68.6 58% 68.6 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 35.8% Great: 48%

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Motherboard: Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING - $199

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	4,359x
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	1,028x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	940x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	892x

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	228x

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: $992

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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