Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 96% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 82% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 93.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	99.6% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	40.8% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

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Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	10.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170316
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Mar 01 '18 at 20:54
Run Duration	290 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	24%

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PC Performing as expected (59^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-$230 712,312 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 (97^th percentile)	93.2% Outstanding	Memory 97 1-Core 143 2-Core 265 95% 168 Pts	4-Core 482 8-Core 733 75% 608 Pts	64-Core 748 46% 748 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 93.2% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Nvidia(10DE 1B80) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	99.6% Outstanding	Lighting 128 Reflection 144 Parallax 122 104% 131 fps	MRender 111 Gravity 122 Splatting 103 91% 112 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 99.6% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Biwin SSD 128GB 1,868 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 3GB free (System drive) Firmware: P1222A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3776 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 237 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 100 (A3) Unknown 100 100 10 (A4) Unknown 100 100 73035 (A5) Unknown 100 100 237 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 136 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 96 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 26 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 377754 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 106696 (F2) Unknown 100 100 107977 (F5) Unknown 100 100 180164	40.8% Average	Read 487 Write 9.65 Mixed 214 51% 237 MB/s	4K Read 4.12 4K Write 98.8 4K Mixed 0.07 59% 34.3 MB/s	DQ Read 82.1 DQ Write 143 DQ Mixed 5.29 34% 76.9 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 40.8% Great: 90%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 822GB 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 118 99 184292048 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 311 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 70 60 12423870 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3875 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 234 (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 75 65 420413465 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 83 83 34423 (C2) HDA temperature 25 40 55834574873 (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 -68994354641480 (F1) Unknown 100 253 7440283378 (F2) Unknown 100 253 305565218820	91.4% Outstanding	Read 170 Write 149 Mixed 156 119% 158 MB/s	4K Read 0.78 4K Write 1.45 4K Mixed 0.15 76% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 91.4% Great: 114%
USB DISK 2.0 64GB 238 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 33GB free, PID 9917 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	9.44% Terrible	Read 24.3 Write 8.23 Mixed 10.9 16% 14.5 MB/s	4K Read 6.74 4K Write 0.82 4K Mixed 0.58 73% 2.71 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 9.44% Great: 15%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CM4X8GD3200C16K4 2x8GB 9,947 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	93.1% Outstanding	MC Read 34.7 MC Write 35.7 MC Mixed 28.2 94% 32.9 GB/s	SC Read 16.8 SC Write 35.6 SC Mixed 30 78% 27.5 GB/s	Latency 50.3 79% 50.3 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 93.1% Great: 110%

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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 $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	4,362x
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	940x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	893x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 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	482x
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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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