Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 99%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	89% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	9 GB free of 12 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170322
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 27 '17 at 18:52
Run Duration	372 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	20%

PC Performing above expectations (66^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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	99% Outstanding	Memory 95.3 1-Core 147 2-Core 294 98% 179 Pts	4-Core 553 8-Core 799 85% 676 Pts	64-Core 804 50% 804 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 99% Great: 92%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Vertex 460 240GB-$203 1,730 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 194GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.03 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 0 0 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 7635 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1141 (AB) Unknown 100 100 81410896 (AE) Unknown 100 100 40 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (D0) Spin buzz 100 100 198 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 1 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 94 94 94 (F1) Unknown 100 100 12086 (F2) Unknown 100 100 12940 (F9) Unknown 100 100 567235562	89% Excellent	Read 505 Write 473 Mixed 475 108% 484 MB/s	4K Read 21.2 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 17.1 112% 49.4 MB/s	DQ Read 16.7 DQ Write 312 DQ Mixed 15.9 57% 115 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 89% Great: 105%
Seagate ST31000340AS 1TB-$136 7,908 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 293GB free Firmware: SD15 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 111 94 40749936 (03) Spinup time 92 86 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5206 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 4 (07) Seek error rate 68 60 585023985076 (09) Power-on hours count 66 66 29816 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 48 (0C) Power cycle count 97 37 3929 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 484 (BC) Unknown 100 97 262749 (BD) vendor-specific 97 97 3 (BE) vendor-specific 64 48 606208036 (C2) HDA temperature 36 52 47244640292 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 32 21 40749936 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	46.6% Average	Read 76.7 Write 85.7 Mixed 79.2 61% 80.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.39 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.23 60% 0.54 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 46.6% Great: 59%
ST500LM0 12 HN-M500MB 500GB 540 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 449GB free, PID 0237 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	42.2% Average	Read 95.9 Write 100 Mixed 92.8 125% 96.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 2.04 4K Mixed 0.35 83% 0.98 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 42.2% Great: 43%
SanDisk Cruzer Blade 8GB 30,139 User benchmarks, average bench 10% 4GB free, PID 5567 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	10% Very poor	Read 20 Write 2.97 Mixed 5.32 9% 9.42 MB/s	4K Read 4.89 4K Write 1.74 4K Mixed 1.28 120% 2.64 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 10% Great: 13%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3866 C18 3x4GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 3 of 4 slots used 12GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2933 MHz Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	87.7% Excellent	MC Read 31.9 MC Write 32.9 MC Mixed 27.4 88% 30.7 GB/s	SC Read 20.2 SC Write 35.2 SC Mixed 27.1 79% 27.5 GB/s	Latency 56.3 71% 56.3 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 87.7% Great: 88%

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Workstation 76%

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Motherboard: Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING - $199

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	4,351x
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	889x

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: $992

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	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) $30	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