Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 10% Tree trunk	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 82.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	7.53% 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	75.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	5.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170322
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 14 '17 at 08:35
Run Duration	146 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7600K-$190 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.45 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	82.7% Excellent	Memory 64 1-Core 146 2-Core 293 88% 168 Pts	4-Core 583 8-Core 584 78% 584 Pts	64-Core 585 36% 585 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 82.7% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake) 153,031 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 872F) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 21.20.16.4551 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.53% Terrible	Lighting 8 Reflection 11.6 Parallax 8.09 6% 9.22 fps	MRender 7.86 Gravity 7.23 Splatting 17.2 10% 10.8 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.53% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 530 Series 240GB-$149 16,872 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 194GB free (System drive) Firmware: DC12 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 46677704572931 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 18 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 7 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 38 45 124557000742 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 7 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1402 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 47 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1402 (F2) Unknown 100 100 1267 (F9) Unknown 100 100 51	75.4% Very good	Read 484 Write 301 Mixed 380 86% 388 MB/s	4K Read 28.5 4K Write 65.8 4K Mixed 11.4 93% 35.2 MB/s	DQ Read 263 DQ Write 248 DQ Mixed 10.8 75% 174 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 75.4% Great: 91%
Intel 320 Series 160GB-$149 13,029 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 71GB free Firmware: 4PC1LE04 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4988 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2943 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 933 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 109037 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 65535 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 109037 (F2) Unknown 100 100 191359	42.2% Average	Read 247 Write 164 Mixed 185 44% 199 MB/s	4K Read 15.2 4K Write 32.5 4K Mixed 13.7 58% 20.5 MB/s	DQ Read 152 DQ Write 64.5 DQ Mixed 32.2 44% 83 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 42.2% Great: 51%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 250GB-$33 44,469 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 229GB free Firmware: CC38 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 78 93109108 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 88 88 13029 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 77 60 51994462 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1561 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 94 94 6657 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 5340 (BC) Unknown 100 98 26 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 64 44 5176108515364 (C2) HDA temperature 36 56 94489280548 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 30 30 93109108 (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 47961899800563 (F1) Unknown 100 253 375959544 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3999821108	68% Good	Read 119 Write 118 Mixed 108 86% 115 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.62 132% 1.08 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 68% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 1x8GB-$25 19,648 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	39.5% Below average	MC Read 15 MC Write 13.9 MC Mixed 11.8 39% 13.6 GB/s	SC Read 12.7 SC Write 13.4 SC Mixed 13.7 38% 13.3 GB/s	Latency 116 34% 116 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 39.5% Great: 47%

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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	4,361x
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	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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Value: 70% - Very good

Total price: $966

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