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 (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	109% 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	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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170322
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 18 '17 at 17:17
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing above expectations (74^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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	93% Outstanding	Memory 96.8 1-Core 142 2-Core 279 96% 173 Pts	4-Core 480 8-Core 755 76% 618 Pts	64-Core 752 46% 752 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 93% Great: 92%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Vertex 460 240GB-$203 1,730 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 152GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.03 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 0 0 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 7940 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1222 (AB) Unknown 100 100 81410896 (AE) Unknown 100 100 44 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (D0) Spin buzz 100 100 208 (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 12958 (F2) Unknown 100 100 13987 (F9) Unknown 100 100 599955157	109% Outstanding	Read 513 Write 479 Mixed 478 109% 490 MB/s	4K Read 26.1 4K Write 129 4K Mixed 33.4 150% 62.8 MB/s	DQ Read 337 DQ Write 299 DQ Mixed 81.6 126% 239 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 105%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2TB free Firmware: CC4C Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 132484184 (03) Spinup time 94 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 239 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 85 60 345456978 (09) Power-on hours count 71 71 26243 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 58 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BC) Unknown 100 97 111 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 64 50 605945892 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 55 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 646205 (C2) HDA temperature 36 50 90194313252 (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 -93041876511399 (F1) Unknown 100 253 9953108707767 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1296413270002	80.7% Excellent	Read 102 Write 179 Mixed 157 111% 146 MB/s	4K Read 0.96 4K Write 1.28 4K Mixed 0.39 107% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 80.7% Great: 114%
Seagate ST31000340AS 1TB-$136 7,908 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 345GB free Firmware: SD15 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 108 94 15085921 (03) Spinup time 92 86 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5293 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 4 (07) Seek error rate 68 60 585026802850 (09) Power-on hours count 66 66 30162 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 49 (0C) Power cycle count 97 37 4010 (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 58 48 707264554 (C2) HDA temperature 42 52 47244640298 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 29 21 15085921 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	50.7% Above average	Read 91.7 Write 84.9 Mixed 70.5 62% 82.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 1.38 4K Mixed 0.42 98% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 50.7% Great: 59%
ST500LM0 12 HN-M500MB 500GB 540 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 446GB free, PID 0237 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	42.5% Average	Read 95.2 Write 100 Mixed 57.8 106% 84.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 2.18 4K Mixed 0.38 89% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 42.5% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3866 C18 4x4GB 230 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	MC Read 38.7 MC Write 40.9 MC Mixed 33.1 107% 37.6 GB/s	SC Read 21.7 SC Write 41.1 SC Mixed 31.2 90% 31.3 GB/s	Latency 50.9 78% 50.9 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 124%

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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