Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 130% UFO	Desktop 100% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 112% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 97%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	134% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	77.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Motherboard	Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170322
Uptime	1.4 Days
Run Date	Jul 24 '17 at 08:18
Run Duration	146 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (81^st 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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	97% Outstanding	Memory 96.9 1-Core 146 2-Core 292 98% 178 Pts	4-Core 523 8-Core 799 82% 661 Pts	64-Core 807 50% 807 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 97% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85EA); ROG-STRIX-GTX1080TI-O11G-GAMING CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 384.76 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	134% Outstanding	Lighting 190 Reflection 204 Parallax 197 155% 197 fps	MRender 129 Gravity 182 Splatting 128 118% 146 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 134% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 390GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 173 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 32 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 75 67 25 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 1 (F1) Unknown 99 99 255724154	118% Outstanding	Read 516 Write 413 Mixed 419 100% 449 MB/s	4K Read 46.3 4K Write 96.7 4K Mixed 51.7 188% 64.9 MB/s	DQ Read 375 DQ Write 272 DQ Mixed 131 150% 259 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 134%
Samsung 850 EVO 500GB 85 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 220GB free Firmware: AXM08D1Q Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 25636 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 385 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 98 98 52 (B2) Unknown 77 77 932 (B3) Unknown 79 79 1658 (B4) Unknown 79 79 6406 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 253 253 0 (E8) Unknown 77 77 3100 (F1) Unknown 8 8 3964717305 (F2) Unknown 70 70 1293026288	46% Average	Read 250 Write 202 Mixed 205 49% 219 MB/s	4K Read 17.2 4K Write 56.6 4K Mixed 9.35 68% 27.7 MB/s	DQ Read 121 DQ Write 62.3 DQ Mixed 10.7 30% 64.8 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 46% Great: 122%
Intel 520 Series 180GB-$132 14,258 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 97GB free (System drive) Firmware: LCSi Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 43009802509163 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 312 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 63 (B7) Unknown 100 100 3 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 63 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 115723 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 69 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 115723 (F2) Unknown 100 100 268701 (F9) Unknown 100 100 4247	77.9% Very good	Read 488 Write 180 Mixed 238 66% 302 MB/s	4K Read 30.5 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 18.7 126% 51.3 MB/s	DQ Read 288 DQ Write 210 DQ Mixed 70.3 101% 189 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 77.9% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	92.8% Outstanding	MC Read 35.9 MC Write 35.2 MC Mixed 26.4 93% 32.5 GB/s	SC Read 21.6 SC Write 35.2 SC Mixed 29.4 82% 28.7 GB/s	Latency 50.8 79% 50.8 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 92.8% Great: 104%

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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	4,364x
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	483x
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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	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