Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 57% Gunboat	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 45% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (34th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 66 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 72.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	78.3% 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	74% 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.

High background CPU (24%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	10.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170322
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 20 '18 at 17:01
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	ISR-User
Background CPU	24%

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PC Performing below expectations (34^th 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 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	72.4% Very good	Memory 81.3 1-Core 126 2-Core 243 83% 150 Pts	4-Core 358 8-Core 414 50% 386 Pts	64-Core 418 26% 418 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 72.4% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 5173) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing below potential (42^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	78.3% Very good	Lighting 96.6 Reflection 104 Parallax 88.2 79% 96.1 fps	MRender 96.5 Gravity 91.6 Splatting 95.7 78% 94.6 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 78.3% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Green 240GB (2018)-$42 156,194 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 155GB free Firmware: UF300000 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 903 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 55 (A5) Unknown 100 100 998 (A6) Unknown 100 100 4 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 9 (A9) Unknown 100 100 607 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 4 (AE) Unknown 100 100 18 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 63 50 214748364837 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 2564100719189 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 894 (EA) Unknown 100 100 7607 (F1) Unknown 100 100 3038 (F2) Unknown 100 100 991 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	42.8% Average	Read 490 Write 120 Mixed 170 56% 260 MB/s	4K Read 20.4 4K Write 19.4 4K Mixed 3.8 46% 14.5 MB/s	DQ Read 97 DQ Write 44 DQ Mixed 4.67 21% 48.6 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 42.8% Great: 55%
OCZ Vertex 3 MAX IOPS 120GB-$106 3,124 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 35GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 110 110 36667304 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 73 73 65652870110447 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1645 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 1252 (B1) Unknown 0 0 11 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 30 128850984990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 36667304 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 36667304 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 36667304 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 97 97 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 24961 (EA) Unknown 0 0 17480 (F1) Unknown 0 0 17480 (F2) Unknown 0 0 11777	74% Very good	Read 492 Write 198 Mixed 270 70% 320 MB/s	4K Read 28.9 4K Write 82.2 4K Mixed 16.8 109% 42.6 MB/s	DQ Read 282 DQ Write 204 DQ Mixed 47.8 88% 178 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 74% Great: 88%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 1TB-$68 105,708 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 767GB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 200900568 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5769 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 73 60 22330178 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 8943 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 607 (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 66 54 589168674 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 80 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 92 92 17861 (C2) HDA temperature 34 46 73014444066 (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 112300509892897 (F1) Unknown 100 253 9285435941 (F2) Unknown 100 253 59038826934	79% Very good	Read 122 Write 152 Mixed 118 98% 131 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 5.22 4K Mixed 0.73 205% 2.2 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 79% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GB 122,822 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	39.3% Below average	MC Read 14.3 MC Write 14.3 MC Mixed 11.9 39% 13.5 GB/s	SC Read 9.4 SC Write 11 SC Mixed 11.3 30% 10.6 GB/s	Latency 78.2 51% 78.2 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 39.3% Great: 90%

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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 $242Bench 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: $993

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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