Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 101% UFO	Desktop 102% UFO	Workstation 87% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (92nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 8 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 101%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	96.5% 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	106% 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.

Motherboard	Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161227
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 13 '17 at 18:24
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing way above expectations (92^nd 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 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Memory 97 1-Core 153 2-Core 302 101% 184 Pts	4-Core 565 8-Core 825 87% 695 Pts	64-Core 831 51% 831 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8599) CLim: 2151 MHz, MLim: 2177 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	96.5% Outstanding	Lighting 123 Reflection 126 Parallax 107 100% 119 fps	MRender 106 Gravity 110 Splatting 109 89% 109 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 96.5% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel SSDSCKJF360A5 360GB 17 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 324GB free Firmware: TG16 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 109 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 94 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 3 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 39 100 73017196583 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 3 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 655 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 59 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 655 (F2) Unknown 100 100 89 (F9) Unknown 100 100 602	63.8% Good	Read 511 Write 201 Mixed 283 73% 332 MB/s	4K Read 29.2 4K Write 23.2 4K Mixed 18.9 81% 23.8 MB/s	DQ Read 222 DQ Write 79.3 DQ Mixed 48.8 63% 117 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 63.8% Great: 65%
Intel 730 Series 480GB-$230 5,159 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 99GB free Firmware: L2010420 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 98 98 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1151 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 141 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 34 (AF) Unknown 100 100 12887392877 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 69 521994271 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 34 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 31 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 73997 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 4294967295 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 73997 (F2) Unknown 100 100 114619	107% Outstanding	Read 519 Write 483 Mixed 477 110% 493 MB/s	4K Read 35.6 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 37.1 164% 63.9 MB/s	DQ Read 36.5 DQ Write 303 DQ Mixed 131 112% 157 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 110%
OCZ Vector 150 120GB-$89 1,360 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 54GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.2 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 100 100 198 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 126 (AB) Unknown 80 80 40989776 (AE) Unknown 100 100 14 (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 19 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 1 (E9) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 608 (F2) Unknown 100 100 1210 (F9) Unknown 100 100 29966777	106% Outstanding	Read 517 Write 421 Mixed 454 103% 464 MB/s	4K Read 26.9 4K Write 130 4K Mixed 31.9 150% 62.9 MB/s	DQ Read 313 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 92.4 134% 249 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 100%
Toshiba P300 2TB-$61 100,891 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: MX4OACF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 140 140 68 (03) Spinup time 134 134 17199530250 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 132 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 252 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 125 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 171 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 171 (C2) HDA temperature 181 181 167504838689 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	106% Outstanding	Read 188 Write 181 Mixed 185 139% 184 MB/s	4K Read 1.11 4K Write 1.66 4K Mixed 0.17 96% 0.98 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB 30,943 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	97.8% Outstanding	MC Read 37.4 MC Write 37.7 MC Mixed 27.5 98% 34.2 GB/s	SC Read 22.7 SC Write 39.7 SC Mixed 30.5 88% 31 GB/s	Latency 50.2 80% 50.2 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 97.8% Great: 103%

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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	4,385x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	785x
Core i7-7700k VHIntelBench 84%, 9,708 samples	342x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,030x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	943x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	894x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	438x
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 $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	487x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	260x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	226x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $766

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16