Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 53% Yacht	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 47% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 94.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	50.2% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	220% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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	11.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170322
Uptime	8.8 Days
Run Date	Aug 29 '17 at 05:17
Run Duration	253 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (64^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-$230 712,312 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 (98^th percentile)	94.2% Outstanding	Memory 92.6 1-Core 144 2-Core 288 96% 175 Pts	4-Core 515 8-Core 791 81% 653 Pts	64-Core 801 50% 801 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 94.2% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 470-$126 94,030 User benchmarks, average bench 40% MSI(1462 3411) CLim: 1242 MHz, MLim: 1650 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 16.6 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	50.2% Above average	Lighting 64.2 Reflection 65.1 Parallax 78.7 52% 69.3 fps	MRender 61.7 Gravity 58.1 Splatting 51.4 46% 57 fps
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 50.2% Great: 47%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 28GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	220% Outstanding	Read 1,884 Write 1,126 Mixed 1,096 302% 1,369 MB/s	4K Read 45 4K Write 147 4K Mixed 30.2 185% 74 MB/s	DQ Read 571 DQ Write 428 DQ Mixed 205 233% 401 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 220% Great: 236%
WD Black 2TB (2010)-$107 47,617 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 1.5TB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 253 253 8933 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4833 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 60 60 29553 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 508 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 259 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4573 (C2) HDA temperature 123 90 29 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 2	89.6% Excellent	Read 175 Write 137 Mixed 134 112% 149 MB/s	4K Read 0.85 4K Write 2.54 4K Mixed 0.34 120% 1.24 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 89.6% Great: 85%
WD Black 2TB (2010)-$107 47,617 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 801GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 2 (03) Spinup time 253 253 8650 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4670 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 65 65 25818 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 459 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 232 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4437 (C2) HDA temperature 125 94 27 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 241 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	74.4% Very good	Read 147 Write 112 Mixed 119 95% 126 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 2.56 4K Mixed 0.5 134% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 74.4% Great: 85%
Seagate Slim BK 500GB 653 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 146GB free Firmware: 6405 Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	50.4% Above average	Read 98.4 Write 77.5 Mixed 87.2 66% 87.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 0.74 4K Mixed 0.12 47% 0.45 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 50.4% Great: 61%
Seagate ST31000333AS 1TB-$750 12,067 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 39GB free Firmware: CC1H Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 144483969 (03) Spinup time 97 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4348 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 6 (07) Seek error rate 82 60 190002533 (09) Power-on hours count 77 77 20505 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 1 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 555 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 5 (BD) vendor-specific 1 1 334 (BE) vendor-specific 75 50 420610073 (C2) HDA temperature 25 50 47244640281 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 36 26 144483969 (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 71300752093214 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2998852007 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3528898053	37.4% Below average	Read 62.5 Write 67.6 Mixed 58.9 47% 63 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 1.23 4K Mixed 0.3 75% 0.66 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 37.4% Great: 66%
Hitachi HDS723020BLA642 2TB-$249 29,211 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 32GB free Firmware: MN6OA5C0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 136 136 83 (03) Spinup time 131 131 34388378040 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 3624 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 135 135 26 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 14610 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 614 (C0) Power-off retract count 97 97 3674 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 3674 (C2) HDA temperature 240 240 223339020313 (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	46% Average	Read 79.6 Write 80.4 Mixed 59.3 54% 73.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.99 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.43 117% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 46% Great: 85%
Seagate Expansion 2TB 49,966 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 29GB free Firmware: 0706 Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	23.8% Poor	Read 41.2 Write 41.4 Mixed 39.6 31% 40.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 1.63 4K Mixed 0.26 82% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 23.8% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x8GB-$42 66,222 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	76.9% Very good	MC Read 27.9 MC Write 29 MC Mixed 23.8 77% 26.9 GB/s	SC Read 17.9 SC Write 29.9 SC Mixed 24.8 69% 24.2 GB/s	Latency 62.8 64% 62.8 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 76.9% Great: 88%

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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	4,387x
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 $45Bench 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: $763

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	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 $550	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 $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16