Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 68% Battle cruiser	Desktop 100% UFO	Workstation 59% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 99.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	62.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	77.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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	26.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161011
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 15 '17 at 00:16
Run Duration	281 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (65^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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	99.2% Outstanding	Memory 95.3 1-Core 147 2-Core 293 98% 178 Pts	4-Core 555 8-Core 811 85% 683 Pts	64-Core 801 50% 801 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 99.2% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% EVGA(3842 6163) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	62.3% Good	Lighting 78.1 Reflection 78 Parallax 73.7 64% 76.6 fps	MRender 71.8 Gravity 72 Splatting 73.8 60% 72.5 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 62.3% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS1311 960GB-$195 1,486 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 402GB free Firmware: CS131122 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5601 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 248 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 1008 (AD) Unknown 100 100 2 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 16 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850984990 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 896	84% Excellent	Read 519 Write 351 Mixed 341 89% 404 MB/s	4K Read 34.2 4K Write 75 4K Mixed 10.5 105% 39.9 MB/s	DQ Read 328 DQ Write 231 DQ Mixed 44.8 97% 201 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 84% Great: 108%
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$125 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 94GB free Firmware: EXM03B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 3164 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 175 (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 71 68 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 3 (F1) Unknown 99 99 383556676	123% Outstanding	Read 518 Write 503 Mixed 504 114% 508 MB/s	4K Read 46.2 4K Write 129 4K Mixed 52.8 206% 75.8 MB/s	DQ Read 46.2 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 132 120% 174 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 124%
PNY CS1311 240GB-$78 26,547 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 67GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS131122 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5596 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 250 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 157 (AD) Unknown 100 100 852005 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 16 (C2) HDA temperature 98 98 128850984990 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 99 (F1) Unknown 100 100 4761	77.6% Very good	Read 519 Write 357 Mixed 355 91% 410 MB/s	4K Read 33.5 4K Write 75.6 4K Mixed 9.87 103% 39.6 MB/s	DQ Read 34.1 DQ Write 236 DQ Mixed 42.4 60% 104 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 77.6% Great: 97%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 878GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 168 2275 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4160 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 75 75 18773 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 604 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 65 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4098 (C2) HDA temperature 117 110 26 (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 0	99.1% Outstanding	Read 196 Write 150 Mixed 161 127% 169 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 2.38 4K Mixed 0.35 108% 1.11 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 99.1% Great: 109%
Seagate GoFlex Desk Mac 2TB 15 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 871GB free, PID 6091 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	16.6% Very poor	Read 37.2 Write 37.9 Mixed 35.2 48% 36.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 0.91 4K Mixed 0.2 40% 0.61 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 16.6% Great: 17%
Generic- USB3.0 CRW-SD 32GB 109 User benchmarks, average bench 21% 0GB free, PID 0301 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	11.7% Very poor	Read 43.9 Write 10.2 Mixed 15.3 23% 23.1 MB/s	4K Read 3.75 4K Write 0.73 4K Mixed 0.41 53% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 11.7% Great: 38%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 8GX-D4-3200-MR 4x8GB 325 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	96.2% Outstanding	MC Read 34.5 MC Write 36.5 MC Mixed 30.7 97% 33.9 GB/s	SC Read 21 SC Write 40 SC Mixed 29.8 86% 30.3 GB/s	Latency 56.1 71% 56.1 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 96.2% Great: 119%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Workstation 76%

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Motherboard: Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING - $199

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	4,359x
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	1,028x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	940x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	892x

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	228x

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 $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 $40	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