Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 126% UFO	Desktop 102% UFO	Workstation 108% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 93.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	132% 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	297% 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	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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	26.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Jun 15 '18 at 21:30
Run Duration	129 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	17%

PC Performing above expectations (75^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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	93.4% Outstanding	Memory 95.2 1-Core 143 2-Core 285 96% 174 Pts	4-Core 493 8-Core 754 77% 624 Pts	64-Core 783 48% 783 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 93.4% 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) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 398.11 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	132% Outstanding	Lighting 184 Reflection 204 Parallax 196 150% 195 fps	MRender 132 Gravity 184 Splatting 132 121% 149 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 132% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 330GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 3648 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 636 (B1) Unknown 99 99 5 (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 66 44 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 372 (F1) Unknown 99 99 6298619573	112% Outstanding	Read 515 Write 413 Mixed 420 100% 450 MB/s	4K Read 43.5 4K Write 95.5 4K Mixed 44.6 174% 61.2 MB/s	DQ Read 308 DQ Write 267 DQ Mixed 27.7 92% 201 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 134%
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 225GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	297% Outstanding	Read 2,750 Write 1,960 Mixed 2,072 502% 2,261 MB/s	4K Read 58.6 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 35.9 195% 69.5 MB/s	DQ Read 218 DQ Write 240 DQ Mixed 130 125% 196 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 297% Great: 340%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 2TB (2016)-$79 133,734 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 69826440 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 288 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 65 60 3299226 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 1893 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 360 (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 68 47 555155488 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 54 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 296 (C2) HDA temperature 32 53 68719476768 (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 127444564576705 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3170135375 (F2) Unknown 100 253 52213589230	106% Outstanding	Read 193 Write 175 Mixed 137 126% 168 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 5.17 4K Mixed 0.79 214% 2.23 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 110%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GB-$127 87,239 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3100 MHz Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	94.1% Outstanding	MC Read 30.9 MC Write 37.6 MC Mixed 30.5 94% 33 GB/s	SC Read 16.8 SC Write 43.2 SC Mixed 30.8 86% 30.3 GB/s	Latency 56.4 71% 56.4 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 94.1% Great: 120%

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

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Motherboard: Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING - $199

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 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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Total price: $992

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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