Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 77% Battleship	Desktop 101% UFO	Workstation 62% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 96.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	75.9% 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	201% 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	14.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170723
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 25 '17 at 03:07
Run Duration	106 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$130 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	96.5% Outstanding	Memory 93.7 1-Core 148 2-Core 297 98% 180 Pts	4-Core 571 8-Core 579 77% 575 Pts	64-Core 584 36% 584 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 96.5% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4991) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 385.41 Performing below potential (36^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	75.9% Very good	Lighting 97.5 Reflection 102 Parallax 92.5 79% 97.3 fps	MRender 87 Gravity 89.9 Splatting 78.7 69% 85.2 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 75.9% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Apple SM0256G PCIe 251GB 1,022 User benchmarks, average bench 149% 60GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXW1JA0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2601 (0C) Power cycle count 91 91 9057 (A9) Unknown 212 212 2250650944448 (AD) Unknown 198 198 30069162021 (AE) Unknown 99 99 6384551 (AF) Unknown 99 99 7184552 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 151 (C2) HDA temperature 52 16 360778039344 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 199 199 21	201% Outstanding	Read 1,962 Write 1,115 Mixed 1,350 326% 1,476 MB/s	4K Read 42.8 4K Write 132 4K Mixed 28.6 171% 67.8 MB/s	DQ Read 44.3 DQ Write 142 DQ Mixed 28.6 41% 71.8 MB/s
Poor: 92% ↑ This bench: 201% Great: 203%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1TB free Firmware: SC48 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 113 99 55723816 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1151 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 52 50 42951443878 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 961 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 670 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 2 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 45 504823838 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 303 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 6098 (C2) HDA temperature 30 55 73014444062 (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 -93106301042280 (F1) Unknown 100 253 4529489854 (F2) Unknown 100 253 6366340400	63.6% Good	Read 93.2 Write 127 Mixed 111 83% 110 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 7.45 4K Mixed 0.44 209% 2.81 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 63.6% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB 13,788 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2165 MHz Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	76.6% Very good	MC Read 28 MC Write 29.7 MC Mixed 22 76% 26.6 GB/s	SC Read 19.2 SC Write 30.3 SC Mixed 24.5 70% 24.7 GB/s	Latency 60.5 66% 60.5 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 76.6% Great: 94%

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

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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	4,364x
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	1,029x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	940x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	893x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	436x
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	483x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 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: $966

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 $177	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) $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