Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (88th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 12 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 a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	91.1% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

High background CPU (23%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20170723
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Nov 08 '17 at 04:44
Run Duration	192 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	23%

PC Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700-$180 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	78.9% Very good	Memory 90.5 1-Core 75.3 2-Core 135 62% 100 Pts	4-Core 400 8-Core 334 51% 367 Pts	64-Core 653 40% 653 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 78.9% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 770-$279 116,895 User benchmarks, average bench 34% Nvidia(10DE 1033) 2GB CLim: 1202 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 388.13 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 32% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
LITEONIT 128GB 35 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 57GB free (System drive) Firmware: DG76 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 82 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 467 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 29807 (AE) Unknown 100 100 106 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 688 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 1091 (E9) Unknown 100 100 3725 (F1) Unknown 100 100 103905 (F2) Unknown 100 100 84189	91.1% Outstanding	Read 492 Write 286 Mixed 364 84% 381 MB/s	4K Read 32.2 4K Write 75.8 4K Mixed 37.1 136% 48.4 MB/s	DQ Read 265 DQ Write 271 DQ Mixed 81 112% 206 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 91.1% Great: 91%
Hitachi HUA723020ALA641 2TB-$78 30,011 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 2TB free Firmware: MK7O Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 136 136 83 (03) Spinup time 125 125 42982375923 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 48 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 123 123 31 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 216 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 42 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 49 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 49 (C2) HDA temperature 146 146 201865035817 (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	87.2% Excellent	Read 156 Write 149 Mixed 111 103% 139 MB/s	4K Read 0.96 4K Write 1.02 4K Mixed 0.49 113% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 87.2% Great: 82%
Hitachi HUA723020ALA641 2TB-$78 30,011 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 1.5TB free Firmware: MK7O 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 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 134 134 88 (03) Spinup time 131 131 38686228947 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 41 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 133 133 27 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 215 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 41 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 42 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 42 (C2) HDA temperature 153 153 201865035815 (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	80.1% Excellent	Read 162 Write 119 Mixed 112 98% 131 MB/s	4K Read 0.1 4K Write 0.09 4K Mixed 0.05 12% 0.08 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 80.1% Great: 82%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 500GB-$39 47,332 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 466GB free Firmware: 0002 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 113 99 56741696 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4659 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 73 60 24328410 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 3491 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1772 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 1 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 50 555352097 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 22 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 471 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 85 85 30907 (C2) HDA temperature 33 50 42949672993 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 113 99 56741696 (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 -1451698944925 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2182184797 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1457276923	54.6% Above average	Read 88.4 Write 102 Mixed 87.9 70% 92.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.17 60% 0.52 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 54.6% Great: 58%
JetDrive Transcend 500GB 151GB free, PID 07d1 Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	248% Outstanding	Read 320 Write 225 Mixed 227 313% 257 MB/s	4K Read 19.3 4K Write 48 4K Mixed 10.1 2,048% 25.8 MB/s	DQ Read 20.8 DQ Write 48.3 DQ Mixed 13 2,164% 27.4 MB/s

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D240FSB.16FBD2 2x8GB 16,539 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	80.8% Excellent	MC Read 30 MC Write 31.3 MC Mixed 26.4 84% 29.2 GB/s	SC Read 16.3 SC Write 29.7 SC Mixed 19.7 63% 21.9 GB/s	Latency 66.5 60% 66.5 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 80.8% Great: 91%

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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	4,401x
Core i5-7600KIntel $169Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	788x
Core i7-7700k VHIntelBench 84%, 9,708 samples	342x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,033x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	948x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	896x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	440x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	309x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 213%, 165,668 samples	229x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	488x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	261x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	227x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $762

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $160	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	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) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16