Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 95%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 94%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 85%
Aircraft carrier
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 87.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics107% 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 Drive115% 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.
Memory32GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardAsus STRIX Z270E GAMING  (all builds)
Memory26.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180315
Uptime0.1 Days
Run DateOct 25 '18 at 00:25
Run Duration147 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 12%
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 PC Performing above expectations (61st percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-7700K-$230
LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (72nd percentile)
87.2% Excellent
Memory 82.7
1-Core 145
2-Core 280
92% 169 Pts
4-Core 492
8-Core 796
79% 644 Pts
64-Core 798
49% 798 Pts
Poor: 71%
This bench: 87.2%
Great: 92%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195
CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 399.24
Performing way above expectations (88th percentile)
107% Outstanding
Lighting 142
Reflection 151
Parallax 137
116% 143 fps
MRender 116
Gravity 126
Splatting 111
96% 117 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 107%
Great: 110%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 500GB-$150
336GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EXT0CB6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 319 377 365 380 383 382 MB/s
Performing above expectations (78th percentile)
115% Outstanding
Read 500
Write 482
Mixed 364
SusWrite 368
96% 428 MB/s
4K Read 41.4
4K Write 93.1
4K Mixed 54.4
182% 63 MB/s
DQ Read 380
DQ Write 342
DQ Mixed 247
217% 323 MB/s
Poor: 72%
This bench: 115%
Great: 126%
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130
701GB free
Firmware: EMT02B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 325 385 381 393 391 392 MB/s
Performing above expectations (74th percentile)
121% Outstanding
Read 498
Write 466
Mixed 407
SusWrite 378
98% 437 MB/s
4K Read 43.9
4K Write 105
4K Mixed 58.9
198% 69.2 MB/s
DQ Read 382
DQ Write 342
DQ Mixed 362
271% 362 MB/s
Poor: 80%
This bench: 121%
Great: 133%
Intel SSDPE2KE020T7 2TB
1.5TB free
Firmware: QDV10150
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1127 1535 1522 1555 1555 1562 MB/s
Performing as expected (44th percentile)
205% Outstanding
Read 530
Write 1,085
Mixed 632
SusWrite 1476
213% 931 MB/s
4K Read 19.4
4K Write 173
4K Mixed 33.2
163% 75.1 MB/s
DQ Read 1,081
DQ Write 959
DQ Mixed 1013
762% 1,018 MB/s
Poor: 119%
This bench: 205%
Great: 263%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Crucial BLS8G4D240FSB.16FBD BLS8G4D240FSB.16FARG BLS8G4D240FSB.16FBD BLS8G4D240FSB.16FARG 32GB
2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz
8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB
Performing below potential (9th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
74.6% Very good
MC Read 26.5
MC Write 28.6
MC Mixed 23.8
75% 26.3 GB/s
SC Read 17.2
SC Write 29.9
SC Mixed 24.4
68% 23.8 GB/s
Latency 75.6
53% 75.6 ns
Poor: 75%
This bench: 74.6%
Great: 86%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical STRIX Z270E GAMING Builds (Compare 6,574 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 89%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 90%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 76%
Battleship

Motherboard: Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING - $199

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 97% - Outstanding Total price: $755
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Intel Core i5-12600K $163Nvidia RTX 4070 $539Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52
HDDRAMUSB
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Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $64G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16
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