Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 85%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 95%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 75%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 89.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics93% 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 Drive111% 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.
High background CPU (23%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardAsus STRIX Z270E GAMING  (all builds)
Memory28.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20161011
Uptime0 Days
Run DateJan 08 '17 at 08:53
Run Duration168 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 23%
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 PC Performing above expectations (71st percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-7700K-$250
LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (86th percentile)
89.3% Excellent
Memory 91
1-Core 143
2-Core 287
95% 173 Pts
4-Core 471
8-Core 776
76% 623 Pts
64-Core 784
48% 784 Pts
Poor: 71%
This bench: 89.3%
Great: 92%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132
CLim: 2062 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 372.70
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
93% Outstanding
Lighting 118
Reflection 124
Parallax 103
96% 115 fps
MRender 100
Gravity 108
Splatting 107
86% 105 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 93%
Great: 88%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109
428GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing as expected (43rd percentile)
111% Outstanding
Read 506
Write 407
Mixed 415
98% 443 MB/s
4K Read 40.6
4K Write 117
4K Mixed 52.5
191% 69.9 MB/s
DQ Read 47.8
DQ Write 283
DQ Mixed 116
104% 149 MB/s
Poor: 80%
This bench: 111%
Great: 134%
PNY USB 2.0 FD 64GB
29GB free, PID 00d4
Operating at USB 2.0 Speed
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
11.1% Very poor
Read 31.8
Write 16.4
Mixed 7.71
20% 18.6 MB/s
4K Read 3.66
4K Write 0.68
4K Mixed 0.45
52% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 3%
This bench: 11.1%
Great: 11%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair CMU32GX4M4A2666C16 4x8GB
4 of 4 slots used
32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing below potential (27th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
72.6% Very good
MC Read 26.3
MC Write 27.9
MC Mixed 22.5
73% 25.6 GB/s
SC Read 17.2
SC Write 27
SC Mixed 21.5
62% 21.9 GB/s
Latency 65.7
61% 65.7 ns
Poor: 66%
This bench: 72.6%
Great: 115%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical STRIX Z270E GAMING Builds (Compare 6,543 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: 69% - Good Total price: $1,001
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HDDRAMUSB
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