Asus STRIX Z270I GAMING

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 92%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 92%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 73%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall 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.
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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics109% 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 Drive231% 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.
Memory8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardAsus STRIX Z270I GAMING  (all builds)
Memory5.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20170105
Uptime0.1 Days
Run DateJul 11 '17 at 20:35
Run Duration113 Seconds
Run User TUR-User
Background CPU 21%
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 PC Performing above expectations (75th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-7600K-$190
LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (92nd percentile)
85.6% Excellent
Memory 82.2
1-Core 135
2-Core 270
89% 162 Pts
4-Core 514
8-Core 512
69% 513 Pts
64-Core 513
32% 513 Pts
Poor: 59%
This bench: 85.6%
Great: 89%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400
CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 384.76
Performing way above expectations (94th percentile)
109% Outstanding
Lighting 144
Reflection 155
Parallax 133
118% 144 fps
MRender 118
Gravity 138
Splatting 112
100% 123 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 109%
Great: 110%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45
162GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (91st percentile)
231% Outstanding
Read 2,210
Write 994
Mixed 1,298
330% 1,501 MB/s
4K Read 52.6
4K Write 135
4K Mixed 43.9
208% 77.2 MB/s
DQ Read 509
DQ Write 404
DQ Mixed 191
215% 368 MB/s
Poor: 142%
This bench: 231%
Great: 236%
WD Purple 2TB (2014)-$67
2TB free
Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (86th percentile)
80.7% Excellent
Read 142
Write 139
Mixed 133
104% 138 MB/s
4K Read 0.65
4K Write 2.32
4K Mixed 0.2
93% 1.06 MB/s
Poor: 39%
This bench: 80.7%
Great: 86%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 1x8GB-$25
1 of 2 slots used
8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing below potential (13th percentile) - ensure that an XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
34.1% Below average
MC Read 12.6
MC Write 11.1
MC Mixed 10
32% 11.2 GB/s
SC Read 9.8
SC Write 9.8
SC Mixed 11
29% 10.2 GB/s
Latency 76.6
52% 76.6 ns
Poor: 31%
This bench: 34.1%
Great: 50%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical STRIX Z270I GAMING Builds (Compare 943 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 107%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 92%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 91%
Nuclear submarine

Motherboard: Asus STRIX Z270I GAMING

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 69% - Good Total price: $735
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HDDRAMUSB
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