Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 100%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 97%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 87%
Aircraft carrier
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 92.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics105% 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 Drive48.6% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Very high background CPU (77%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardAsus STRIX Z270E GAMING  (all builds)
Memory13 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20171226
Uptime1.9 Days
Run DateOct 21 '18 at 20:59
Run Duration139 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 77%
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 PC Performing above expectations (60th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-7700K-$241
LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (96th percentile)
92.4% Outstanding
Memory 97.1
1-Core 143
2-Core 285
97% 175 Pts
4-Core 473
8-Core 784
77% 628 Pts
64-Core 778
48% 778 Pts
Poor: 71%
This bench: 92.4%
Great: 92%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400
EVGA(3842 6284) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 416.34
Performing below potential (79th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
105% Outstanding
Lighting 137
Reflection 140
Parallax 103
112% 127 fps
MRender 113
Gravity 134
Splatting 106
95% 118 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 105%
Great: 110%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$28
103GB free (System drive)
Firmware: Z32070RL
SusWrite @10s intervals: 147 51 70 64 58 64 MB/s
Performing below expectations (30th percentile)
48.6% Average
Read 304
Write 344
Mixed 18.7
SusWrite 75.5
41% 185 MB/s
4K Read 8
4K Write 80.8
4K Mixed 15.5
75% 34.8 MB/s
DQ Read 183
DQ Write 244
DQ Mixed 0.2
60% 142 MB/s
Poor: 35%
This bench: 48.6%
Great: 86%
Adata SU650 480GB-$89
95GB free
Firmware: Q0831C0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 9.4 331 51 3.1 66 10 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (5th percentile)
33.5% Below average
Read 470
Write 412
Mixed 17.5
SusWrite 78.3
54% 244 MB/s
4K Read 21.4
4K Write 8
4K Mixed 0.6
37% 10 MB/s
Poor: 34%
This bench: 33.5%
Great: 99%
Toshiba MQ01ABD100 1TB-$58
286GB free
Firmware: AX1P1A
SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 91 90 91 92 91 MB/s
Performing above expectations (70th percentile)
53.7% Above average
Read 96.5
Write 92
Mixed 33.2
SusWrite 90.4
57% 78 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 0.5
108% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 23%
This bench: 53.7%
Great: 62%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
G.SKILL Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$55
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz
Performing above expectations (81st percentile)
97.7% Outstanding
MC Read 37.9
MC Write 37.7
MC Mixed 27.5
98% 34.4 GB/s
SC Read 20.5
SC Write 37.6
SC Mixed 31.7
86% 29.9 GB/s
Latency 50.1
80% 50.1 ns
Poor: 60%
This bench: 97.7%
Great: 107%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical STRIX Z270E GAMING Builds (Compare 6,545 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: $992
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