Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 90%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 81%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 77%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing below expectations (25th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 75 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
ProcessorWith 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 74.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics121% 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.
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 (76%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardAsus STRIX Z270E GAMING  (all builds)
Memory11.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20170322
Uptime1 Days
Run DateNov 15 '18 at 16:05
Run Duration130 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 76%

 PC Performing below expectations (25th 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 below expectations (10th percentile)
74.4% Very good
Memory 80.1
1-Core 108
2-Core 217
76% 135 Pts
4-Core 374
8-Core 511
56% 443 Pts
64-Core 687
42% 687 Pts
Poor: 71%
This bench: 74.4%
Great: 92%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485
CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 399.7
Performing below potential (40th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
121% Outstanding
Lighting 163
Reflection 169
Parallax 158
133% 164 fps
MRender 123
Gravity 176
Splatting 126
115% 142 fps
Poor: 109%
This bench: 121%
Great: 133%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45
21GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete
Read 1,432
Write 895
Mixed 510
208% 946 MB/s
4K Read 47.4
4K Write 158
4K Mixed 58.5
230% 87.8 MB/s
DQ Read 1,186
DQ Write 1,000
DQ Mixed 862
709% 1,016 MB/s
Poor: 142% Great: 236%
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130
107GB free
Firmware: EMT02B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 346 403 391 292 271 259 MB/s
Performing as expected (46th percentile)
110% Outstanding
Read 449
Write 440
Mixed 380
SusWrite 327
90% 399 MB/s
4K Read 39
4K Write 93.3
4K Mixed 55.5
180% 62.6 MB/s
DQ Read 380
DQ Write 342
DQ Mixed 359
270% 361 MB/s
Poor: 80%
This bench: 110%
Great: 133%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance RGB DDR4 3466 C16 2x8GB-$253
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing way below expectations (7th percentile)
60.2% Good
MC Read 23.7
MC Write 23
MC Mixed 19.9
63% 22.2 GB/s
SC Read 8.8
SC Write 18
SC Mixed 14.1
39% 13.6 GB/s
Latency 80.3
50% 80.3 ns
Poor: 56%
This bench: 60.2%
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 6,553 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
The Best.
CPUGPUSSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273Nvidia RTX 4060 $300Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177Nvidia RTX 4070 $539Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52
HDDRAMUSB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16
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