Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 88%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 96%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 77%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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 87.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics97.5% 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 Drive340% 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.
MotherboardAsus STRIX Z270E GAMING  (all builds)
Memory25 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors, 3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20170322
Uptime0.2 Days
Run DateJun 12 '17 at 08:37
Run Duration142 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU6%
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 PC Performing as expected (52nd 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 above expectations (72nd percentile)
87.6% Excellent
Memory 89.2
1-Core 142
2-Core 252
90% 161 Pts
4-Core 463
8-Core 727
73% 595 Pts
64-Core 737
46% 737 Pts
Poor: 71%
This bench: 87.6%
Great: 92%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400
CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 382.53
Performing below potential (21st percentile) - GPU OC Guide
97.5% Outstanding
Lighting 120
Reflection 127
Parallax 101
98% 116 fps
MRender 115
Gravity 135
Splatting 109
97% 119 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 97.5%
Great: 110%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 1TB
641GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.0. Max speed: Unknown
Performing above expectations (74th percentile)
340% Outstanding
Read 2,518
Write 2,620
Mixed 2,195
546% 2,444 MB/s
4K Read 51.7
4K Write 140
4K Mixed 34.6
197% 75.4 MB/s
DQ Read 498
DQ Write 483
DQ Mixed 32
150% 338 MB/s
Poor: 120%
This bench: 340%
Great: 445%
Asmt 2135 1TB
211GB free
Firmware: 0
Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples
86.6% Excellent
Read 533
Write 503
Mixed 520
116% 519 MB/s
4K Read 31.6
4K Write 66
4K Mixed 21
110% 39.5 MB/s
DQ Read 32
DQ Write 66.9
DQ Mixed 20.8
24% 39.9 MB/s
Poor: 80%
This bench: 86.6%
Great: 87%
Lacie P9227 Mobile 4TB
1TB free
Firmware: 1153
Performing above expectations (82nd percentile)
62.2% Good
Read 108
Write 108
Mixed 72.3
71% 95.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.89
4K Write 5.73
4K Mixed 0.54
202% 2.38 MB/s
Poor: 14%
This bench: 62.2%
Great: 69%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3866 C18 4x8GB
4 of 4 slots used
32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing below potential (13th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
71.2% Very good
MC Read 25.2
MC Write 27.7
MC Mixed 22.5
72% 25.1 GB/s
SC Read 15.2
SC Write 26.9
SC Mixed 21.7
61% 21.3 GB/s
Latency 68.3
59% 68.3 ns
Poor: 69%
This bench: 71.2%
Great: 134%

 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
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