Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 65%
Battle cruiser
Desktop
Desktop 103%
UFO
Workstation
Workstation 57%
Gunboat
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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 98.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics63.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive298% 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.
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.
MotherboardAsus STRIX Z270E GAMING  (all builds)
Memory13.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20170723
Uptime0.4 Days
Run DateNov 06 '17 at 21:21
Run Duration107 Seconds
Run User SRB-User
Background CPU7%
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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 i7-7700K-$230
LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
98.4% Outstanding
Memory 96.8
1-Core 147
2-Core 293
99% 179 Pts
4-Core 538
8-Core 816
84% 677 Pts
64-Core 820
51% 820 Pts
Poor: 71%
This bench: 98.4%
Great: 92%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117
CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 372.54
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
63.5% Good
Lighting 80
Reflection 78.4
Parallax 66.6
65% 75 fps
MRender 72.4
Gravity 73.4
Splatting 74.2
60% 73.3 fps
Poor: 51%
This bench: 63.5%
Great: 60%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43
272GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
298% Outstanding
Read 2,892
Write 1,391
Mixed 1,452
420% 1,912 MB/s
4K Read 63
4K Write 152
4K Mixed 55.5
247% 90.3 MB/s
DQ Read 620
DQ Write 413
DQ Mixed 224
246% 419 MB/s
Poor: 153%
This bench: 298%
Great: 254%
WD Blue 640GB (2008)-$33
328GB free
Firmware: 01.03B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s
Performing above expectations (70th percentile)
55.6% Above average
Read 96.5
Write 96.9
Mixed 92.6
72% 95.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.69
4K Write 1.98
4K Mixed 0.33
102% 1 MB/s
Poor: 31%
This bench: 55.6%
Great: 62%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2933 MHz
Performing below potential (7th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
56.1% Above average
MC Read 20
MC Write 19.1
MC Mixed 15.5
52% 18.2 GB/s
SC Read 17.6
SC Write 21.5
SC Mixed 18.8
55% 19.3 GB/s
Latency 50.9
79% 50.9 ns
Poor: 44%
This bench: 56.1%
Great: 103%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical STRIX Z270E GAMING Builds (Compare 6,602 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: 95% - Outstanding Total price: $763
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Intel Core i5-12600K $175Nvidia RTX 4070 $550Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52
HDDRAMUSB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16
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