Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 81%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 90%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 67%
Battle cruiser
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 79.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics97.8% 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 Drive216% 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.
High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardAsus STRIX Z270E GAMING  (all builds)
Memory20.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit kleuren
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20161108
Uptime0.2 Days
Run DateNov 24 '17 at 16:26
Run Duration148 Seconds
Run User BEL-User
Background CPU 21%
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 PC Performing as expected (41st percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180
LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg)
Performing as expected (42nd percentile)
79.9% Very good
Memory 87.5
1-Core 125
2-Core 230
84% 148 Pts
4-Core 393
8-Core 551
59% 472 Pts
64-Core 546
34% 546 Pts
Poor: 70%
This bench: 79.9%
Great: 90%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400
Asus(1043 8593) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 2062 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.13
Performing below potential (21st percentile) - GPU OC Guide
97.8% Outstanding
Lighting 125
Reflection 133
Parallax 114
102% 124 fps
MRender 107
Gravity 116
Splatting 106
90% 110 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 97.8%
Great: 110%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625
383GB free
Firmware: 2B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
Performing above expectations (83rd percentile)
267% Outstanding
Read 2,281
Write 1,426
Mixed 1,376
374% 1,694 MB/s
4K Read 46.9
4K Write 143
4K Mixed 58.2
221% 82.7 MB/s
DQ Read 533
DQ Write 393
DQ Mixed 208
225% 378 MB/s
Poor: 138%
This bench: 267%
Great: 283%
Intel 750 Series NVMe PCIe 400GB-$550
277GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 8EV10174 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (87th percentile)
216% Outstanding
Read 1,964
Write 926
Mixed 1,313
309% 1,401 MB/s
4K Read 38.6
4K Write 169
4K Mixed 48.8
211% 85.5 MB/s
DQ Read 465
DQ Write 332
DQ Mixed 185
196% 327 MB/s
Poor: 123%
This bench: 216%
Great: 230%
HGST Travelstar 5K1000 2.5" 750GB-$125
51GB free
Firmware: 0102
Performing way below expectations (7th percentile)
22% Poor
Read 41.2
Write 35.5
Mixed 37.7
29% 38.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.24
4K Write 0.43
4K Mixed 0.16
35% 0.28 MB/s
Poor: 20%
This bench: 22%
Great: 57%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair CMU16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GB
4 of 4 slots used
32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing below potential (7th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
67.7% Good
MC Read 23.7
MC Write 26.7
MC Mixed 21.6
69% 24 GB/s
SC Read 13.1
SC Write 27.7
SC Mixed 17.9
56% 19.6 GB/s
Latency 70.1
57% 70.1 ns
Poor: 67%
This bench: 67.7%
Great: 117%

 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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