Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 100%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 99%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 87%
Aircraft carrier
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 90.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics108% 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 Drive357% 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)
Memory25.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20170723
Uptime0 Days
Run DateAug 05 '17 at 05:36
Run Duration167 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU8%
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 PC Performing above expectations (76th 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 4.5 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (91st percentile)
90.8% Outstanding
Memory 91.9
1-Core 142
2-Core 278
94% 171 Pts
4-Core 482
8-Core 788
78% 635 Pts
64-Core 744
46% 744 Pts
Poor: 71%
This bench: 90.8%
Great: 92%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400
CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 384.94
Performing way above expectations (89th percentile)
108% Outstanding
Lighting 142
Reflection 152
Parallax 144
116% 146 fps
MRender 117
Gravity 136
Splatting 111
98% 121 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 108%
Great: 110%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 1TB
510GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.0. Max speed: Unknown
Performing above expectations (80th percentile)
357% Outstanding
Read 2,787
Write 2,646
Mixed 2,324
577% 2,585 MB/s
4K Read 56.8
4K Write 144
4K Mixed 47.8
224% 82.9 MB/s
DQ Read 396
DQ Write 370
DQ Mixed 168
185% 311 MB/s
Poor: 120%
This bench: 357%
Great: 445%
Asmt 2135 1TB
211GB free
Firmware: 0
Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples
80.4% Excellent
Read 434
Write 437
Mixed 438
98% 436 MB/s
4K Read 23.1
4K Write 39.5
4K Mixed 28.6
92% 30.4 MB/s
DQ Read 163
DQ Write 173
DQ Mixed 110
99% 149 MB/s
Poor: 80%
This bench: 80.4%
Great: 87%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$150
47GB free
Firmware: 2B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (87th percentile)
286% Outstanding
Read 2,806
Write 1,491
Mixed 1,480
423% 1,925 MB/s
4K Read 53
4K Write 145
4K Mixed 50.7
222% 83 MB/s
DQ Read 389
DQ Write 302
DQ Mixed 144
163% 278 MB/s
Poor: 157%
This bench: 286%
Great: 302%
Lacie P9227 Mobile 4TB
735GB free
Firmware: 1153
Performing way above expectations (92nd percentile)
65.7% Good
Read 125
Write 103
Mixed 90.9
79% 106 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 5.47
4K Mixed 0.46
186% 2.24 MB/s
Poor: 14%
This bench: 65.7%
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 (18th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
73.4% Very good
MC Read 26
MC Write 28.1
MC Mixed 23
73% 25.7 GB/s
SC Read 17
SC Write 27.8
SC Mixed 23.6
65% 22.8 GB/s
Latency 64.2
62% 64.2 ns
Poor: 69%
This bench: 73.4%
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 6,566 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: 70% - Very good Total price: $962
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