Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 68%
Battle cruiser
Desktop
Desktop 86%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 58%
Gunboat
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics78.2% 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 DriveThe boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
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.
Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
Run History
MotherboardAsus STRIX Z270E GAMING  (all builds)
Memory12 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20170723
Uptime0 Days
Run DateOct 06 '17 at 22:31
Run Duration135 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 19%
Watch Gameplay: 1070 + 9600K How to compare your gameplay

 PC Performing above expectations (62nd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-7700-$167
LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
87.7% Excellent
Memory 92
1-Core 124
2-Core 234
85% 150 Pts
4-Core 450
8-Core 686
70% 568 Pts
64-Core 689
43% 689 Pts
Poor: 63%
This bench: 87.7%
Great: 84%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 382.5
Performing below potential (42nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide
78.2% Very good
Lighting 97
Reflection 108
Parallax 90.6
79% 98.6 fps
MRender 92.6
Gravity 92.6
Splatting 94.9
77% 93.4 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 78.2%
Great: 88%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30
413GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing as expected (47th percentile)
82.6% Excellent
Read 153
Write 135
Mixed 125
103% 138 MB/s
4K Read 0.14
4K Write 1.47
4K Mixed 0.13
48% 0.58 MB/s
Poor: 52%
This bench: 82.6%
Great: 109%
SanDisk Ultra USB 3.0 32GB-$7
18GB free, PID 5581
Operating at USB 3.0 Speed
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
42.5% Average
Read 136
Write 58.8
Mixed 79.8
104% 91.6 MB/s
4K Read 6.86
4K Write 2.7
4K Mixed 1.47
167% 3.67 MB/s
Poor: 11%
This bench: 42.5%
Great: 38%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance RGB DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$171
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing below potential (19th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
67.8% Good
MC Read 25
MC Write 26.2
MC Mixed 20.2
68% 23.8 GB/s
SC Read 14.8
SC Write 24.6
SC Mixed 20.1
57% 19.8 GB/s
Latency 64
62% 64 ns
Poor: 54%
This bench: 67.8%
Great: 104%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical STRIX Z270E GAMING Builds (Compare 6,545 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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