Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 74%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 77%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 63%
Destroyer
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing below expectations (28th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 72 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
ProcessorWith a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 66%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics113% 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.
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 (29%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardAsus STRIX Z270E GAMING  (all builds)
Memory19.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors, 2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20170723
Uptime0.5 Days
Run DateOct 18 '20 at 02:45
Run Duration123 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 29%

 PC Performing below expectations (28th 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 below expectations (4th percentile)
66% Good
Memory 82.4
1-Core 126
2-Core 216
80% 141 Pts
4-Core 269
8-Core 475
45% 372 Pts
64-Core 588
36% 588 Pts
Poor: 71%
This bench: 66%
Great: 92%
Graphics Cards Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Intel HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake)
Asus(1043 872F) 1GB
Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 27.20.100.7990
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
7.68% Terrible
Lighting 8.1
Reflection 11.8
Parallax 8.31
7% 9.41 fps
MRender 10.1
Gravity 7.47
Splatting 16.3
10% 11.3 fps
Poor: 3%
This bench: 7.68%
Great: 7%
Nvidia RTX 2080-$407
Nvidia(10DE 12A6) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 2160 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 456.71
Performing below potential (13th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
113% Outstanding
Lighting 150
Reflection 143
Parallax 154
122% 149 fps
MRender 164
Gravity 134
Splatting 102
106% 133 fps
Poor: 109%
This bench: 113%
Great: 134%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45
24GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete
Read 1,263
Write 802
Mixed 442
183% 836 MB/s
4K Read 38.9
4K Write 118
4K Mixed 42.3
175% 66.2 MB/s
DQ Read 1,058
DQ Write 912
DQ Mixed 715
609% 895 MB/s
Poor: 142% Great: 236%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49
297GB free
Firmware: 05.01D05
SusWrite @10s intervals: 61 60 62 62 61 60 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (18th percentile)
45.9% Average
Read 98.5
Write 99
Mixed 93.4
SusWrite 60.9
66% 87.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 2.2
4K Mixed 0.8
163% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 35%
This bench: 45.9%
Great: 76%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Crucial BLS8G4D240FSE.16FBD2 4x8GB
4 of 4 slots used
32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz
Performing way below expectations (5th percentile)
68.3% Good
MC Read 23.8
MC Write 26.9
MC Mixed 23
70% 24.6 GB/s
SC Read 12.4
SC Write 24.4
SC Mixed 20
54% 18.9 GB/s
Latency 76.2
52% 76.2 ns
Poor: 68%
This bench: 68.3%
Great: 85%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical STRIX Z270E GAMING Builds (Compare 6,562 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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HDDRAMUSB
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WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
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