Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 59%
Gunboat
Desktop
Desktop 90%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 47%
Yacht
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 86.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics62.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive78.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait 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.
MotherboardAsus STRIX Z270E GAMING  (all builds)
Memory13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20170322
Uptime0 Days
Run DateJun 21 '17 at 23:33
Run Duration86 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU4%
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 PC Performing above expectations (81st percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-7500-$89
LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
86.5% Excellent
Memory 92.3
1-Core 120
2-Core 234
84% 149 Pts
4-Core 466
8-Core 468
62% 467 Pts
64-Core 467
29% 467 Pts
Poor: 45%
This bench: 86.5%
Great: 78%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-3GB-$119
EVGA(3842 6367) 3GB
CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 382.5
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
62.4% Good
Lighting 79.1
Reflection 74.4
Parallax 63.6
64% 72.4 fps
MRender 72.2
Gravity 72.1
Splatting 69.7
58% 71.4 fps
Poor: 48%
This bench: 62.4%
Great: 56%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
WD Blue 250GB-$81
196GB free (System drive)
Firmware: X41110WD Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing as expected (48th percentile)
78.2% Very good
Read 497
Write 198
Mixed 249
69% 314 MB/s
4K Read 35.5
4K Write 68.2
4K Mixed 21.3
117% 41.7 MB/s
DQ Read 327
DQ Write 206
DQ Mixed 45.2
93% 193 MB/s
Poor: 59%
This bench: 78.2%
Great: 100%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GB-$42
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz
Performing above expectations (76th percentile)
81.3% Excellent
MC Read 30.1
MC Write 32.2
MC Mixed 24.2
82% 28.8 GB/s
SC Read 17.7
SC Write 30.8
SC Mixed 24.3
69% 24.3 GB/s
Latency 63.5
63% 63.5 ns
Poor: 50%
This bench: 81.3%
Great: 88%

 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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HDDRAMUSB
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WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
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