Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 88%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 89%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 75%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 87.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics103% 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 Drive49.9% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
MotherboardAsus STRIX Z270E GAMING  (all builds)
Memory4.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.2 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20170125
Uptime3 Days
Run DateDec 01 '18 at 00:25
Run Duration130 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU8%
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 PC Performing above expectations (74th 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 91.5
1-Core 129
2-Core 243
87% 154 Pts
4-Core 452
8-Core 714
72% 583 Pts
64-Core 706
44% 706 Pts
Poor: 63%
This bench: 87.7%
Great: 84%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 416.94
Performing below potential (61st percentile) - GPU OC Guide
103% Outstanding
Lighting 133
Reflection 144
Parallax 137
108% 138 fps
MRender 112
Gravity 131
Splatting 107
95% 117 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 103%
Great: 110%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Sandisk PLUS 240GB
103GB free (System drive)
Firmware: UF4500RL
SusWrite @10s intervals: 175 2.5 61 36 154 55 MB/s
Performing above expectations (77th percentile)
49.9% Average
Read 447
Write 358
Mixed 317
SusWrite 80.7
67% 301 MB/s
4K Read 21.8
4K Write 42.1
4K Mixed 17.9
78% 27.3 MB/s
DQ Read 90.9
DQ Write 67.1
DQ Mixed 34.2
38% 64.1 MB/s
Poor: 33%
This bench: 49.9%
Great: 56%
PNY SSD2SC480G1CS2754D117-533 480GB
260GB free
Firmware: CS211101
SusWrite @10s intervals: 407 413 427 421 432 435 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
107% Outstanding
Read 497
Write 427
Mixed 305
SusWrite 422
93% 413 MB/s
4K Read 28.9
4K Write 112
4K Mixed 42.9
158% 61.4 MB/s
DQ Read 276
DQ Write 280
DQ Mixed 196
170% 251 MB/s
Poor: 63%
This bench: 107%
Great: 107%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 1x8GB
1 of 4 slots used
8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2176 MHz
Performing below potential (36th percentile) - ensure that an XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
39% Below average
MC Read 14.6
MC Write 13.2
MC Mixed 10.3
36% 12.7 GB/s
SC Read 11.5
SC Write 12.9
SC Mixed 11.8
34% 12.1 GB/s
Latency 65
62% 65 ns
Poor: 32%
This bench: 39%
Great: 57%

 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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