Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 73%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 85%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 62%
Destroyer
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 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 80.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics88.2% 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 Drive14.5% is an extremely low SSD score, this system will benefit from a faster SSD.
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.
Very high background CPU (35%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
Run History
MotherboardAsus STRIX Z270E GAMING  (all builds)
Memory27.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display5760 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20161108
Uptime0 Days
Run DateMar 13 '17 at 23:06
Run Duration98 Seconds
Run User CAN-User
Background CPU 35%
Watch Gameplay: 1070 + 9600K How to compare your gameplay

 PC Performing as expected (46th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-7700K-$241
LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg)
Performing below expectations (21st percentile)
80.2% Excellent
Memory 86.7
1-Core 124
2-Core 235
84% 148 Pts
4-Core 404
8-Core 542
60% 473 Pts
64-Core 752
46% 752 Pts
Poor: 71%
This bench: 80.2%
Great: 92%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132
CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.78
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
88.2% Excellent
Lighting 112
Reflection 118
Parallax 100
91% 110 fps
MRender 98.1
Gravity 102
Splatting 103
83% 101 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 88.2%
Great: 88%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Intel 600p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$376
782GB free (System drive)
Firmware: PSF104C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
Relative performance (0th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable
14.5% Very poor
Read 90.8
Write 165
Mixed 219
36% 158 MB/s
4K Read 0.64
4K Write 1.37
4K Mixed 0.78
3% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 108%
This bench: 14.5%
Great: 246%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 4x8GB-$140
4 of 4 slots used
32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing below expectations (21st percentile)
70.6% Very good
MC Read 25.5
MC Write 27.1
MC Mixed 21.9
71% 24.8 GB/s
SC Read 17.6
SC Write 27.5
SC Mixed 20.3
62% 21.8 GB/s
Latency 70.7
57% 70.7 ns
Poor: 66%
This bench: 70.6%
Great: 120%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical STRIX Z270E GAMING Builds (Compare 6,553 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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