Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 78%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 91%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 67%
Battle cruiser
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 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 84.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics89.9% 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 Drive73.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.
Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
Run History
MotherboardAsus STRIX Z270E GAMING  (all builds)
Memory29.9 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 23:28
Run Duration97 Seconds
Run User CAN-User
Background CPU 17%
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 PC Performing as expected (45th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-7700K-$250
LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg)
Performing as expected (46th percentile)
84.2% Excellent
Memory 91.4
1-Core 137
2-Core 257
91% 162 Pts
4-Core 425
8-Core 543
62% 484 Pts
64-Core 783
48% 783 Pts
Poor: 71%
This bench: 84.2%
Great: 92%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132
CLim: 2050 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.78
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
89.9% Excellent
Lighting 115
Reflection 118
Parallax 101
94% 112 fps
MRender 97.8
Gravity 102
Splatting 99.4
82% 99.9 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 89.9%
Great: 88%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Intel 600p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$376
781GB free (System drive)
Firmware: PSF104C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (1st percentile)
73.3% Very good
Read 162
Write 167
Mixed 432
58% 254 MB/s
4K Read 25.1
4K Write 141
4K Mixed 19.7
138% 61.9 MB/s
DQ Read 363
DQ Write 395
DQ Mixed 17
113% 258 MB/s
Poor: 108%
This bench: 73.3%
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 potential (36th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
74.4% Very good
MC Read 26.8
MC Write 28.1
MC Mixed 23.2
74% 26 GB/s
SC Read 18.3
SC Write 29.2
SC Mixed 22.4
67% 23.3 GB/s
Latency 65.1
62% 65.1 ns
Poor: 66%
This bench: 74.4%
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 6,540 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: $1,001
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