Asus STRIX Z270G GAMING

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 88%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 91%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 68%
Battle cruiser
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 83.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics106% 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 Drive161% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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 Z270G GAMING  (all builds)
Memory9.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20161108
Uptime5.2 Days
Run DateJul 09 '17 at 16:22
Run Duration134 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU7%
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 PC Performing above expectations (73rd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-6600K-$81
LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (92nd percentile)
83.5% Excellent
Memory 91.4
1-Core 125
2-Core 249
87% 155 Pts
4-Core 434
8-Core 450
59% 442 Pts
64-Core 468
29% 468 Pts
Poor: 57%
This bench: 83.5%
Great: 85%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400
EVGA(3842 6284) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 382.5
Performing below potential (79th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
106% Outstanding
Lighting 140
Reflection 140
Parallax 123
114% 135 fps
MRender 110
Gravity 129
Splatting 104
93% 114 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 106%
Great: 110%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Intel 600p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$49
96GB free (System drive)
Firmware: PSF100C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (96th percentile)
161% Outstanding
Read 1,369
Write 564
Mixed 781
198% 905 MB/s
4K Read 34.6
4K Write 139
4K Mixed 47.3
187% 73.7 MB/s
DQ Read 277
DQ Write 368
DQ Mixed 101
138% 249 MB/s
Poor: 79%
This bench: 161%
Great: 157%
Spcc Solid State Disk 480GB
79GB free
Firmware: SAFM12.2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (94th percentile)
103% Outstanding
Read 527
Write 505
Mixed 500
114% 511 MB/s
4K Read 34.6
4K Write 109
4K Mixed 14.9
129% 52.7 MB/s
DQ Read 326
DQ Write 314
DQ Mixed 69.2
121% 237 MB/s
Poor: 39%
This bench: 103%
Great: 104%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2666 C15 2x8GB-$169
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 2667 MHz clocked @ 2666 MHz
Performing below potential (6th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
48.3% Average
MC Read 16.5
MC Write 16.8
MC Mixed 15.1
46% 16.1 GB/s
SC Read 13.1
SC Write 16.1
SC Mixed 16.7
44% 15.3 GB/s
Latency 65.1
61% 65.1 ns
Poor: 46%
This bench: 48.3%
Great: 97%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical STRIX Z270G GAMING Builds (Compare 1,327 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 89%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 92%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 76%
Battleship

Motherboard: Asus STRIX Z270G GAMING - $200

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 77% - Very good Total price: $916
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HDDRAMUSB
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