Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 11%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 82%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 10%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics7.3% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive220% 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.
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)
Memory3 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180315
Uptime0.1 Days
Run DateJan 21 '19 at 21:23
Run Duration137 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU4%

 PC Performing as expected (60th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180
LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (89th percentile)
86.7% Excellent
Memory 83.3
1-Core 134
2-Core 267
88% 161 Pts
4-Core 484
8-Core 723
75% 604 Pts
64-Core 736
46% 736 Pts
Poor: 70%
This bench: 86.7%
Great: 90%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake)
Asus(1043 872F) 1GB
Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 25.20.100.6471
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
7.3% Terrible
Lighting 8.07
Reflection 11.7
Parallax 8
7% 9.24 fps
MRender 6.19
Gravity 7.3
Splatting 16
9% 9.84 fps
Poor: 3%
This bench: 7.3%
Great: 6%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Plextor M8Pe NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$149
452GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.06 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 981 951 1008 1040 915 1048 MB/s
Performing above expectations (78th percentile)
220% Outstanding
Read 1,304
Write 1,281
Mixed 662
SusWrite 990
238% 1,059 MB/s
4K Read 46.2
4K Write 142
4K Mixed 61.5
224% 83.3 MB/s
DQ Read 1018
DQ Write 712
DQ Mixed 802
616% 844 MB/s
Poor: 128%
This bench: 220%
Great: 237%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 320GB-$80
274GB free
Firmware: 3.AAC
SusWrite @10s intervals: 60 65 65 65 65 65 MB/s
Performing above expectations (61st percentile)
36.4% Below average
Read 62.3
Write 41.8
Mixed 43.3
SusWrite 64.4
39% 52.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.3
4K Mixed 0.8
138% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 22%
This bench: 36.4%
Great: 43%
Toshiba DT01ACA300 3TB-$80
2TB free
Firmware: MX6OABB0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 128 136 135 136 135 134 MB/s
Performing below expectations (23rd percentile)
71.3% Very good
Read 114
Write 137
Mixed 41.5
SusWrite 134
78% 107 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 2.2
4K Mixed 0.5
142% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 51%
This bench: 71.3%
Great: 107%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3200 C16 1x8GB
1 of 4 slots used
8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing below potential (9th percentile) - ensure that an XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
35.1% Below average
MC Read 12.3
MC Write 11.9
MC Mixed 9.8
32% 11.3 GB/s
SC Read 11
SC Write 12.3
SC Mixed 11.3
33% 11.5 GB/s
Latency 74.7
54% 74.7 ns
Poor: 34%
This bench: 35.1%
Great: 61%

 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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HDDRAMUSB
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