Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 90%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 90%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 70%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 81.5%, 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 Drive237% 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 Z270E GAMING  (all builds)
Memory12 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit farger
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20170322
Uptime0 Days
Run DateNov 14 '19 at 12:15
Run Duration138 Seconds
Run User GBR-User
Background CPU8%
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 PC Performing above expectations (76th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-7400-$95
LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
81.5% Excellent
Memory 93.4
1-Core 107
2-Core 209
79% 136 Pts
4-Core 400
8-Core 417
54% 408 Pts
64-Core 402
25% 402 Pts
Poor: 43%
This bench: 81.5%
Great: 73%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400
MSI(1462 3367) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.12
Performing above expectations (82nd percentile)
106% Outstanding
Lighting 138
Reflection 146
Parallax 127
113% 137 fps
MRender 114
Gravity 134
Splatting 108
96% 119 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 106%
Great: 110%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB
177GB free (System drive)
Firmware: CXB7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 444 307 309 308 309 308 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (95th percentile)
237% Outstanding
Read 1,949
Write 1,334
Mixed 822
SusWrite 331
245% 1,109 MB/s
4K Read 60.9
4K Write 155
4K Mixed 78.5
275% 98.3 MB/s
DQ Read 1399
DQ Write 1035
DQ Mixed 175
414% 870 MB/s
Poor: 106%
This bench: 237%
Great: 236%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 2TB (2016)-$79
2TB free
Firmware: CC41
SusWrite @10s intervals: 187 186 188 186 189 189 MB/s
Performing below expectations (29th percentile)
76.1% Very good
Read 76.5
Write 156
Mixed 30
SusWrite 187
81% 112 MB/s
4K Read 1.2
4K Write 5.2
4K Mixed 2
368% 2.8 MB/s
Poor: 53%
This bench: 76.1%
Great: 110%
Seagate Video SV35.6 Series 2TB-$121
1TB free
Firmware: CV26
SusWrite @10s intervals: 165 167 172 172 172 171 MB/s
Performing above expectations (69th percentile)
99.8% Outstanding
Read 178
Write 180
Mixed 82
SusWrite 170
111% 152 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.8
148% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 56%
This bench: 99.8%
Great: 113%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Crucial BLS8G4D26BFSBK.8FBD 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz
Performing above expectations (78th percentile)
86.4% Excellent
MC Read 31.4
MC Write 34.9
MC Mixed 26.1
88% 30.8 GB/s
SC Read 17.8
SC Write 32.6
SC Mixed 26
73% 25.5 GB/s
Latency 61.2
65% 61.2 ns
Poor: 58%
This bench: 86.4%
Great: 96%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical STRIX Z270E GAMING Builds (Compare 6,552 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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CPUGPUSSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $274Nvidia RTX 4060 $295Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $183Nvidia RTX 4070 $539Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52
HDDRAMUSB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16
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