Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 91%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 85%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 76%
Battleship
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 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 88.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics109% 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.
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.
Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
Run History
MotherboardAsus STRIX Z270E GAMING  (all builds)
Memory12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 7
BIOS Date20161108
Uptime0.2 Days
Run DateSep 13 '17 at 16:50
Run Duration114 Seconds
Run User ISR-User
Background CPU 12%
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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 i7-7700-$167
LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
88.2% Excellent
Memory 90.2
1-Core 127
2-Core 252
87% 156 Pts
4-Core 464
8-Core 700
72% 582 Pts
64-Core 706
44% 706 Pts
Poor: 63%
This bench: 88.2%
Great: 84%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$245
CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 384.94
Performing way above expectations (93rd percentile)
109% Outstanding
Lighting 145
Reflection 155
Parallax 138
118% 146 fps
MRender 117
Gravity 134
Splatting 110
97% 120 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 109%
Great: 110%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung SSD 250GB
43GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EMT0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 61% Great: 126%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$60
1.5TB free
Firmware: 80.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
84.8% Excellent
Read 147
Write 148
Mixed 131
107% 142 MB/s
4K Read 0.92
4K Write 2.59
4K Mixed 0.29
118% 1.26 MB/s
Poor: 40%
This bench: 84.8%
Great: 84%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 2800 C14 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing below potential (3rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
41% Average
MC Read 14.3
MC Write 14.1
MC Mixed 11.7
38% 13.4 GB/s
SC Read 12.5
SC Write 14.9
SC Mixed 13
38% 13.5 GB/s
Latency 67
60% 67 ns
Poor: 58%
This bench: 41%
Great: 99%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical STRIX Z270E GAMING Builds (Compare 6,568 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: 88% - Excellent Total price: $812
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