Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 71%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 91%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 61%
Destroyer
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 85.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics80.6% 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 Drive105% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.
Sub-optimal background CPU (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardAsus STRIX Z270E GAMING  (all builds)
Memory6.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20170322
Uptime0.7 Days
Run DateNov 16 '19 at 07:38
Run Duration142 Seconds
Run User KWT-User
Background CPU 20%
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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 (54th percentile)
85.7% Excellent
Memory 88.4
1-Core 141
2-Core 263
91% 164 Pts
4-Core 446
8-Core 731
72% 588 Pts
64-Core 710
44% 710 Pts
Poor: 71%
This bench: 85.7%
Great: 92%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132
CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 440.97
Performing below potential (66th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
80.6% Excellent
Lighting 101
Reflection 109
Parallax 101
82% 103 fps
MRender 93.5
Gravity 96.1
Splatting 94.9
78% 94.8 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 80.6%
Great: 88%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100
99GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EMT02B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 342 184 183 180 167 179 MB/s
Performing as expected (50th percentile)
105% Outstanding
Read 438
Write 404
Mixed 385
SusWrite 206
80% 358 MB/s
4K Read 41
4K Write 104
4K Mixed 56.8
190% 67.3 MB/s
DQ Read 381
DQ Write 342
DQ Mixed 356
268% 360 MB/s
Poor: 72%
This bench: 105%
Great: 124%
G-drive SSD 500GB
69GB free
Firmware: 0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 199 187 161 158 203 190 MB/s
Performing below expectations (25th percentile)
54.6% Above average
Read 353
Write 312
Mixed 145
SusWrite 183
55% 248 MB/s
4K Read 18.4
4K Write 37.9
4K Mixed 20.2
74% 25.5 MB/s
DQ Read 152
DQ Write 146
DQ Mixed 113
95% 137 MB/s
Poor: 41%
This bench: 54.6%
Great: 87%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28
88GB free
Firmware: CC45
SusWrite @10s intervals: 150 155 184 136 148 179 MB/s
Performing above expectations (67th percentile)
98.7% Outstanding
Read 185
Write 151
Mixed 90.5
SusWrite 159
107% 146 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 2
4K Mixed 0.7
148% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 55%
This bench: 98.7%
Great: 112%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing below potential (6th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
58.4% Above average
MC Read 22.5
MC Write 20.7
MC Mixed 18.8
59% 20.7 GB/s
SC Read 14.5
SC Write 18.4
SC Mixed 14.6
45% 15.8 GB/s
Latency 69.1
58% 69.1 ns
Poor: 58%
This bench: 58.4%
Great: 104%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical STRIX Z270E GAMING Builds (Compare 6,542 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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CPUGPUSSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279Nvidia RTX 4060 $300Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184Nvidia RTX 4070 $409Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52
HDDRAMUSB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35Corsair 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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