Asus STRIX Z270H GAMING K1

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 59% Gunboat	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 45% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 69.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	84.5% 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 Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory	16GB 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 Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (40%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus STRIX Z270H GAMING K1 (all builds)
Memory	11.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1154 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170213
Uptime	5.5 Days
Run Date	Aug 15 '18 at 12:30
Run Duration	108 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	40%

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PC Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7400-$95 234,266 User benchmarks, average bench 64% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	69.9% Good	Memory 80.6 1-Core 96.4 2-Core 203 72% 127 Pts	4-Core 347 8-Core 328 46% 337 Pts	64-Core 334 21% 334 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 69.9% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8599) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.36 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	84.5% Excellent	Lighting 109 Reflection 114 Parallax 106 89% 110 fps	MRender 90.7 Gravity 91.8 Splatting 95.7 76% 92.7 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 84.5% Great: 88%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$40 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 853GB free (System drive) Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 80 81 80 90 61 77 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	59.7% Above average	Read 130 Write 79.7 Mixed 52 SusWrite 78.3 62% 84.9 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 162% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 59.7% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (10^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	62.9% Good	MC Read 23.6 MC Write 23.8 MC Mixed 20.2 64% 22.5 GB/s	SC Read 13.5 SC Write 20.1 SC Mixed 19.3 50% 17.6 GB/s	Latency 79.5 50% 79.5 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 62.9% Great: 104%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Gaming 105%

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Desktop 90%

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Workstation 89%

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Motherboard: Asus STRIX Z270H GAMING K1

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	136x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	47x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	35x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	61x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	34x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	30x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	41x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	14x
SA2000M81000G 1TBKingstonBench 234%, 77,062 samples	12x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GBCorsair $42Bench 77%, 131,007 samples	52x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	32x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	19x

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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $851

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16