Asus STRIX Z270H GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 55% Yacht	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 44% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With 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 94.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	50.9% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	115% 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.
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.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Asus STRIX Z270H GAMING (all builds)
Memory	11 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161208
Uptime	3.8 Days
Run Date	Nov 18 '18 at 20:23
Run Duration	150 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	21%

PC Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7600K-$190 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94.7% Outstanding	Memory 96.6 1-Core 141 2-Core 282 96% 173 Pts	4-Core 543 8-Core 501 71% 522 Pts	64-Core 457 28% 457 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 94.7% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) CLim: 1405 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 399.7 Performing below potential (76^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	50.9% Above average	Lighting 64.7 Reflection 63 Parallax 57.1 53% 61.6 fps	MRender 68.9 Gravity 58.3 Splatting 49.7 47% 59 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 50.9% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$80 69,224 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 63GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 344 156 157 156 156 152 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 452 Write 433 Mixed 371 SusWrite 187 81% 361 MB/s	4K Read 45.8 4K Write 135 4K Mixed 64.6 224% 81.8 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 354 268% 360 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 115%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 238GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 93 91 93 92 93 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	74.7% Very good	Read 167 Write 116 Mixed 97.2 SusWrite 92.6 87% 118 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.2 240% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 74.7% Great: 109%
WD Blue 3TB (2015)-$80 75,644 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 890GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 96 97 99 96 96 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	55.5% Above average	Read 96.7 Write 91.8 Mixed 56.2 SusWrite 96.5 63% 85.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 156% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 55.5% Great: 96%
WD My Book 25EE 6TB 6,646 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 4TB free, PID 25ee Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 158 160 155 157 158 159 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	62.5% Good	Read 142 Write 142 Mixed 107 SusWrite 158 187% 137 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.9 116% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 62.5% Great: 103%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 8GX-D4-3000-MR 2x8GB 3,342 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 3091 MHz Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	92.4% Outstanding	MC Read 34.4 MC Write 36.2 MC Mixed 28.6 94% 33.1 GB/s	SC Read 20.2 SC Write 29.7 SC Mixed 26.3 73% 25.4 GB/s	Latency 51.8 77% 51.8 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 92.4% Great: 101%

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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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Motherboard: Asus STRIX Z270H GAMING - $247

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	1,568x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	574x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	312x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	444x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	419x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	399x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	132x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	132x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GBSamsung $45Bench 199%, 240,629 samples	90x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	231x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	141x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	101x

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER

Value: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $772

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	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