Asus STRIX Z270H GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 71% Battleship	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 65% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (31st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 69 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 69.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	100% 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 Drive	65.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait 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 (85%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus STRIX Z270H GAMING (all builds)
Memory	11.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170322
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Dec 12 '18 at 21:30
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	85%

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PC Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$241 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	69.6% Good	Memory 60.4 1-Core 122 2-Core 252 76% 145 Pts	4-Core 423 8-Core 654 67% 539 Pts	64-Core 721 45% 721 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 69.6% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3702) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 417.22 Performing below potential (42^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	100% Outstanding	Lighting 129 Reflection 138 Parallax 130 105% 132 fps	MRender 106 Gravity 128 Splatting 104 92% 113 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 101GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 201 186 168 169 144 154 MB/s Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	65.9% Good	Read 282 Write 225 Mixed 84.8 SusWrite 170 42% 191 MB/s	4K Read 20.6 4K Write 69.6 4K Mixed 27.4 103% 39.2 MB/s	DQ Read 335 DQ Write 229 DQ Mixed 207 175% 257 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 65.9% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016)-$80 112,118 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 137 102 149 95 86 78 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	53.7% Above average	Read 79.5 Write 86.5 Mixed 34.8 SusWrite 108 56% 77.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.5 85% 0.53 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 53.7% Great: 114%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 2TB free Firmware: 01.01L01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 161 161 161 163 163 164 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.7% Outstanding	Read 164 Write 161 Mixed 111 SusWrite 162 110% 150 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 3.7 4K Mixed 1 209% 1.8 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 93.7% Great: 76%
Kingston DataTraveler 2.0 16GB 6,865 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 14GB free, PID 6544 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 1.9 3.7 3.9 2.9 3.4 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	6.45% Terrible	Read 31 Write 2.5 Mixed 4.2 SusWrite 3.1 9% 10.2 MB/s	4K Read 5.4 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 20% 1.8 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 6.45% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$55 215,644 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	60.9% Good	MC Read 24.7 MC Write 22 MC Mixed 18.8 62% 21.8 GB/s	SC Read 15.6 SC Write 22.5 SC Mixed 20.7 56% 19.6 GB/s	Latency 126 32% 126 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 60.9% Great: 107%

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Desktop 90%

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Workstation 61%

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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

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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 $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