Asus STRIX Z270H GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 40% Jet ski	Desktop 64% Destroyer	Workstation 39% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (21st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 79 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 an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 55.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	67.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	72.1% 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 (76%). 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.

Motherboard	Asus STRIX Z270H GAMING (all builds)
Memory	7.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171225
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 15 '19 at 02:38
Run Duration	139 Seconds
Run User	NOR-User
Background CPU	76%

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PC Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700-$167 256,717 User benchmarks, average bench 76% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	55.3% Above average	Memory 58.5 1-Core 89.7 2-Core 162 58% 103 Pts	4-Core 280 8-Core 623 52% 451 Pts	64-Core 664 41% 664 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 55.3% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143 318,562 User benchmarks, average bench 76% Gigabyte(1458 3FC5) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 419.35 Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	67.7% Good	Lighting 85.3 Reflection 78.8 Parallax 72.7 70% 78.9 fps	MRender 91.2 Gravity 77.9 Splatting 70.5 64% 79.9 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 67.7% Great: 81%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Apacer AS340 240GB 1,254 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 147GB free (System drive) Firmware: Q0526A SusWrite @10s intervals: 353 294 276 244 242 243 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	72.1% Very good	Read 325 Write 312 Mixed 278 SusWrite 275 67% 297 MB/s	4K Read 17.7 4K Write 54.9 4K Mixed 25.2 88% 32.6 MB/s	DQ Read 344 DQ Write 334 DQ Mixed 103 142% 260 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 72.1% Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016)-$84 112,118 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 182 184 184 184 188 188 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	95.2% Outstanding	Read 147 Write 164 Mixed 78.8 SusWrite 185 105% 144 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 145% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 95.2% Great: 114%
WD Black2 2.5" 1.120 TB (2013) 1,513 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 419GB free Firmware: 01.01A02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 94 94 90 95 93 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	52.4% Above average	Read 89.8 Write 83.3 Mixed 46.5 SusWrite 92.6 57% 78.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.6 119% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 52.4% Great: 63%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$45 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3007 MHz Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	43.2% Average	MC Read 17.9 MC Write 16.1 MC Mixed 14.4 46% 16.1 GB/s	SC Read 7.3 SC Write 12.7 SC Mixed 8.8 27% 9.6 GB/s	Latency 132 30% 132 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 43.2% Great: 110%

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

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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 $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	1,579x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	578x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	313x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	447x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	419x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	399x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	134x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	133x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GBSamsung $45Bench 199%, 240,629 samples	90x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	231x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	142x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $30Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	101x

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Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $749

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16