Asus STRIX Z270H GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 66% Battle cruiser	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 57% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	76.3% 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	110% 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.
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

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

Motherboard	Asus STRIX Z270H GAMING (all builds)
Memory	12.3 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 02:54
Run Duration	139 Seconds
Run User	NOR-User
Background CPU	21%

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PC Performing above expectations (61^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 above expectations (99^th percentile)	85% Excellent	Memory 93.9 1-Core 128 2-Core 232 87% 151 Pts	4-Core 411 8-Core 690 67% 550 Pts	64-Core 695 43% 695 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 85% 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 (58^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	76.3% Very good	Lighting 97.1 Reflection 87.7 Parallax 83.6 79% 89.5 fps	MRender 103 Gravity 86.8 Splatting 74.7 71% 88.2 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 76.3% 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: 404 303 291 289 291 291 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 468 Write 413 Mixed 370 SusWrite 311 88% 391 MB/s	4K Read 37.1 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 52.8 182% 66.4 MB/s	DQ Read 350 DQ Write 341 DQ Mixed 104 144% 265 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016)-$80 112,118 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 184 186 187 187 185 188 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	99% Outstanding	Read 159 Write 151 Mixed 82.2 SusWrite 186 106% 145 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 138% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 99% 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: 89 94 94 93 95 91 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	52.6% Above average	Read 90.5 Write 87.3 Mixed 49.8 SusWrite 92.5 59% 80 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 149% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 52.6% Great: 63%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$40 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3007 MHz Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	53% Above average	MC Read 19.2 MC Write 18.7 MC Mixed 15.2 51% 17.7 GB/s	SC Read 15.1 SC Write 18.6 SC Mixed 17.5 49% 17.1 GB/s	Latency 60.1 67% 60.1 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 53% Great: 110%

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Workstation 61%

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Motherboard: Asus STRIX Z270H GAMING - $247

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $249Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	1,587x
Core i5-7600KIntel $170Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	580x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	315x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	448x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	421x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	400x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	135x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	134x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GBSamsung $45Bench 199%, 240,629 samples	90x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	232x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	142x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $32Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	102x

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Value: 74% - Very good

Total price: $916

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $170	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $122	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16