Asus STRIX Z270H GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 98% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 87% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (87th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 13 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 89.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	104% 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	154% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

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Motherboard	Asus STRIX Z270H GAMING (all builds)
Memory	26.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161020
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 26 '19 at 16:38
Run Duration	230 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	100%

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PC Performing way above expectations (87^th 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-$242 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	89.8% Excellent	Memory 96.3 1-Core 92.8 2-Core 240 80% 143 Pts	4-Core 448 8-Core 780 74% 614 Pts	64-Core 793 49% 793 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 89.8% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 85AA) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 440.97 Performing below potential (71^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	104% Outstanding	Lighting 134 Reflection 145 Parallax 126 110% 135 fps	MRender 113 Gravity 132 Splatting 108 95% 117 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung MZVLV256HCHP-000H1 256GB 1,904 User benchmarks, average bench 124% 189GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXV72H0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 287 289 289 291 291 291 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	154% Outstanding	Read 1,222 Write 294 Mixed 325 SusWrite 290 116% 533 MB/s	4K Read 42.3 4K Write 165 4K Mixed 39.5 202% 82.2 MB/s	DQ Read 961 DQ Write 291 DQ Mixed 410 358% 554 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 154% Great: 153%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 24TB 21TB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 218 223 222 222 227 222 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	31.8% Below average	Read 210 Write 210 Mixed 121 SusWrite 222 43% 191 MB/s	4K Read 16.5 4K Write 11.5 4K Mixed 2.2 34% 10.1 MB/s	DQ Read 9.2 DQ Write 15.4 DQ Mixed 2.2 4% 8.93 MB/s

Pc401 NVMe SK hynix 1TB 3,743 User benchmarks, average bench 156% 843GB free Firmware: 80003E00 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1254 1181 1177 1185 1185 1190 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	266% Outstanding	Read 1,589 Write 1,256 Mixed 1,391 SusWrite 1,195 305% 1,358 MB/s	4K Read 50.6 4K Write 162 4K Mixed 74.8 258% 95.6 MB/s	DQ Read 970 DQ Write 1,238 DQ Mixed 998 783% 1,069 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 266% Great: 237%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 466GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 916 507 504 505 505 504 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 80% Great: 134%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMR16GX4M2C3000C15 CMK16GX4M2B3000C15 CMR16GX4M2C3000C15 CMK16GX4M2B3000C15 32GB 70 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	99.8% Outstanding	MC Read 36.4 MC Write 38.4 MC Mixed 30.8 101% 35.2 GB/s	SC Read 21.1 SC Write 42.5 SC Mixed 29.5 89% 31 GB/s	Latency 52.9 76% 52.9 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 99.8% Great: 104%

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Motherboard: Asus STRIX Z270H GAMING - $247

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $242Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	1,563x
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 $37Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	101x

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Value: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $773

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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