Asus STRIX Z270H GAMING K1

Performance Results


Gaming 16% Surfboard	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 15% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 81.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	7.88% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	311% 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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus STRIX Z270H GAMING K1 (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit farger
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171225
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 10 '20 at 19:46
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	NOR-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	81.3% Excellent	Memory 87.9 1-Core 119 2-Core 227 82% 145 Pts	4-Core 402 8-Core 683 66% 542 Pts	64-Core 710 44% 710 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 81.3% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) 188,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 872F) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 27.20.100.7922 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.88% Terrible	Lighting 8.2 Reflection 11.2 Parallax 8.84 7% 9.41 fps	MRender 11.6 Gravity 7.63 Splatting 16.6 10% 11.9 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.88% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 367,854 User benchmarks, average bench 276% 365GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 921 902 881 881 859 856 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	311% Outstanding	Read 2,492 Write 1,676 Mixed 1395 SusWrite 883 358% 1,612 MB/s	4K Read 71.3 4K Write 171 4K Mixed 97.9 324% 113 MB/s	DQ Read 1,316 DQ Write 1208 DQ Mixed 1,223 928% 1,249 MB/s
Poor: 178% ↑ This bench: 311% Great: 355%
Seagate ST9320320AS 320GB-$60 2,404 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 298GB free Firmware: 0303 SusWrite @10s intervals: 64 64 66 66 66 66 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	37.3% Below average	Read 64.8 Write 54.2 Mixed 36.9 SusWrite 65.2 41% 55.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.6 108% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 37.3% Great: 37%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$65 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 462GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 91 96 96 97 97 96 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	52.7% Above average	Read 88 Write 89.5 Mixed 47.6 SusWrite 95.4 59% 80.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.7 144% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 52.7% Great: 57%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905702-136.A00G 2x8GB 723 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	82.4% Excellent	MC Read 31.6 MC Write 31.8 MC Mixed 23.4 83% 28.9 GB/s	SC Read 18.8 SC Write 37 SC Mixed 25.4 77% 27.1 GB/s	Latency 69.6 58% 69.6 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 82.4% Great: 96%

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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 89%

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Motherboard: Asus STRIX Z270H GAMING K1

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	136x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	47x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	35x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	61x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	34x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	30x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	41x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	14x
SA2000M81000G 1TBKingstonBench 234%, 77,062 samples	12x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GBCorsair $42Bench 77%, 131,007 samples	52x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	32x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	19x

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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $851

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $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 $45	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