Asus STRIX Z270H GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 96% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 82% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 88.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	107% 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	135% 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.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus STRIX Z270H GAMING (all builds)
Memory	22.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171225
Uptime	7.7 Days
Run Date	Jul 27 '20 at 22:13
Run Duration	182 Seconds
Run User	DNK-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing above expectations (65^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-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	88.2% Excellent	Memory 85.6 1-Core 143 2-Core 282 93% 170 Pts	4-Core 491 8-Core 689 74% 590 Pts	64-Core 755 47% 755 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 88.2% 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: 451.67 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Lighting 140 Reflection 152 Parallax 129 114% 141 fps	MRender 117 Gravity 138 Splatting 112 99% 122 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 600p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$119 20,782 User benchmarks, average bench 128% 191GB free (System drive) Firmware: PSF121C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 552 381 191 261 367 116 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	135% Outstanding	Read 838 Write 560 Mixed 635 SusWrite 311 131% 586 MB/s	4K Read 31.4 4K Write 144 4K Mixed 52.9 191% 76 MB/s	DQ Read 505 DQ Write 534 DQ Mixed 474 369% 504 MB/s
Poor: 95% ↑ This bench: 135% Great: 144%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2016)-$114 34,353 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 156 166 163 162 166 159 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	99.5% Outstanding	Read 185 Write 184 Mixed 71.5 SusWrite 162 110% 151 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 136% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 99.5% Great: 105%
Seagate Expansion+ 5TB 602 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 819GB free Firmware: 9300 SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 97 97 113 121 126 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	56.6% Above average	Read 85.7 Write 107 Mixed 69.5 SusWrite 111 69% 93.1 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 4 4K Mixed 0.6 182% 1.87 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 56.6% Great: 68%
WD Elements 25A2 3TB 445 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 149GB free, PID 25a2 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 111 110 113 111 113 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	37.2% Below average	Read 60 Write 62.3 Mixed 62.2 SusWrite 111 105% 73.9 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.8 75% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 37.2% Great: 55%
WD Elements 2TB 35,768 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 18GB free, PID 10b8 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 52 91 92 93 75 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	36.2% Below average	Read 82.8 Write 83 Mixed 50.7 SusWrite 82.2 100% 74.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.8 97% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 36.2% Great: 44%
WD Elements 10B8 3TB 163 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 262GB free, PID 10b8 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 59 60 60 61 60 60 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	36.8% Below average	Read 122 Write 118 Mixed 106 SusWrite 59.9 134% 101 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.9 99% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 36.8% Great: 49%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GB 89,024 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (15^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	70.8% Very good	MC Read 25.8 MC Write 27.5 MC Mixed 22.3 72% 25.2 GB/s	SC Read 15 SC Write 25.5 SC Mixed 21.5 59% 20.7 GB/s	Latency 71.5 56% 71.5 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 70.8% Great: 119%

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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	1,569x
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 $94Bench 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 $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	141x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	101x

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Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $747

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