Asus STRIX Z270H GAMING

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 68% Battle cruiser	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 59% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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 85.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	79.9% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus STRIX Z270H GAMING (all builds)
Memory	9.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161208
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Aug 12 '20 at 05:40
Run Duration	117 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	12%

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PC Performing as expected (52^nd 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 4.55 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	85.4% Excellent	Memory 84.4 1-Core 145 2-Core 271 92% 167 Pts	4-Core 464 8-Core 725 73% 595 Pts	64-Core 750 46% 750 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 85.4% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 5173) CLim: 2088 MHz, MLim: 2077 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 432.00 Performing below potential (58^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	79.9% Very good	Lighting 98.8 Reflection 109 Parallax 88.1 80% 98.5 fps	MRender 95.3 Gravity 94.5 Splatting 98 79% 95.9 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 79.9% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 321GB free (System drive) Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 114 122 125 127 132 131 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	65.5% Good	Read 102 Write 119 Mixed 63.5 SusWrite 125 75% 103 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1 206% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 65.5% Great: 109%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 633GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 169 170 168 169 172 171 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	99.1% Outstanding	Read 176 Write 162 Mixed 99.5 SusWrite 170 111% 152 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 3.2 4K Mixed 1 216% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 99.1% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D26BFSE.16FBD2 BLS8G4D240FSB.16FBD2 16GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 2667, 2400 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	69.5% Good	MC Read 24.9 MC Write 26.4 MC Mixed 22.2 70% 24.5 GB/s	SC Read 16.1 SC Write 26.1 SC Mixed 21.6 61% 21.3 GB/s	Latency 72.8 55% 72.8 ns
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 69.5% Great: 71%

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Gaming 71%

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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	1,572x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	574x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	313x

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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	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