Asus STRIX Z270H GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 40% Jet ski	Desktop 59% Gunboat	Workstation 43% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (38th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 62 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 51.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	63.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	119% 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.

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Run History

Motherboard	Asus STRIX Z270H GAMING (all builds)
Memory	8.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180314
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Oct 29 '20 at 00:50
Run Duration	141 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	100%

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PC Performing below expectations (38^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 4.95 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	51.1% Above average	Memory 51.7 1-Core 62.9 2-Core 98.4 43% 71 Pts	4-Core 269 8-Core 717 55% 493 Pts	64-Core 781 48% 781 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 51.1% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% EVGA(3842 6163) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	63.8% Good	Lighting 80.5 Reflection 82 Parallax 79.2 66% 80.5 fps	MRender 72.8 Gravity 74.1 Splatting 74.2 60% 73.7 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 63.8% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 104GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 627 591 326 314 318 318 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	119% Outstanding	Read 1,112 Write 981 Mixed 487 SusWrite 416 167% 749 MB/s	4K Read 18.6 4K Write 12.1 4K Mixed 17.5 57% 16.1 MB/s	DQ Read 839 DQ Write 601 DQ Mixed 568 466% 669 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 236%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 2TB (2016)-$106 133,734 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 1TB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 159 162 162 159 160 161 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	91.5% Outstanding	Read 157 Write 127 Mixed 29.8 SusWrite 160 86% 119 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 5.2 4K Mixed 1.6 312% 2.57 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 91.5% Great: 110%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 256GB free Firmware: CC4C SusWrite @10s intervals: 133 141 136 123 132 135 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	67.7% Good	Read 103 Write 86.7 Mixed 68 SusWrite 133 72% 97.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.9 151% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 67.7% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CM4X8GC3000C15K4 2x8GB 1,531 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	89.6% Excellent	MC Read 36.4 MC Write 38.7 MC Mixed 31.5 102% 35.5 GB/s	SC Read 12.2 SC Write 21.9 SC Mixed 14.1 46% 16.1 GB/s	Latency 154 26% 154 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 89.6% Great: 104%

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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 61%

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Motherboard: Asus STRIX Z270H GAMING - $247

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	1,576x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	577x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	313x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	444x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 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	134x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	133x
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	231x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	142x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $21Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	101x

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Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $752

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16