Asus STRIX Z270H GAMING

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 83.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
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.

Motherboard	Asus STRIX Z270H GAMING (all builds)
Memory	25.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170322
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 23 '21 at 22:29
Run Duration	259 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing as expected (53^rd 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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	83.8% Excellent	Memory 90.7 1-Core 123 2-Core 231 84% 148 Pts	4-Core 418 8-Core 578 63% 498 Pts	64-Core 665 41% 665 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 83.8% Great: 90%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$158 331,647 User benchmarks, average bench 297% 73GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2,451 Write 2,199 Mixed 1,476 453% 2,042 MB/s	4K Read 57.6 4K Write 177 4K Mixed 87.1 292% 107 MB/s	DQ Read 1,396 DQ Write 1,214 DQ Mixed 1,280 966% 1,296 MB/s
Poor: 214% Great: 372%
Crucial MX100 512GB-$200 31,545 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 101GB free Firmware: MU02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 455 371 313 307 300 294 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	96.9% Outstanding	Read 430 Write 451 Mixed 306 SusWrite 340 86% 382 MB/s	4K Read 28.7 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 41.8 156% 60.7 MB/s	DQ Read 150 DQ Write 340 DQ Mixed 179 155% 223 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 96.9% Great: 107%
Crucial M4 256GB-$218 17,938 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 40GB free Firmware: 070H SusWrite @10s intervals: 248 254 268 258 253 251 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	74.8% Very good	Read 478 Write 260 Mixed 251 SusWrite 255 69% 311 MB/s	4K Read 22.1 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 15.8 108% 46.5 MB/s	DQ Read 182 DQ Write 222 DQ Mixed 23.7 67% 142 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 74.8% Great: 74%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 50GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 481 337 132 134 121 131 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	114% Outstanding	Read 492 Write 453 Mixed 406 SusWrite 223 88% 393 MB/s	4K Read 44.5 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 60.9 206% 73.4 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 360 271% 363 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 134%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 265GB free Firmware: CC38 SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 89 89 87 89 90 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	52.9% Above average	Read 95.9 Write 72.4 Mixed 54.9 SusWrite 88.4 57% 77.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.9 156% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 52.9% Great: 68%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$95 81,608 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 119GB free Firmware: CC3C SusWrite @10s intervals: 67 69 68 70 77 80 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	44.5% Average	Read 83.3 Write 84 Mixed 46.6 SusWrite 71.8 52% 71.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.6 111% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 44.5% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2666 C15 4x8GB-$165 7,179 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing below potential (19^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	81.9% Excellent	MC Read 27.5 MC Write 32.9 MC Mixed 26.8 83% 29.1 GB/s	SC Read 17.5 SC Write 33.9 SC Mixed 23.7 72% 25 GB/s	Latency 66.2 60% 66.2 ns
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 81.9% Great: 118%

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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	1,568x
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

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER

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