Asus STRIX Z270H GAMING

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 86.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	122% 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.
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.

High background CPU (29%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus STRIX Z270H GAMING (all builds)
Memory	18.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180314
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 30 '21 at 14:20
Run Duration	253 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	29%

PC Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700-$167 256,717 User benchmarks, average bench 76% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	86.7% Excellent	Memory 93 1-Core 130 2-Core 253 89% 159 Pts	4-Core 435 8-Core 623 66% 529 Pts	64-Core 703 44% 703 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 86.7% Great: 84%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake) 153,031 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 872F) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 27.20.100.8681 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	6.73% Terrible	Lighting 7.2 Reflection 9.7 Parallax 8.6 6% 8.5 fps	MRender 11.3 Gravity 7.4 Splatting 11.6 8% 10.1 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.73% Great: 7%
AMD RX 6800-$759 18,552 User benchmarks, average bench 143% ASRock(1849 5204) ≥ 4GB Ram: 16GB, Driver: 20.12.1 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	122% Outstanding	Lighting 146 Reflection 171 Parallax 283 119% 200 fps	MRender 257 Gravity 115 Splatting 165 144% 179 fps
Poor: 135% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 153%

Drives	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 EVO M.2 500GB 25,072 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 219GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT21B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete	Read 6,279 Write 8,110 Mixed 6,553 1,567% 6,980 MB/s	4K Read 454 4K Write 422 4K Mixed 421 1,451% 432 MB/s	DQ Read 1751 DQ Write 1,776 DQ Mixed 1,751 1,320% 1,759 MB/s
Poor: 79% Great: 131%
WD Blue 500GB-$85 19,345 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 106GB free Firmware: X41110WD Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete	Read 5,798 Write 8,418 Mixed 6,544 1,557% 6,920 MB/s	4K Read 493 4K Write 461 4K Mixed 471 1,595% 475 MB/s	DQ Read 1829 DQ Write 1,858 DQ Mixed 1836 1,382% 1,841 MB/s
Poor: 63% Great: 107%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$90 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 70GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete	Read 5,992 Write 9,345 Mixed 6,855 1,666% 7,397 MB/s	4K Read 498 4K Write 468 4K Mixed 463 1,595% 476 MB/s	DQ Read 1,660 DQ Write 1,604 DQ Mixed 1,816 1,313% 1,693 MB/s
Poor: 80% Great: 134%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$140 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 463GB free Firmware: RVT04B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete	Read 5,819 Write 7,942 Mixed 6,597 1,526% 6,786 MB/s	4K Read 501 4K Write 470 4K Mixed 476 1,617% 482 MB/s	DQ Read 1,824 DQ Write 1,893 DQ Mixed 1,848 1,392% 1,855 MB/s
Poor: 81% Great: 133%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016)-$84 112,118 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 3TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 959 183 183 182 179 191 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 60% Great: 114%

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 @ 2733 MHz Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	85.6% Excellent	MC Read 31.5 MC Write 34.6 MC Mixed 27.2 89% 31.1 GB/s	SC Read 14.2 SC Write 36.2 SC Mixed 17.2 64% 22.5 GB/s	Latency 62.2 64% 62.2 ns
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 85.6% Great: 118%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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	575x
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 $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	134x
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 $37Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	231x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	142x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	101x

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Value: 99% - Outstanding

Total price: $736

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	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 $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16