Asus STRIX Z270H GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 75% Battleship	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 64% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (40th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 60 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 81.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	85.8% 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	84.1% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB 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.

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Motherboard	Asus STRIX Z270H GAMING (all builds)
Memory	48.1 GB free of 64 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180314
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	May 03 '21 at 19:47
Run Duration	251 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	53%

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PC Performing as expected (40^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 4.55 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	81.7% Excellent	Memory 81 1-Core 140 2-Core 260 88% 160 Pts	4-Core 443 8-Core 656 68% 550 Pts	64-Core 649 40% 649 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 81.7% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3772) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 461.72 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	85.8% Excellent	Lighting 107 Reflection 115 Parallax 116 87% 112 fps	MRender 95.8 Gravity 106 Splatting 102 83% 102 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 85.8% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 SATA M.2 1TB-$65 6,111 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 430GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0CR070 SusWrite @10s intervals: 300 320 260 333 317 332 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	84.1% Excellent	Read 391 Write 453 Mixed 363 SusWrite 310 86% 379 MB/s	4K Read 23.3 4K Write 70.7 4K Mixed 33.1 115% 42.4 MB/s	DQ Read 364 DQ Write 256 DQ Mixed 282 218% 301 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 84.1% Great: 104%
WD Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$74 180,890 User benchmarks, average bench 228% 739GB free Firmware: 211070WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1357 817 826 839 842 834 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	202% Outstanding	Read 1,507 Write 1,750 Mixed 1,389 SusWrite 919 313% 1,391 MB/s	4K Read 39 4K Write 89.5 4K Mixed 54.5 176% 61 MB/s	DQ Read 741 DQ Write 625 DQ Mixed 712 526% 693 MB/s
Poor: 164% ↑ This bench: 202% Great: 276%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 462GB free Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 472 470 470 464 466 471 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 471 Write 461 Mixed 437 SusWrite 469 104% 459 MB/s	4K Read 31 4K Write 70.2 4K Mixed 43.7 140% 48.3 MB/s	DQ Read 372 DQ Write 315 DQ Mixed 339 255% 342 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 133%
WD Blue 6TB (2015)-$215 8,416 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 3TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 130 143 144 145 146 145 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	81% Excellent	Read 140 Write 87.2 Mixed 90.2 SusWrite 142 85% 115 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1 196% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 81% Great: 97%
Toshiba X300 6TB-$78 5,594 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 1.5TB free Firmware: FS2A SusWrite @10s intervals: 139 138 134 140 142 135 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	76.1% Very good	Read 127 Write 140 Mixed 62.3 SusWrite 138 85% 117 MB/s	4K Read 2.2 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 1 238% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 76.1% Great: 109%
WD Blue 6TB (2015)-$215 8,416 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 108 108 112 109 110 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	65.2% Good	Read 116 Write 110 Mixed 81.7 SusWrite 111 77% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 195% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 65.2% Great: 97%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMK32GX4M2B3200C16 CMK32GX4M2D3200C16 CMK32GX4M2B3200C16 CMK32GX4M2D3200C16 64GB 26 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 3020, 3020, 3020, 3020 MHz 16384, 16384, 16384, 16384 MB Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	83.4% Excellent	MC Read 30.7 MC Write 34.6 MC Mixed 27.4 88% 30.9 GB/s	SC Read 15.3 SC Write 29.8 SC Mixed 18.1 60% 21.1 GB/s	Latency 78.8 51% 78.8 ns
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 83.4% Great: 111%

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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