Asus STRIX Z270H GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 64% Destroyer	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 51% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	81% 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	313% 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.

Very high background CPU (40%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus STRIX Z270H GAMING (all builds)
Memory	9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180314
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 29 '21 at 23:22
Run Duration	168 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	40%

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PC Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7600K-$190 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	74.5% Very good	Memory 76.9 1-Core 115 2-Core 231 78% 141 Pts	4-Core 422 8-Core 391 55% 406 Pts	64-Core 436 27% 436 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 74.5% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Nvidia(10DE 119D) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2152 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 471.68 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	81% Excellent	Lighting 99.7 Reflection 114 Parallax 103 81% 106 fps	MRender 94.1 Gravity 99 Splatting 101 81% 98 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 81% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Plextor M8Pe NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$149 2,380 User benchmarks, average bench 196% 93GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.05 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 26 33 33 38 37 41 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	313% Outstanding	Read 4,030 Write 32.9 Mixed 71.2 SusWrite 34.8 217% 1,042 MB/s	4K Read 367 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 5 564% 125 MB/s
Poor: 128% ↑ This bench: 313% Great: 237%
Intel 660p NVMe PCIe M.2 2TB-$190 33,949 User benchmarks, average bench 217% 851GB free Firmware: 002C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 643 269 317 157 121 216 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	145% Outstanding	Read 1,204 Write 1,290 Mixed 955 SusWrite 287 209% 934 MB/s	4K Read 39.7 4K Write 76.8 4K Mixed 51.1 166% 55.9 MB/s	DQ Read 754 DQ Write 467 DQ Mixed 318 316% 513 MB/s
Poor: 154% ↑ This bench: 145% Great: 282%
Toshiba X300 4TB-$146 23,740 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 1TB free Firmware: FP2A SusWrite @10s intervals: 131 133 130 135 132 136 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	78.1% Very good	Read 139 Write 127 Mixed 60.4 SusWrite 133 84% 115 MB/s	4K Read 2.2 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1.1 256% 1.87 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 78.1% Great: 104%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB 51,435 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	62.3% Good	MC Read 23.3 MC Write 21.8 MC Mixed 21 63% 22 GB/s	SC Read 13.7 SC Write 24.5 SC Mixed 19.6 55% 19.3 GB/s	Latency 86.5 46% 86.5 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 62.3% Great: 108%

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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	1,569x
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

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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