Asus STRIX Z270H GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 90% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 77% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 86.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	101% 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.
Boot Drive	90.7% 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	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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). 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	26.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161020
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 21 '22 at 14:35
Run Duration	190 Seconds
Run User	NZL-User
Background CPU	11%

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PC Performing as expected (56^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-$248 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	86.3% Excellent	Memory 94.8 1-Core 136 2-Core 266 92% 166 Pts	4-Core 419 8-Core 665 67% 542 Pts	64-Core 706 44% 706 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 86.3% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 85AA) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 511.23 Performing below potential (42^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	101% Outstanding	Lighting 128 Reflection 134 Parallax 124 104% 129 fps	MRender 110 Gravity 128 Splatting 113 96% 117 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 600p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$49 58,154 User benchmarks, average bench 116% 192GB free (System drive) Firmware: PSF109C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 297 262 86 242 126 78 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	90.7% Outstanding	Read 798 Write 554 Mixed 585 SusWrite 182 118% 530 MB/s	4K Read 31.6 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 24 141% 57.9 MB/s	DQ Read 260 DQ Write 21.3 DQ Mixed 200 131% 161 MB/s
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 90.7% Great: 157%
WDC WDS500G2B0A-00SM50 500GB 97,462 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 466GB free Firmware: 411040WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 439 335 256 257 259 259 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 454 Write 448 Mixed 344 SusWrite 301 87% 387 MB/s	4K Read 35.3 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 48.1 170% 62.6 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 323 DQ Mixed 258 220% 322 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 111%
Seagate IronWolf 6TB (2017)-$121 553 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 5.5TB free Firmware: SC60 SusWrite @10s intervals: 192 198 190 204 208 204 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 56% Great: 110%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Adata DDR4 2800 2OZ 2x16GB 63 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 2800 MHz Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	83.8% Excellent	MC Read 33 MC Write 34.6 MC Mixed 27.3 90% 31.6 GB/s	SC Read 11.9 SC Write 17.7 SC Mixed 16.8 44% 15.5 GB/s	Latency 57.7 69% 57.7 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 83.8% Great: 96%

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Motherboard: Asus STRIX Z270H GAMING - $247

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $248Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	1,587x
Core i5-7600KIntel $170Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	583x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	317x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	448x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	422x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	401x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	135x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	134x
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	232x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	142x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $35Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	102x

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Value: 76% - Very good

Total price: $897

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16