Asus STRIX Z270H GAMING K1

Performance Results


Gaming 6% Tree trunk	Desktop 54% Yacht	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (19th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 81 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 54.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	5.03% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	76.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (80%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus STRIX Z270H GAMING K1 (all builds)
Memory	2 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171225
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 27 '24 at 14:09
Run Duration	119 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	80%

PC Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700-$180 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	54.4% Above average	Memory 62.7 1-Core 85.5 2-Core 158 58% 102 Pts	4-Core 248 8-Core 474 43% 361 Pts	64-Core 540 33% 540 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 54.4% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) 188,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 872F) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 31.0.101.2111 Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	5.03% Terrible	Lighting 5.9 Reflection 4.1 Parallax 6.1 5% 5.37 fps	MRender 4.8 Gravity 5.3 Splatting 8.9 5% 6.33 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.03% Great: 6%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 980 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$75 92,081 User benchmarks, average bench 224% 104GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B4QFXO7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 512 420 191 142 182 184 MB/s Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	76.7% Very good	Read 523 Write 614 Mixed 455 SusWrite 272 105% 466 MB/s	4K Read 12.1 4K Write 39.2 4K Mixed 26.9 74% 26.1 MB/s	DQ Read 369 DQ Write 329 DQ Mixed 407 289% 368 MB/s
Poor: 144% ↑ This bench: 76.7% Great: 295%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 1x8GB 10,361 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	20.3% Poor	MC Read 8.4 MC Write 8.4 MC Mixed 4.8 21% 7.2 GB/s	SC Read 4.9 SC Write 5.9 SC Mixed 6.3 16% 5.7 GB/s	Latency 213 19% 213 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 20.3% Great: 46%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

SkillBench Score 0: 0P 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	48	31	60	23.5"	1280 720	SAM0D2C C24F390

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Gaming 105%

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Desktop 90%

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Workstation 89%

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Motherboard: Asus STRIX Z270H GAMING K1

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	136x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	47x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	36x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	61x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	34x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	30x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	41x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	14x
SA2000M81000G 1TBKingstonBench 234%, 77,062 samples	12x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GBCorsair $42Bench 77%, 131,007 samples	52x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	33x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	19x

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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $851

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16