Asus STRIX Z270H GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 52% Yacht	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 47% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (85th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 15 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 94.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	47.8% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	130% 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 (55%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus STRIX Z270H GAMING (all builds)
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171225
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 04 '18 at 16:18
Run Duration	173 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	55%

PC Performing way above expectations (85^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-$241 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.85 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	94.2% Outstanding	Memory 96.9 1-Core 114 2-Core 295 92% 168 Pts	4-Core 493 8-Core 834 81% 663 Pts	64-Core 850 53% 850 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 94.2% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6393) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 398.36 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	47.8% Average	Lighting 53.8 Reflection 62.7 Parallax 50.9 44% 55.8 fps	MRender 77.6 Gravity 54.3 Splatting 70.9 56% 67.6 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 47.8% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Series 500GB 7,390 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 374GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 463 471 473 469 458 473 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	130% Outstanding	Read 457 Write 452 Mixed 349 SusWrite 468 97% 431 MB/s	4K Read 46.9 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 63.5 214% 75.5 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 362 272% 363 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 130% Great: 89%
Crucial MX300 750GB-$160 24,471 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 387GB free Firmware: M0CR040 SusWrite @10s intervals: 425 413 341 289 289 285 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	99.9% Outstanding	Read 405 Write 445 Mixed 298 SusWrite 340 84% 372 MB/s	4K Read 26.4 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 42.7 155% 61.2 MB/s	DQ Read 355 DQ Write 316 DQ Mixed 311 240% 328 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 99.9% Great: 104%
Samsung 850 EVO 500GB 130 User benchmarks, average bench 114% 892GB free Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 467 476 478 484 482 485 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	130% Outstanding	Read 477 Write 454 Mixed 433 SusWrite 478 104% 461 MB/s	4K Read 43.8 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 63 211% 75.7 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 358 270% 362 MB/s
Poor: 94% ↑ This bench: 130% Great: 129%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016)-$80 112,118 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 168 184 184 186 182 184 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 178 Write 144 Mixed 81 SusWrite 181 107% 146 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 114%
MICRONET FANTOM DRIVE 2TB 254 User benchmarks, average bench 19% 1.5TB free, PID 1340 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 43 43 43 43 43 43 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	18.9% Very poor	Read 39.5 Write 40.5 Mixed 37.2 SusWrite 43 55% 40 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.7 67% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 18.9% Great: 31%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2958 MHz Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	93.1% Outstanding	MC Read 35.2 MC Write 36.3 MC Mixed 26 93% 32.5 GB/s	SC Read 21 SC Write 37.2 SC Mixed 29.7 84% 29.3 GB/s	Latency 50.8 79% 50.8 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 93.1% Great: 104%

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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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Motherboard: Asus STRIX Z270H GAMING - $247

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	1,568x
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 $109Bench 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 $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	141x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	101x

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Value: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $772

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 $178	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) $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