Asus STRIX Z270H GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 83% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 65% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 82.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	99% 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	102% 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	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.

Motherboard	Asus STRIX Z270H GAMING (all builds)
Memory	10.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170723
Uptime	20.2 Days
Run Date	Mar 04 '21 at 15:36
Run Duration	166 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	9%

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PC Performing as expected (51^st 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 4.45 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	82.9% Excellent	Memory 82.7 1-Core 140 2-Core 218 84% 147 Pts	4-Core 483 8-Core 465 64% 474 Pts	64-Core 472 29% 472 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 82.9% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3702) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 461.72 Performing below potential (30^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	99% Outstanding	Lighting 122 Reflection 138 Parallax 128 99% 129 fps	MRender 112 Gravity 133 Splatting 116 98% 120 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 99% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Gigabyte NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$60 3,894 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 81GB free (System drive) Firmware: E8TM14.2 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 179 148 109 116 118 143 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 466 Write 266 Mixed 740 SusWrite 136 90% 402 MB/s	4K Read 38 4K Write 98.1 4K Mixed 46.1 169% 60.7 MB/s	DQ Read 697 DQ Write 331 DQ Mixed 250 256% 426 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 153%
Samsung 860 Evo 2TB-$275 44,466 User benchmarks, average bench 113% 406GB free Firmware: RVT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 359 419 424 440 443 445 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	127% Outstanding	Read 480 Write 467 Mixed 426 SusWrite 422 101% 449 MB/s	4K Read 44.3 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 62.6 210% 74.9 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 360 271% 362 MB/s
Poor: 89% ↑ This bench: 127% Great: 133%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$32 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 132GB free Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 122 119 121 120 140 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	75.6% Very good	Read 141 Write 110 Mixed 77.5 SusWrite 123 83% 113 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.9 167% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 75.6% Great: 112%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016)-$80 112,118 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 166 180 180 177 179 180 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 183 Write 134 Mixed 76 SusWrite 177 104% 142 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 141% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX2133C14D4/4G KHX2400C15D4/4G KHX2133C14D4/4G KHX2400C15D4/4G 16GB 479 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 1867, 1867, 1867, 1867 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	58.7% Above average	MC Read 20.6 MC Write 21.3 MC Mixed 19.2 58% 20.4 GB/s	SC Read 14.8 SC Write 22.1 SC Mixed 19 53% 18.6 GB/s	Latency 75.8 53% 75.8 ns
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 58.7% Great: 92%

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Gaming 71%

Battleship

Desktop 90%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 61%

Destroyer

Motherboard: Asus STRIX Z270H GAMING - $247

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	1,574x
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 $90Bench 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	142x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	101x

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Value: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $742

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $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