Asus STRIX Z270H GAMING

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 11%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 77%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 9%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 89.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics7.61% 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 DriveThe boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Very high background CPU (72%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardAsus STRIX Z270H GAMING  (all builds)
Memory12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20161208
Uptime0.5 Days
Run DateAug 20 '17 at 07:25
Run Duration118 Seconds
Run User DNK-User
Background CPU 72%

 PC Performing above expectations (71st percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-7600K-$190
LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
89.9% Excellent
Memory 86.7
1-Core 117
2-Core 253
84% 152 Pts
4-Core 536
8-Core 539
72% 538 Pts
64-Core 546
34% 546 Pts
Poor: 59%
This bench: 89.9%
Great: 89%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Intel HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake)
Asus(1043 872F) 1GB
Driver: igdumdim64 Ver. 21.20.16.4534
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
7.61% Terrible
Lighting 8.07
Reflection 11.7
Parallax 7.88
7% 9.22 fps
MRender 9.76
Gravity 6.97
Splatting 16.6
10% 11.1 fps
Poor: 3%
This bench: 7.61%
Great: 7%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Hitachi HTS725032A9A364 320GB-$55
298GB free
Firmware: PC3ZC70F
Performing way above expectations (96th percentile)
57.2% Above average
Read 97.9
Write 101
Mixed 93.3
73% 97.5 MB/s
4K Read 0.62
4K Write 1.25
4K Mixed 0.47
101% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 14%
This bench: 57.2%
Great: 57%
Seagate ST9320423AS 320GB-$40
252GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 0002SDM1
Performing as expected (42nd percentile)
35.3% Below average
Read 66.6
Write 56.4
Mixed 57
45% 60 MB/s
4K Read 0.31
4K Write 0.48
4K Mixed 0.27
52% 0.35 MB/s
Poor: 9%
This bench: 35.3%
Great: 51%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing below potential (18th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
66.9% Good
MC Read 24.8
MC Write 24.3
MC Mixed 20.6
66% 23.2 GB/s
SC Read 17.1
SC Write 26
SC Mixed 21.6
62% 21.6 GB/s
Latency 70.7
57% 70.7 ns
Poor: 58%
This bench: 66.9%
Great: 104%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical STRIX Z270H GAMING Builds (Compare 3,209 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 71%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 90%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 61%
Destroyer

Motherboard: Asus STRIX Z270H GAMING - $247

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 97% - Outstanding Total price: $747
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