Asus STRIX Z270H GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 43% Speed boat	Desktop 100% UFO	Workstation 35% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 95.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	37.1% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	144% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus STRIX Z270H GAMING (all builds)
Memory	7.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161228
Uptime	1.9 Days
Run Date	Jul 11 '18 at 05:35
Run Duration	151 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing above expectations (78^th 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 way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95.7% Outstanding	Memory 95.9 1-Core 145 2-Core 286 97% 175 Pts	4-Core 554 8-Core 542 74% 548 Pts	64-Core 532 33% 532 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 95.7% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Gigabyte(1458 36AC) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1506 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	37.1% Below average	Lighting 48.8 Reflection 45.8 Parallax 40.8 40% 45.1 fps	MRender 39.1 Gravity 42 Splatting 36.9 32% 39.3 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 37.1% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 500GB 13,939 User benchmarks, average bench 179% 67GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 570 593 598 548 544 536 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	144% Outstanding	Read 977 Write 866 Mixed 520 SusWrite 565 164% 732 MB/s	4K Read 30.9 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 42.8 160% 61 MB/s	DQ Read 292 DQ Write 660 DQ Mixed 166 215% 373 MB/s
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 144% Great: 313%
Crucial M4 64GB-$92 7,336 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 12GB free Firmware: 070H SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 107 107 101 107 107 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	60.6% Good	Read 491 Write 106 Mixed 162 SusWrite 105 47% 216 MB/s	4K Read 27.8 4K Write 77.4 4K Mixed 15.3 103% 40.2 MB/s	DQ Read 130 DQ Write 85.7 DQ Mixed 28.5 43% 81.4 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 60.6% Great: 65%
Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.C 1TB-$40 97,793 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 151GB free Firmware: JP4OA3MA SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 125 126 123 125 123 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	68.5% Good	Read 115 Write 121 Mixed 60.5 SusWrite 124 77% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.9 161% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 68.5% Great: 74%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$45 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	90.2% Outstanding	MC Read 33.7 MC Write 35.1 MC Mixed 27.3 92% 32 GB/s	SC Read 19.4 SC Write 32.3 SC Mixed 26.9 75% 26.2 GB/s	Latency 54.3 74% 54.3 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 90.2% Great: 110%

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Desktop 90%

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Workstation 61%

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Motherboard: Asus STRIX Z270H GAMING - $247

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	1,567x
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 $45Bench 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 $179	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