Asus STRIX Z270H GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 35% Jet ski	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 32% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall 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.
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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	35.2% 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	146% 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 (62%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus STRIX Z270H GAMING (all builds)
Memory	10.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161108
Uptime	1.4 Days
Run Date	Oct 12 '19 at 17:02
Run Duration	176 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	62%

PC Performing above expectations (71^st 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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	86.7% Excellent	Memory 88.4 1-Core 119 2-Core 273 87% 160 Pts	4-Core 458 8-Core 755 74% 606 Pts	64-Core 751 46% 751 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 86.7% Great: 92%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake) 153,031 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 872F) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 25.20.100.6373 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.58% Terrible	Lighting 7.97 Reflection 11.5 Parallax 7.84 6% 9.12 fps	MRender 10.8 Gravity 7.23 Splatting 15.9 10% 11.3 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.58% Great: 7%
AMD R9 380-$200 83,027 User benchmarks, average bench 33% MSI(1462 2015) CLim: 980 MHz, MLim: 1425 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 18.5.1 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	35.2% Below average	Lighting 43.8 Reflection 48.6 Parallax 55.7 36% 49.4 fps	MRender 50.9 Gravity 40 Splatting 36.6 34% 42.5 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 35.2% Great: 35%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 600p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$376 4,705 User benchmarks, average bench 144% 654GB free (System drive) Firmware: PSF109C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 557 552 387 449 310 405 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	146% Outstanding	Read 836 Write 552 Mixed 647 SusWrite 443 138% 619 MB/s	4K Read 31.8 4K Write 150 4K Mixed 53.3 196% 78.4 MB/s	DQ Read 628 DQ Write 524 DQ Mixed 496 393% 549 MB/s
Poor: 108% ↑ This bench: 146% Great: 246%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 3GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 468 Write 462 Mixed 387 98% 439 MB/s	4K Read 46.6 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 62.9 214% 75.7 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 357 269% 360 MB/s
Poor: 72% Great: 124%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 40GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 331 112 86 76 74 77 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 470 Write 449 Mixed 402 SusWrite 126 81% 362 MB/s	4K Read 44.1 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 57.6 199% 70.7 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 240 213% 320 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 118%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$65 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 768GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 96 101 99 100 101 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	52.8% Above average	Read 84.2 Write 87.5 Mixed 49 SusWrite 99.5 59% 80.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.7 142% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 52.8% Great: 57%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$201 13,611 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	62.3% Good	MC Read 25.7 MC Write 22.8 MC Mixed 19 64% 22.5 GB/s	SC Read 13.1 SC Write 16.3 SC Mixed 16.4 44% 15.3 GB/s	Latency 69.1 58% 69.1 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 62.3% Great: 103%

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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 $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 $300	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