Asus STRIX Z270H GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 76% Battleship	Desktop 100% UFO	Workstation 60% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 92.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	75.6% 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	322% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus STRIX Z270H GAMING (all builds)
Memory	28.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.8 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180314
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Dec 17 '20 at 09:44
Run Duration	252 Seconds
Run User	SAU-User
Background CPU	15%

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PC Performing above expectations (63^rd 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-$170 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	92.2% Outstanding	Memory 93.9 1-Core 130 2-Core 271 91% 165 Pts	4-Core 531 8-Core 476 69% 504 Pts	64-Core 442 27% 442 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 92.2% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$278 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8599) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 460.89 Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	75.6% Very good	Lighting 93.6 Reflection 100 Parallax 92.3 76% 95.3 fps	MRender 86.4 Gravity 92.4 Splatting 92.2 74% 90.3 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 75.6% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$159 331,647 User benchmarks, average bench 297% 669GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1464 1766 1643 1175 1163 1171 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	322% Outstanding	Read 2,329 Write 2,132 Mixed 1,472 SusWrite 1397 411% 1,832 MB/s	4K Read 58.7 4K Write 125 4K Mixed 85.4 265% 89.8 MB/s	DQ Read 1,470 DQ Write 1,235 DQ Mixed 1,337 1,006% 1,348 MB/s
Poor: 214% ↑ This bench: 322% Great: 372%
WD Blue 250GB-$76 26,761 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 170GB free Firmware: X41100WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 240 195 184 187 180 190 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	70.8% Very good	Read 443 Write 313 Mixed 223 SusWrite 196 65% 294 MB/s	4K Read 23.3 4K Write 69.1 4K Mixed 20.1 98% 37.5 MB/s	DQ Read 320 DQ Write 225 DQ Mixed 181 160% 242 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 70.8% Great: 100%
Kingston A400 480GB-$38 237,487 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 447GB free Firmware: SBFKK1B3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 430 439 443 445 441 441 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	96.6% Outstanding	Read 397 Write 398 Mixed 338 SusWrite 440 89% 393 MB/s	4K Read 30 4K Write 90.9 4K Mixed 34.1 137% 51.7 MB/s	DQ Read 221 DQ Write 324 DQ Mixed 167 156% 237 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 96.6% Great: 102%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 154GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 151 153 154 154 155 154 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	99.1% Outstanding	Read 192 Write 158 Mixed 103 SusWrite 154 111% 151 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.1 224% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 99.1% Great: 109%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$84 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 140 140 141 141 143 141 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	64.1% Good	Read 82 Write 79.2 Mixed 58.5 SusWrite 141 66% 90.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.9 172% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 64.1% Great: 84%
KIOXIA TransMemory 125GB 72 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 115GB free, PID 6545, KIOXIA Operating at USB 3.2 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 22 34 29 34 26 37 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	39.8% Below average	Read 170 Write 12 Mixed 9 SusWrite 30.1 49% 55.3 MB/s	4K Read 13 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 2 178% 5.6 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 39.8% Great: 40%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMW32GX4M4D3600C18 4x8GB 12,036 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2800 MHz Performing below potential (32^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	91.3% Outstanding	MC Read 31.7 MC Write 36 MC Mixed 30.6 94% 32.8 GB/s	SC Read 20 SC Write 34.5 SC Mixed 24.1 75% 26.2 GB/s	Latency 60 67% 60 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 91.3% Great: 130%

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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 $232Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	1,598x
Core i5-7600KIntel $170Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	585x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	317x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	452x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	423x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	403x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	135x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	134x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GBSamsung $45Bench 199%, 240,629 samples	90x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $50Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	233x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $44Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	143x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $33Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	102x

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Value: 74% - Very good

Total price: $901

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $150
Intel Core i5-13600K $249	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $89
Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4070 $520	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $397