Asus STRIX Z270H GAMING

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 59% Gunboat	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 50% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (21st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 79 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 83.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	71.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	The 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.
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 (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus STRIX Z270H GAMING (all builds)
Memory	8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161208
Uptime	10.8 Days
Run Date	Jul 29 '20 at 03:21
Run Duration	117 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	17%

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PC Performing below expectations (21^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-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.55 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	83.2% Excellent	Memory 82.1 1-Core 141 2-Core 249 88% 157 Pts	4-Core 453 8-Core 676 70% 565 Pts	64-Core 693 43% 693 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 83.2% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 5173) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 432.00 Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	71.3% Very good	Lighting 87.3 Reflection 102 Parallax 89.3 71% 92.9 fps	MRender 89 Gravity 84.5 Splatting 88.7 72% 87.4 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 71.3% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 121GB free (System drive) Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 54 90 70 90 92 103 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	56.5% Above average	Read 113 Write 116 Mixed 57.5 SusWrite 83.3 68% 92.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1.2 207% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 56.5% Great: 109%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 210GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 129 127 127 129 129 129 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	74.6% Very good	Read 131 Write 136 Mixed 86.8 SusWrite 128 89% 121 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1 213% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 74.6% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D26BFSE.16FBD2 BLS8G4D240FSB.16FBD2 16GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 2667, 2400 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	59.4% Above average	MC Read 19.7 MC Write 23 MC Mixed 19.7 59% 20.8 GB/s	SC Read 14 SC Write 21.8 SC Mixed 18.6 52% 18.1 GB/s	Latency 76.8 52% 76.8 ns
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 59.4% Great: 71%

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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 $230Bench 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 $94Bench 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: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $747

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