Asus STRIX Z270H GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 68% Battle cruiser	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 56% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (6th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 94 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 good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 73.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	90.5% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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	Windows 10 is the most recent version of Windows, and the best to date in our opinion.

Very high background CPU (46%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

9 months ago, 9 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus STRIX Z270H GAMING (all builds)
Memory	6.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170316
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 13 '21 at 12:10
Run Duration	171 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	46%

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PC Performing way below expectations (6^th 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-$365 623,615 User benchmarks, average bench 86% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	73.7% Very good	Memory 88.4 1-Core 107 2-Core 207 79% 134 Pts	4-Core 320 8-Core 470 51% 395 Pts	64-Core 536 36% 536 Pts
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 73.7% Great: 95%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,005,992 User benchmarks, average bench 106% Nvidia(10DE 1B80) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 466.11 Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	90.5% Outstanding	Lighting 111 Reflection 124 Parallax 112 90% 116 fps	MRender 103 Gravity 114 Splatting 104 91% 107 fps
Poor: 96% ↑ This bench: 90.5% Great: 115%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$42 171,493 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 9GB free (System drive) Firmware: 60AABBF0 Relative performance n/a - sequential bench incomplete		Read 240 Write 203 Mixed 205 48% 216 MB/s	4K Read 9.8 4K Write 78.4 4K Mixed 32.4 98% 40.2 MB/s	DQ Read 136 DQ Write 162 DQ Mixed 160 118% 153 MB/s
Poor: 40% Great: 81%
Samsung 870 QVO 1TB-$87 58,233 User benchmarks, average bench 100% 109GB free Firmware: SVQ01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 371 209 81 83 84 84 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	82.4% Excellent	Read 389 Write 382 Mixed 337 SusWrite 152 71% 315 MB/s	4K Read 24.7 4K Write 75.6 4K Mixed 42.2 132% 47.5 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 340 DQ Mixed 356 269% 360 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 82.4% Great: 129%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016)-$85 109,748 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 262GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 47 52 48 52 52 52 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	18.6% Very poor	Read 14.2 Write 95.4 Mixed 25.1 SusWrite 50.5 34% 46.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.2 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.4 75% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 18.6% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CM4X8GD3200C16K4 2x8GB 6,376 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	59.7% Above average	MC Read 24.9 MC Write 19.4 MC Mixed 21.4 62% 21.9 GB/s	SC Read 10.8 SC Write 14.4 SC Mixed 13 36% 12.7 GB/s	Latency 69.2 58% 69.2 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 59.7% Great: 112%

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Gaming 73%

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Desktop 91%

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Workstation 63%

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Motherboard: Asus STRIX Z270H GAMING - $247

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $365Bench 86%, 623,615 samples	3,295x
Core i5-7600KIntel $192Bench 82%, 199,803 samples	1,117x
Core i7-7700Intel $285Bench 79%, 248,935 samples	581x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $138Bench 80%, 1,277,123 samples	975x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 106%, 1,005,992 samples	821x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $290Bench 57%, 1,347,327 samples	817x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $92Bench 104%, 900,642 samples	313x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $140Bench 111%, 759,910 samples	294x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $105Bench 331%, 411,839 samples	161x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $64Bench 82%, 566,942 samples	506x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $58Bench 86%, 616,718 samples	329x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $57Bench 85%, 305,714 samples	165x

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Value: 85% - Excellent

Total price: $906

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $275	Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $446	Crucial MX500 250GB $35
Intel Core i5-12400F $160	Nvidia RTX 3070 $535	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $106
Intel Core i7-12700K $375	Nvidia RTX 3050 $292	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $58	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $64	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $71	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $453	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16