Asus STRIX Z270H GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 37% Jet ski	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 31% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (27th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 73 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 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 81.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	34.6% 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	174% 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	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

Very high background CPU (90%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 23 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus STRIX Z270H GAMING (all builds)
Memory	11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20210713
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Apr 20 '22 at 07:33
Run Duration	248 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	90%

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PC Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	81.5% Excellent	Memory 96.8 1-Core 131 2-Core 236 89% 155 Pts	4-Core 372 8-Core 442 53% 407 Pts	64-Core 536 33% 536 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 81.5% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 5700-XT-$250 254,908 User benchmarks, average bench 98% Sapphire(1DA2 E409) Ram: 8GB, Driver: 22.4.1 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	34.6% Below average	Lighting 29.6 Reflection 31.6 Parallax 47.9 24% 36.4 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 78.8 Splatting 26.1 55% 73.6 fps
Poor: 91% ↑ This bench: 34.6% Great: 104%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB 1TB 2,610 User benchmarks, average bench 155% 873GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXV77D0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 833 844 739 884 893 894 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	174% Outstanding	Read 994 Write 824 Mixed 509 SusWrite 848 178% 794 MB/s	4K Read 27.4 4K Write 89.5 4K Mixed 37.3 137% 51.4 MB/s	DQ Read 1,042 DQ Write 787 DQ Mixed 738 600% 856 MB/s
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 174% Great: 201%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 227GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 700 700 605 712 684 705 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 64% Great: 118%
SSK 120GB 21 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 98GB free Firmware: 7301 SusWrite @10s intervals: 73 73 75 76 77 76 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	35% Below average	Read 361 Write 95.5 Mixed 169 SusWrite 75.1 38% 175 MB/s	4K Read 16 4K Write 18.3 4K Mixed 9 45% 14.4 MB/s	DQ Read 94.2 DQ Write 20.7 DQ Mixed 7.6 18% 40.8 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 35% Great: 73%
Seagate Laptop SSHD 2.5" 1TB-$41 64,201 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 350GB free Firmware: SM30 SusWrite @10s intervals: 70 69 70 69 68 69 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	44% Average	Read 82.6 Write 93.4 Mixed 58.8 SusWrite 69.1 56% 76 MB/s	4K Read 1.6 4K Write 5 4K Mixed 2 382% 2.87 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 44% Great: 65%
Hitachi HDS5C3020ALA632 2TB-$270 9,828 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 79 84 87 88 85 81 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	47.4% Average	Read 81.1 Write 93 Mixed 51.8 SusWrite 83.9 57% 77.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.6 118% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 47.4% Great: 73%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 955GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 15 12 13 11 12 12 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	8.49% Terrible	Read 16.4 Write 16.9 Mixed 19.2 SusWrite 12.5 12% 16.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.2 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.2 71% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 8.49% Great: 90%
Hitachi HUS724040ALE640 4TB 2,097 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 2TB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 55 56 53 67 54 56 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	20.8% Poor	Read 15.4 Write 59.5 Mixed 28.6 SusWrite 56.9 30% 40.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.1 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.1 47% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 20.8% Great: 91%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 806GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 13 12 13 12 13 12 MB/s Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	5.55% Terrible	Read 6.5 Write 19.2 Mixed 20.7 SusWrite 12.4 11% 14.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.1 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.1 41% 0.53 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 5.55% Great: 90%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 4TB-$230 19,674 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 543GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 49 47 46 44 46 46 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	17.3% Very poor	Read 13.7 Write 48.6 Mixed 18.7 SusWrite 46.4 23% 31.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.2 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.3 56% 0.43 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 17.3% Great: 94%
Mg04aca6 00E 6TB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 2.5TB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 143 142 140 144 153 153 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	79.6% Very good	Read 131 Write 162 Mixed 80.9 SusWrite 146 95% 130 MB/s	4K Read 2.1 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 1 230% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 79.6% Great: 113%

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 @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	93.2% Outstanding	MC Read 31.6 MC Write 37.6 MC Mixed 30.2 95% 33.1 GB/s	SC Read 18.5 SC Write 34.8 SC Mixed 26.4 76% 26.6 GB/s	Latency 51 78% 51 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 93.2% Great: 103%

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Motherboard: Asus STRIX Z270H GAMING - $247

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	1,579x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	578x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	313x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	447x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	419x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	399x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	134x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	133x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GBSamsung $45Bench 199%, 240,629 samples	90x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	231x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	142x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	101x

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Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $744

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16