Asus STRIX Z270H GAMING K1

Performance Results


Gaming 89% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 78% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 92.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	92% 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	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

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Motherboard	Asus STRIX Z270H GAMING K1 (all builds)
Memory	9.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170213
Uptime	9.2 Days
Run Date	Oct 20 '18 at 14:43
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	DNK-User
Background CPU	24%

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PC Performing above expectations (75^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-$250 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	92.3% Outstanding	Memory 97.3 1-Core 140 2-Core 280 96% 172 Pts	4-Core 471 8-Core 774 76% 622 Pts	64-Core 794 49% 794 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 92.3% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3301) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 2214 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 399.7 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92% Outstanding	Lighting 116 Reflection 122 Parallax 104 94% 114 fps	MRender 105 Gravity 106 Splatting 107 87% 106 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 92% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$100 154,949 User benchmarks, average bench 235% 43GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2,408 Write 1,469 Mixed 1,200 373% 1,692 MB/s	4K Read 67.6 4K Write 170 4K Mixed 89.2 306% 109 MB/s	DQ Read 978 DQ Write 1,323 DQ Mixed 1,013 804% 1,105 MB/s
Poor: 160% Great: 280%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 238GB 2,635 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 35GB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 145 119 113 118 107 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	70.9% Very good	Read 286 Write 195 Mixed 226 SusWrite 118 46% 206 MB/s	4K Read 27.3 4K Write 122 4K Mixed 31.7 146% 60.3 MB/s	DQ Read 155 DQ Write 216 DQ Mixed 127 112% 166 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 70.9% Great: 101%
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 59GB free Firmware: EXT0BB0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 329 122 122 125 125 125 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 481 Write 401 Mixed 339 SusWrite 158 77% 345 MB/s	4K Read 46.6 4K Write 135 4K Mixed 53.5 210% 78.2 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 174 182% 299 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 108%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$64 143,477 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 389GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 102 101 102 102 102 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	59.2% Above average	Read 104 Write 102 Mixed 75 SusWrite 102 70% 95.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 0.9 183% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 59.2% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LED DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$161 35,811 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	99.1% Outstanding	MC Read 38.3 MC Write 38.7 MC Mixed 28.4 100% 35.1 GB/s	SC Read 21.3 SC Write 37 SC Mixed 29.1 83% 29.1 GB/s	Latency 49.2 81% 49.2 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 99.1% Great: 110%

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Gaming 105%

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Desktop 90%

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Workstation 89%

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Motherboard: Asus STRIX Z270H GAMING K1

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	136x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	47x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	35x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	61x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	34x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	30x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	41x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	14x
SA2000M81000G 1TBKingstonBench 234%, 77,062 samples	12x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GBCorsair $42Bench 77%, 131,007 samples	52x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	32x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	19x

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Value: 67% - Good

Total price: $886

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $46

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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