Asus STRIX Z270H GAMING K1

Performance Results


Gaming 91% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 101% UFO	Workstation 79% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (88th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 12 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 95.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
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.
Boot Drive	233% 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	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus STRIX Z270H GAMING K1 (all builds)
Memory	11.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170213
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jun 12 '21 at 13:01
Run Duration	241 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	11%

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PC Performing way above expectations (88^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-$241 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	95.4% Outstanding	Memory 96.1 1-Core 146 2-Core 284 97% 175 Pts	4-Core 509 8-Core 787 80% 648 Pts	64-Core 802 50% 802 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 95.4% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$324 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% Asus(1043 86F0) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 466.77 Performing below potential (63^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	90.5% Outstanding	Lighting 113 Reflection 107 Parallax 120 92% 113 fps	MRender 137 Gravity 102 Splatting 91.9 88% 110 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 90.5% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Liteon CA3-8D512 512GB 4,424 User benchmarks, average bench 168% 322GB free (System drive) Firmware: C490903 SusWrite @10s intervals: 400 445 468 452 458 469 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	233% Outstanding	Read 1,871 Write 1,932 Mixed 1,420 SusWrite 449 317% 1,418 MB/s	4K Read 58.5 4K Write 143 4K Mixed 77.8 264% 93.1 MB/s	DQ Read 1,385 DQ Write 792 DQ Mixed 831 687% 1,003 MB/s
Poor: 98% ↑ This bench: 233% Great: 228%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 329GB free Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 469 464 482 481 417 282 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	127% Outstanding	Read 512 Write 487 Mixed 428 SusWrite 432 105% 465 MB/s	4K Read 43.9 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 60.2 205% 73.5 MB/s	DQ Read 386 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 359 271% 363 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 127% Great: 129%
Samsung Portable SSD T7 2TB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 424 422 414 413 418 413 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	74.8% Very good	Read 363 Write 393 Mixed 380 SusWrite 417 88% 388 MB/s	4K Read 19.3 4K Write 43.6 4K Mixed 26.1 86% 29.7 MB/s	DQ Read 82.8 DQ Write 277 DQ Mixed 196 145% 185 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 74.8% Great: 75%
Samsung Portable SSD T5 500GB 14,526 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 397GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 254 398 241 270 294 294 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	88.7% Excellent	Read 425 Write 445 Mixed 392 SusWrite 292 88% 388 MB/s	4K Read 36.6 4K Write 66 4K Mixed 44.8 148% 49.1 MB/s	DQ Read 148 DQ Write 196 DQ Mixed 215 150% 186 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 88.7% Great: 97%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$50 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 3TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 164 169 168 168 170 169 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	97.2% Outstanding	Read 171 Write 165 Mixed 99.4 SusWrite 168 111% 151 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1 203% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 97.2% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	95.3% Outstanding	MC Read 34.9 MC Write 38.1 MC Mixed 26.9 95% 33.3 GB/s	SC Read 22.7 SC Write 40.5 SC Mixed 28.9 88% 30.7 GB/s	Latency 53.5 75% 53.5 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 95.3% Great: 104%

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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 $241Bench 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: $877

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	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