Asus STRIX H270F GAMING

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (30th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 70 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 73.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	16.4% is an extremely low SSD score, this system will benefit from a faster SSD.
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.

Very high background CPU (47%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus STRIX H270F GAMING (all builds)
Memory	4.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180511
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 15 '20 at 09:45
Run Duration	160 Seconds
Run User	BRN-User
Background CPU	47%

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PC Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700-$167 256,717 User benchmarks, average bench 76% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	73.1% Very good	Memory 85.6 1-Core 106 2-Core 190 74% 127 Pts	4-Core 334 8-Core 441 49% 387 Pts	64-Core 470 29% 470 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 73.1% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8599) CLim: 2151 MHz, MLim: 2202 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 446.14 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 13.2 32% 13.2 fps
Poor: 71% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$46 87,206 User benchmarks, average bench 234% 93GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 138 112 170 237 223 234 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile)	16.4% Very poor	Read 91.5 Write 288 Mixed 104 SusWrite 185 38% 167 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1.4 4% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 152% ↑ This bench: 16.4% Great: 302%
MB2000EBUCF 2TB 645 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 653GB free Firmware: MK7OHPG0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 86 78 59 49 54 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	31.6% Below average	Read 39.9 Write 96.6 Mixed 54.7 SusWrite 69.8 48% 65.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.3 86% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 31.6% Great: 82%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 474GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 145 136 140 144 133 132 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	89.1% Excellent	Read 172 Write 90.2 Mixed 50.8 SusWrite 139 82% 113 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.7 136% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 89.1% Great: 113%
Seagate BUP Slim SL 2TB 8,475 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 526GB free Firmware: 0108 SusWrite @10s intervals: 37 34 37 36 34 37 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	20.2% Poor	Read 33.5 Write 32.6 Mixed 28.4 SusWrite 35.9 24% 32.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 3.4 4K Mixed 0.6 155% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 20.2% Great: 65%
StoreJet Transcend 1TB 14,954 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 309GB free, PID 5106 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 72 65 62 69 61 61 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	38.3% Below average	Read 73.8 Write 125 Mixed 90.4 SusWrite 65 125% 88.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 4.3 4K Mixed 0.6 170% 1.9 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 38.3% Great: 45%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Patriot 2666 C16 Series 2x8GB 2,053 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	66.9% Good	MC Read 25.2 MC Write 26.5 MC Mixed 21.3 70% 24.3 GB/s	SC Read 8.4 SC Write 21.8 SC Mixed 19.5 47% 16.6 GB/s	Latency 71.6 56% 71.6 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 66.9% Great: 90%

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Motherboard: Asus STRIX H270F GAMING - $250

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	472x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	422x
Core i5-7500Intel $89Bench 67%, 149,467 samples	189x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	204x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	194x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	151x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	74x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	69x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	52x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	69x
HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GBKingstonBench 76%, 122,822 samples	62x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x8GBCorsair $42Bench 73%, 66,222 samples	46x

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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