Asus STRIX Z270H GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 62% Destroyer	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 54% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 90.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	61.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	96% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.

Motherboard	Asus STRIX Z270H GAMING (all builds)
Memory	13.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170125
Uptime	4.5 Days
Run Date	May 04 '17 at 00:09
Run Duration	199 Seconds
Run User	ZAF-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (65^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 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	90.5% Outstanding	Memory 96.1 1-Core 133 2-Core 248 90% 159 Pts	4-Core 457 8-Core 721 73% 589 Pts	64-Core 730 45% 730 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 90.5% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Asus(1043 85A4) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 378.66 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	61.8% Good	Lighting 77.5 Reflection 76.8 Parallax 66.1 63% 73.5 fps	MRender 72.4 Gravity 71.6 Splatting 72.6 59% 72.2 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 61.8% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force LX 256GB-$129 2,404 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 95GB free (System drive) Firmware: N0307A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1352 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1414 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 28 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 42 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 35427 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 45 (A3) Unknown 100 100 1 (A4) Unknown 100 100 57508 (A5) Unknown 100 100 117 (A6) Unknown 100 100 14 (A7) Unknown 100 100 56 (F1) Unknown 100 100 215184 (F2) Unknown 100 100 290803 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 24 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 215184 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0	96% Outstanding	Read 521 Write 294 Mixed 372 88% 396 MB/s	4K Read 29 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 36.2 145% 56.3 MB/s	DQ Read 295 DQ Write 289 DQ Mixed 75.8 116% 220 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 96% Great: 99%
Seagate ST32000542AS 2TB-$100 19,960 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 1TB free Firmware: CC34 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 108 99 19562245 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 5020 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 120716339 (09) Power-on hours count 65 65 31218 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4955 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 65538 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 51 605618210 (C2) HDA temperature 34 49 64424509474 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 31 26 19562245 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 2 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -28398323715974 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2566428658 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1461632278	51.3% Above average	Read 94.6 Write 84.3 Mixed 75.4 64% 84.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.35 4K Mixed 0.32 78% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 51.3% Great: 61%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 396GB free Firmware: 81.00A81 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 178 174 6075 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1429 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 10644 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1374 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 130 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 184 184 50385 (C2) HDA temperature 119 110 31 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	49% Average	Read 75.4 Write 94.8 Mixed 82.6 64% 84.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.88 4K Write 2.13 4K Mixed 0.16 94% 1.06 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 49% Great: 83%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 351GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 139 137 10016 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3179 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 74 74 19340 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3121 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 202 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 139 139 184826 (C2) HDA temperature 118 108 34 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	44.3% Average	Read 80.3 Write 74 Mixed 73.4 57% 75.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.23 4K Mixed 0.12 53% 0.59 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 44.3% Great: 83%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$95 81,608 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 119GB free Firmware: CC32 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 105 99 8 (03) Spinup time 92 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4428 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 34717037 (09) Power-on hours count 70 70 26306 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4393 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 52 605618210 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 978 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 4436 (C2) HDA temperature 34 48 60129542178 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 9 4 8 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 105913893545985 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2456578668 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3964240317	56.4% Above average	Read 102 Write 94.7 Mixed 73 67% 90 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.45 81% 0.53 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 56.4% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LED DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$192 40,358 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3001 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	103% Outstanding	MC Read 37.8 MC Write 38.9 MC Mixed 32.3 104% 36.3 GB/s	SC Read 22.1 SC Write 41.9 SC Mixed 31 90% 31.7 GB/s	Latency 53.7 74% 53.7 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 105%

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Desktop 90%

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Workstation 61%

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Motherboard: Asus STRIX Z270H GAMING - $247

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	1,567x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	574x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	312x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	444x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	419x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	399x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	132x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	132x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GBSamsung $45Bench 199%, 240,629 samples	90x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	231x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	141x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	101x

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Value: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $772

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $15	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