Asus STRIX Z270H GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 108% UFO	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 94% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 92.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	115% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	222% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
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	5.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170322
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Feb 18 '18 at 12:29
Run Duration	204 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	6%

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PC Performing as expected (57^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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	92.9% Outstanding	Memory 93.9 1-Core 144 2-Core 284 96% 174 Pts	4-Core 495 8-Core 782 79% 638 Pts	64-Core 786 49% 786 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 92.9% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Zotac(19DA 0426) CLim: 2075 MHz, MLim: 2702 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 390.65 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	Lighting 155 Reflection 153 Parallax 151 127% 153 fps	MRender 121 Gravity 146 Splatting 114 103% 127 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB 99,566 User benchmarks, average bench 177% 118GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXB7201Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	222% Outstanding	Read 1,923 Write 895 Mixed 1,062 284% 1,293 MB/s	4K Read 59.2 4K Write 121 4K Mixed 65.2 237% 81.7 MB/s	DQ Read 506 DQ Write 298 DQ Mixed 177 192% 327 MB/s
Poor: 106% ↑ This bench: 222% Great: 236%
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 31GB free Firmware: 60AABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 2724045 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 -58514634428317 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1288 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 127 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 33 52 12888309793 (C2) HDA temperature 33 52 12888309793 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 2724045 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 2724045 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 2724045 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 4634 (EA) Unknown 0 0 3332 (F1) Unknown 0 0 3332 (F2) Unknown 0 0 5533	54.4% Above average	Read 174 Write 153 Mixed 101 32% 143 MB/s	4K Read 23.1 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 14.2 108% 47 MB/s	DQ Read 170 DQ Write 149 DQ Mixed 41.9 64% 120 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 54.4% Great: 85%
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$37 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 10GB free Firmware: 60AABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 23935797 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 16140487112318 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1645 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 204 (B1) Unknown 0 0 2 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 29 47 38657785885 (C2) HDA temperature 29 47 38657785885 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 23935797 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 23935797 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 23935797 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 21474836480 (E9) Unknown 0 0 9718 (EA) Unknown 0 0 7381 (F1) Unknown 0 0 7381 (F2) Unknown 0 0 11588	48.3% Average	Read 456 Write 68.5 Mixed 108 45% 211 MB/s	4K Read 13.4 4K Write 64.8 4K Mixed 11.3 69% 29.9 MB/s	DQ Read 164 DQ Write 92.1 DQ Mixed 38.6 53% 98.1 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 48.3% Great: 73%
Seagate ST31000524AS 3TB 17 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 667GB free Firmware: MX6OACF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 140 140 69 (03) Spinup time 134 134 34387591595 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1522 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2861 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 293 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 2098 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2098 (C2) HDA temperature 176 176 193274576930 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	62.7% Good	Read 101 Write 118 Mixed 131 88% 116 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.79 4K Mixed 0.18 87% 0.92 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 62.7% Great: 106%
Seagate ST3500630AS 500GB-$102 29,256 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 372GB free Firmware: 3.AAK Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 102 76 152077085 (03) Spinup time 93 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 63 63 38474 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 68 60 619312189856 (09) Power-on hours count 39 39 53812 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 70 70 31049 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 47 723714083 (C2) HDA temperature 35 53 60129542179 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 58 50 230236977 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 199 3 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	33% Below average	Read 59.7 Write 55 Mixed 50.2 41% 55 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.26 74% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 33% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Team Group Inc. TEAMGROUP-D4-3866 2x4GB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	72.6% Very good	MC Read 27.8 MC Write 27.4 MC Mixed 20.5 72% 25.2 GB/s	SC Read 17.8 SC Write 26.7 SC Mixed 23.4 65% 22.6 GB/s	Latency 60 67% 60 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 72.6% Great: 125%

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Motherboard: Asus STRIX Z270H GAMING - $247

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	1,564x
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 $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	141x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $37Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	101x

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Value: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $772

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