Asus STRIX Z270H GAMING

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 91.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	88.8% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (23%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus STRIX Z270H GAMING (all builds)
Memory	25.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180314
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jun 24 '18 at 03:17
Run Duration	198 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	23%

PC Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	91.3% Outstanding	Memory 94.3 1-Core 136 2-Core 268 93% 166 Pts	4-Core 508 8-Core 518 68% 513 Pts	64-Core 522 32% 522 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 91.3% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6593) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2852 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 398.11 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 44.7 Reflection 51.5 Parallax 41.9 36% 46 fps	Gravity 42.1 Splatting 54.9 44% 48.5 fps
Poor: 109% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 439GB free Firmware: EMT03B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2728 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 518 (B1) Unknown 99 99 10 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 62 54 38 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 69 (F1) Unknown 99 99 10630235105	113% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 414 Mixed 420 100% 449 MB/s	4K Read 42 4K Write 86.5 4K Mixed 47.7 171% 58.7 MB/s	DQ Read 359 DQ Write 274 DQ Mixed 130 148% 254 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 134%
PNY SSD2SC240G1CS11754D117-514 240GB 313 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 98GB free Firmware: CS111101 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^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 4659 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1919 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 259 (B1) Unknown 0 0 58 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 38 100 38 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 959 (C4) Reallocation count 98 98 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 108 (E7) Temperature 98 100 38 (E9) Unknown 0 0 8 (EA) Unknown 0 0 113 (F1) Unknown 0 0 17336 (F2) Unknown 0 0 15032	90.9% Outstanding	Read 508 Write 294 Mixed 372 87% 391 MB/s	4K Read 26.2 4K Write 91.7 4K Mixed 34.1 132% 50.7 MB/s	DQ Read 274 DQ Write 279 DQ Mixed 59.4 104% 204 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 90.9% Great: 94%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 240GB 13,500 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 17GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. Max speed: Unknown Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	88.8% Excellent	Read 593 Write 538 Mixed 234 101% 455 MB/s	4K Read 22.7 4K Write 69.9 4K Mixed 0.63 72% 31.1 MB/s	DQ Read 290 DQ Write 295 DQ Mixed 14 87% 200 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 88.8% Great: 133%
Toshiba DT01ACA300 3TB-$80 85,620 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 337GB free Firmware: MX6OABX0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 139 139 70 (03) Spinup time 239 239 17194090759 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 3289 (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 99 99 8570 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1890 (C0) Power-off retract count 97 97 4162 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 4162 (C2) HDA temperature 161 161 197569478690 (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 3 (F0) Head flying hours 99 99 7611 (F1) Unknown 100 100 67939204518 (F2) Unknown 100 100 84244812841	76.1% Very good	Read 135 Write 130 Mixed 120 96% 128 MB/s	4K Read 0.88 4K Write 1.73 4K Mixed 0.2 91% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 76.1% Great: 107%
SanDisk Ultra USB 3.0 32GB 1,938 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 13GB free, PID 5595 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	55.9% Above average	Read 146 Write 102 Mixed 120 151% 123 MB/s	4K Read 7.07 4K Write 3.56 4K Mixed 1.66 204% 4.1 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 55.9% Great: 37%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMR16GX4M2C3000C15 4x8GB 4,486 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3021 MHz Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	95.5% Outstanding	MC Read 33.1 MC Write 37.8 MC Mixed 32 98% 34.3 GB/s	SC Read 20.1 SC Write 34.7 SC Mixed 27.8 79% 27.5 GB/s	Latency 59.1 68% 59.1 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 95.5% Great: 106%

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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 $40Bench 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 $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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