Asus STRIX Z270H GAMING K1

Performance Results


Gaming 91% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 100% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 78% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 91.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	95.5% 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	116% 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.

Motherboard	Asus STRIX Z270H GAMING K1 (all builds)
Memory	8.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170213
Uptime	6 Days
Run Date	Jun 24 '18 at 16:24
Run Duration	209 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	9%

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PC Performing above expectations (63^rd 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-$242 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	91.1% Outstanding	Memory 95.4 1-Core 138 2-Core 264 93% 166 Pts	4-Core 468 8-Core 737 74% 602 Pts	64-Core 713 44% 713 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 91.1% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3717) CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 397.64 Performing below potential (13^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	95.5% Outstanding	Lighting 123 Reflection 130 Parallax 111 100% 121 fps	MRender 103 Gravity 120 Splatting 97.3 87% 107 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 95.5% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$210 68,849 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 128GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 20340 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1187 (B1) Unknown 99 99 56 (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 66 50 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 25 (F1) Unknown 99 99 37091151256	116% Outstanding	Read 524 Write 497 Mixed 515 114% 512 MB/s	4K Read 34.7 4K Write 95.8 4K Mixed 47.5 164% 59.4 MB/s	DQ Read 325 DQ Write 281 DQ Mixed 146 152% 251 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 124%
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$139 63,520 User benchmarks, average bench 266% 79GB free Firmware: 2B6Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	307% Outstanding	Read 2,557 Write 1,802 Mixed 1,858 460% 2,072 MB/s	4K Read 49 4K Write 152 4K Mixed 67 240% 89.4 MB/s	DQ Read 513 DQ Write 420 DQ Mixed 151 199% 361 MB/s
Poor: 159% ↑ This bench: 307% Great: 353%
Seagate IronWolf 10TB (2016)-$242 347 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 185GB free Firmware: SC60 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 81 64 125820865 (03) Spinup time 86 86 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1125 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 89 60 820330811 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 102190156880966 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 225 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 133146017823 (BD) vendor-specific 90 90 10 (BE) vendor-specific 66 56 655818786 (BF) G-sense error rate 99 99 2010 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 2 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 94 94 12224 (C2) HDA temperature 34 44 85899345954 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 4 1 125820865 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 114997749354682 (F1) Unknown 100 253 38011923178 (F2) Unknown 100 253 4744649017	11% Very poor	Read 16.2 Write 21.4 Mixed 17.6 14% 18.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 2.21 4K Mixed 0.44 120% 1.12 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 11% Great: 113%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 96GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 389 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 70 70 9104 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5394 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 31720 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 252 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3433 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 1944 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 48 223339479075 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 230 (DF) Load/unload retry count 252 252 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 85 85 160862	60.7% Good	Read 105 Write 106 Mixed 104 79% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.43 105% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 60.7% Great: 75%

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 as expected (59^th percentile)	85.2% Excellent	MC Read 32.7 MC Write 31.6 MC Mixed 25.4 85% 29.9 GB/s	SC Read 19.7 SC Write 31.7 SC Mixed 26.8 74% 26.1 GB/s	Latency 55.9 72% 55.9 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 85.2% Great: 104%

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Gaming 105%

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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 $242Bench 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: $878

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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