Asus STRIX Z270H GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 104% UFO	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 90% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 98.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	103% 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	62.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus STRIX Z270H GAMING (all builds)
Memory	9.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors, 1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170125
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 11 '17 at 00:51
Run Duration	208 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	10%

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PC Performing as expected (53^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-$250 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	98.1% Outstanding	Memory 96.7 1-Core 148 2-Core 274 97% 173 Pts	4-Core 535 8-Core 830 84% 682 Pts	64-Core 838 52% 838 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 98.1% Great: 92%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 5180) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 382.53 Performing below potential (61^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	103% Outstanding	Lighting 134 Reflection 146 Parallax 125 109% 135 fps	MRender 113 Gravity 129 Splatting 105 94% 116 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 110%
Intel HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake) 153,031 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 872F) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64 Ver. 21.20.16.4664 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.79% Terrible	Lighting 8.13 Reflection 12 Parallax 7.75 7% 9.31 fps	MRender 11.4 Gravity 6.97 Splatting 16.7 10% 11.7 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.79% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 18GB free (System drive) Firmware: 600ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 140479818 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 78 78 53472342854763 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1980 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 456 (B1) Unknown 0 0 97 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 27 37 77311836187 (C2) HDA temperature 27 37 77311836187 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 140479818 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 140479818 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 140479818 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 95 95 1 (E9) Unknown 0 0 34076 (EA) Unknown 0 0 22263 (F1) Unknown 0 0 22263 (F2) Unknown 0 0 19028 (F4) Unknown 96 96 196739213	62.5% Good	Read 370 Write 182 Mixed 239 58% 264 MB/s	4K Read 20.6 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 13.2 103% 45.6 MB/s	DQ Read 147 DQ Write 174 DQ Mixed 42.2 65% 121 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 62.5% Great: 85%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 1TB free Firmware: CC54 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 99 236424656 (03) Spinup time 93 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 687 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 80 60 114888354 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 9220 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 260 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 66 488046619 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 122 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 77 77 46687 (C2) HDA temperature 27 40 73014444059 (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 -128651450379700 (F1) Unknown 100 253 71705796992 (F2) Unknown 100 253 535718906832	51.4% Above average	Read 90.4 Write 88.6 Mixed 92.5 68% 90.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 1.46 4K Mixed 0.2 68% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 51.4% Great: 96%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 1.5TB-$88 40,945 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 951GB free Firmware: CC3G Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 101152324 (03) Spinup time 91 89 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6547 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 9 (07) Seek error rate 82 60 167955825 (09) Power-on hours count 35 35 57538 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 6 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2260 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 69 2705870750333 (BD) vendor-specific 1 1 367 (BE) vendor-specific 67 54 572063777 (C2) HDA temperature 33 46 68719476769 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 38 25 101152324 (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 93376884034877 (F1) Unknown 100 253 386827458 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2352698569	46.6% Average	Read 82.1 Write 80.1 Mixed 78 60% 80.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 1.34 4K Mixed 0.43 95% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 46.6% Great: 70%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 54GB free Firmware: 12.01C01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 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 169 165 6541 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6729 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 17 17 61138 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3069 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 1371 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 6730 (C2) HDA temperature 118 107 32 (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	32.1% Below average	Read 54.9 Write 56.5 Mixed 53.5 41% 55 MB/s	4K Read 0.28 4K Write 1.92 4K Mixed 0.29 79% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 32.1% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$37 287,720 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3100 MHz Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	93.9% Outstanding	MC Read 36.5 MC Write 35 MC Mixed 27.7 94% 33.1 GB/s	SC Read 21.8 SC Write 34.4 SC Mixed 29.4 82% 28.5 GB/s	Latency 51.3 78% 51.3 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 93.9% Great: 109%

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Motherboard: Asus STRIX Z270H GAMING - $247

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	1,563x
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: 93% - Outstanding

Total price: $781

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $275	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