Asus STRIX Z270H GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 69% Battle cruiser	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 56% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	83.2% 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	266% 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 (all builds)
Memory	11.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit väriä
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170125
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 21 '17 at 21:07
Run Duration	361 Seconds
Run User	FIN-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7600K-$190 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	78.5% Very good	Memory 87.9 1-Core 126 2-Core 263 88% 159 Pts	4-Core 392 8-Core 439 54% 416 Pts	64-Core 519 32% 519 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 78.5% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4995) CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 378.66 Performing below potential (80^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	83.2% Excellent	Lighting 107 Reflection 111 Parallax 111 87% 110 fps	MRender 93 Gravity 98.4 Splatting 86.1 75% 92.5 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 83.2% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ AMD Radeon R7 240GB-$110 2,356 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 570GB free Firmware: 1.00 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 0 0 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 10336 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1151 (AB) Unknown 100 100 80116560 (AE) Unknown 100 100 191 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (D0) Spin buzz 100 100 63 (D2) Unknown 100 100 6 (E0) Load friction 100 100 1 (E9) Unknown 98 98 98 (F1) Unknown 100 100 3814 (F2) Unknown 100 100 6103 (F9) Unknown 100 100 213683432
Poor: 58% Great: 108%
OCZ AMD Radeon R7 240GB-$110 2,356 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 570GB free Firmware: 1.00 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 0 0 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 10337 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1152 (AB) Unknown 100 100 80313168 (AE) Unknown 100 100 180 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (D0) Spin buzz 100 100 71 (D2) Unknown 100 100 139 (E0) Load friction 100 100 1 (E9) Unknown 98 98 98 (F1) Unknown 100 100 4807 (F2) Unknown 100 100 4146 (F9) Unknown 100 100 259572409
Poor: 58% Great: 108%
OCZ AMD Radeon R7 240GB-$110 2,356 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 570GB free Firmware: 1.00 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 0 0 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 10337 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1114 (AB) Unknown 100 100 80984912 (AE) Unknown 100 100 197 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (D0) Spin buzz 100 100 148 (D2) Unknown 100 100 379 (E0) Load friction 100 100 1 (E9) Unknown 96 96 96 (F1) Unknown 100 100 7741 (F2) Unknown 100 100 9942 (F9) Unknown 100 100 416086764
Poor: 58% Great: 108%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 150GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	266% Outstanding	Read 2,579 Write 1,075 Mixed 1,251 358% 1,635 MB/s	4K Read 61.4 4K Write 154 4K Mixed 61 253% 92.1 MB/s	DQ Read 596 DQ Write 354 DQ Mixed 189 217% 380 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 266% Great: 236%
Kingston SSDNow V+200 Series 120GB 853 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 106GB free Firmware: 502ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 4180850 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 -18949395691410 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1974 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 613 (B1) Unknown 0 0 5 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 26 127 42957996058 (C2) HDA temperature 26 127 42957996058 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 4180850 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 4180850 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 4180850 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 11218 (EA) Unknown 0 0 9968 (F1) Unknown 0 0 9968 (F2) Unknown 0 0 14538	50.3% Above average	Read 178 Write 104 Mixed 119 30% 134 MB/s	4K Read 27.5 4K Write 98.3 4K Mixed 14.7 113% 46.8 MB/s	DQ Read 96.4 DQ Write 110 DQ Mixed 32.9 44% 79.8 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 50.3% Great: 83%
Seagate Expansion 4TB 22,017 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0707 Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	63.4% Good	Read 103 Write 116 Mixed 61.6 69% 93.6 MB/s	4K Read 1.26 4K Write 6.21 4K Mixed 0.5 223% 2.66 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 63.4% Great: 66%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 930GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 1924 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 71 69 8843 (04) Start/Stop count 90 90 10975 (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 16005 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 252 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2970 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 52 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 56 193274183709 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 5 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 1 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 5 (DF) Load/unload retry count 252 252 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 11358	81.1% Excellent	Read 135 Write 148 Mixed 141 106% 141 MB/s	4K Read 0.78 4K Write 2.41 4K Mixed 0.57 141% 1.25 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 81.1% Great: 75%
Lacie P9220 1.5TB 21 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 600GB free Firmware: 1053 Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	53.5% Above average	Read 92.5 Write 94 Mixed 93 70% 93.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.32 4K Write 1.49 4K Mixed 0.27 71% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 53.5% Great: 63%
BUFFALO External HDD 2TB 220 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 2TB free, PID 01ba Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	21.4% Poor	Read 39.7 Write 38.4 Mixed 20.3 40% 32.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.78 4K Write 2.32 4K Mixed 0.22 89% 1.11 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 21.4% Great: 21%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$36 287,720 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (12^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	64.8% Good	MC Read 20.7 MC Write 26.8 MC Mixed 21.4 66% 23 GB/s	SC Read 13.3 SC Write 24.4 SC Mixed 17.5 53% 18.4 GB/s	Latency 69.7 57% 69.7 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 64.8% Great: 109%

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Motherboard: Asus STRIX Z270H GAMING - $247

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	1,568x
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 $177	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