Asus STRIX Z270H GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 116% UFO	Desktop 101% UFO	Workstation 103% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 97.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	117% 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	67.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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 (22%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 6 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus STRIX Z270H GAMING (all builds)
Memory	28.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.4 GHz
Display	5934 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161228
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Apr 20 '17 at 22:10
Run Duration	229 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	22%

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PC Performing above expectations (67^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 4.85 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	97.3% Outstanding	Memory 97.3 1-Core 151 2-Core 292 100% 180 Pts	4-Core 523 8-Core 886 86% 704 Pts	64-Core 885 55% 885 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 97.3% 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: 381.65 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	117% Outstanding	Lighting 159 Reflection 160 Parallax 138 130% 152 fps	MRender 122 Gravity 148 Splatting 113 103% 128 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 1TB-$100 21,936 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 856GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0CR031 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^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 21 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 201 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (AE) Unknown 100 100 109 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 68 61 167504904224 (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 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 1378975121 (F7) Unknown 100 100 43352578 (F8) Unknown 100 100 7938741 (B4) Unknown 0 0 4404 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	67.2% Good	Read 486 Write 341 Mixed 336 86% 387 MB/s	4K Read 17.3 4K Write 61.3 4K Mixed 19.3 84% 32.7 MB/s	DQ Read 18.9 DQ Write 59.6 DQ Mixed 10 16% 29.5 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 67.2% Great: 105%
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 749GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 635 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 668 (B1) Unknown 99 99 2 (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 69 60 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 273 (F1) Unknown 99 99 6269593989	117% Outstanding	Read 480 Write 409 Mixed 418 97% 436 MB/s	4K Read 48.3 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 48.7 194% 69.1 MB/s	DQ Read 344 DQ Write 285 DQ Mixed 28.4 99% 219 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 133%
OCZ Vertex 3 MAX IOPS 120GB-$106 3,124 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 111GB free Firmware: 2.15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 90 90 10955014 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 -114898965096277 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2689 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 648 (B1) Unknown 0 0 6 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 128 129 545469300864 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 10955014 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 10955014 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 10955014 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 10578 (EA) Unknown 0 0 12730 (F1) Unknown 0 0 12730 (F2) Unknown 0 0 14540	81.5% Excellent	Read 513 Write 161 Mixed 269 69% 314 MB/s	4K Read 33.5 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 20.7 140% 57.6 MB/s	DQ Read 291 DQ Write 189 DQ Mixed 73.8 100% 185 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 81.5% Great: 88%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1TB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 160 6250 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2882 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 6373 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2772 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 1122 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 153 153 143580 (C2) HDA temperature 118 92 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	54.8% Above average	Read 106 Write 86 Mixed 83.7 69% 91.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.07 4K Write 0.42 4K Mixed 0.08 19% 0.19 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 54.8% Great: 67%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$65 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 305GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 159 6266 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4252 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 8538 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3972 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 495 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4214 (C2) HDA temperature 116 92 34 (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	48.1% Average	Read 91.2 Write 76.3 Mixed 71.8 60% 79.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 1.71 4K Mixed 0.4 101% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 48.1% Great: 57%
WD Blue 320GB (2008)-$39 64,707 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 241GB free Firmware: 12.01B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 162 156 4891 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6028 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 7477 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3981 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 1175 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 6028 (C2) HDA temperature 110 83 37 (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	40.4% Average	Read 70.9 Write 69.4 Mixed 69.2 53% 69.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 2.36 4K Mixed 0.4 114% 1.12 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 40.4% Great: 60%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3400 C16 4x8GB 1,993 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3403 MHz Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	MC Read 41.1 MC Write 43 MC Mixed 34.7 113% 39.6 GB/s	SC Read 23.5 SC Write 43.7 SC Mixed 33.5 96% 33.6 GB/s	Latency 49.1 81% 49.1 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 121%

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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 $45Bench 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 $45	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