Asus STRIX Z270H GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 35% Jet ski	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 29% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (87th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 13 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 93.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	29.7% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	98.1% 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	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	14.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161208
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 04 '17 at 02:48
Run Duration	147 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing way above expectations (87^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 way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.5% Outstanding	Memory 93.8 1-Core 136 2-Core 273 93% 168 Pts	4-Core 539 8-Core 536 72% 538 Pts	64-Core 497 31% 497 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 93.5% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7950-$290 33,820 User benchmarks, average bench 29% Sapphire(174B E210) 3GB CLim: 850 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 17.4.3 Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	29.7% Poor	Lighting 38.4 Reflection 27.7 Parallax 48.2 31% 38.1 fps	MRender 26.5 Gravity 35.5 Splatting 34.2 26% 32 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 29.7% Great: 32%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk Ultra II 250GB 595 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 194GB free (System drive) Firmware: X41100WD Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3 (A5) Unknown 100 100 1507344 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 13 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1 (A9) Unknown 100 100 148 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 70 33 141735362590 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 17179869188 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 59 (EA) Unknown 100 100 121 (F1) Unknown 253 253 119 (F2) Unknown 253 253 69 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	98.1% Outstanding	Read 513 Write 420 Mixed 396 98% 443 MB/s	4K Read 41.7 4K Write 123 4K Mixed 20.7 155% 61.7 MB/s	DQ Read 43.6 DQ Write 295 DQ Mixed 18.8 59% 119 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 98.1% Great: 102%
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 10GB free Firmware: 600ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 3226777 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 115087943665009 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 891 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 58 (B1) Unknown 0 0 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 25 37 73016868889 (C2) HDA temperature 25 37 73016868889 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 3226777 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 3226777 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 3226777 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 594 (EA) Unknown 0 0 742 (F1) Unknown 0 0 742 (F2) Unknown 0 0 383 (F4) Unknown 100 100 917508	62.5% Good	Read 456 Write 113 Mixed 157 52% 242 MB/s	4K Read 28.6 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 11.3 121% 52.8 MB/s	DQ Read 31.2 DQ Write 122 DQ Mixed 13.1 28% 55.4 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 62.5% Great: 73%
SanDisk SSD Plus 120GB-$42 87,912 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 2GB free Firmware: Z22000RL 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 209 100 209 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 917 (A6) Unknown 100 100 84 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 136 (A9) Unknown 100 100 23 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 120 (AE) Unknown 100 100 72 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 68 100 176093659168 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 4 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 12425 (F1) Unknown 253 253 1919 (F2) Unknown 253 253 760	69.2% Good	Read 505 Write 203 Mixed 284 72% 331 MB/s	4K Read 30.1 4K Write 131 4K Mixed 4.05 120% 55.1 MB/s	DQ Read 35.7 DQ Write 141 DQ Mixed 3.8 28% 60.2 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 69.2% Great: 78%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial Ballistix Sport DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GB-$170 3,887 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	88.2% Excellent	MC Read 31.8 MC Write 33.4 MC Mixed 28.4 89% 31.2 GB/s	SC Read 19.8 SC Write 34.8 SC Mixed 26.6 77% 27.1 GB/s	Latency 60.2 66% 60.2 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 88.2% Great: 89%

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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