Asus STRIX Z270H GAMING

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 95.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	76.1% 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	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161208
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 12 '17 at 21:29
Run Duration	119 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing as expected (55^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-$230 712,312 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 (98^th percentile)	95.3% Outstanding	Memory 96.9 1-Core 140 2-Core 278 95% 171 Pts	4-Core 504 8-Core 766 79% 635 Pts	64-Core 755 47% 755 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 95.3% Great: 92%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS1311 480GB-$31 13,149 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 412GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS131122 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 9864 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2049 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1556 (AA) Unknown 100 100 723 (AD) Unknown 100 100 851999 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 25 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850984990 (DA) Unknown 100 100 1537 (E7) Temperature 100 100 87 (F1) Unknown 100 100 12257	76.1% Very good	Read 519 Write 350 Mixed 351 90% 406 MB/s	4K Read 32.8 4K Write 71.4 4K Mixed 9.96 100% 38 MB/s	DQ Read 33.3 DQ Write 230 DQ Mixed 9.96 44% 91.1 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 76.1% Great: 101%
Crucial M4 64GB-$92 7,336 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 60GB free Firmware: 070H Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st 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 41642 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3153 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 64 64 1097 (AE) Unknown 100 100 281 (B5) Unknown 100 100 11841295877768 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 116 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 692 (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 64 64 36 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0	54.8% Above average	Read 490 Write 107 Mixed 155 54% 251 MB/s	4K Read 28.2 4K Write 81.5 4K Mixed 6.44 94% 38.7 MB/s	DQ Read 29.3 DQ Write 83.9 DQ Mixed 7.13 20% 40.1 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 54.8% Great: 65%
Toshiba MD04ACA400 4TB-$140 10,635 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 880GB free Firmware: FP2A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 7204 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 5085 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 66 66 13909 (0A) Spinup retry count 201 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3454 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 131 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 56 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 5323 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 223338823712 (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 200 253 0 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 0 (DE) Loaded hours 70 70 12178 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 212 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	70.8% Very good	Read 122 Write 124 Mixed 122 93% 123 MB/s	4K Read 1.78 4K Write 1.84 4K Mixed 0.28 139% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 70.8% Great: 104%

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 2133 MHz clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	94.3% Outstanding	MC Read 36.4 MC Write 35.9 MC Mixed 27 95% 33.1 GB/s	SC Read 21 SC Write 36.6 SC Mixed 29.5 83% 29 GB/s	Latency 50.8 79% 50.8 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 94.3% Great: 104%

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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 $230Bench 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 $94Bench 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: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $747

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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 $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