Asus STRIX Z270H GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 84% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 73% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 95.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	90% 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	84.6% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
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, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus STRIX Z270H GAMING (all builds)
Memory	6.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170322
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 05 '17 at 19:06
Run Duration	160 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (65^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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	95.5% Outstanding	Memory 93.6 1-Core 144 2-Core 282 96% 173 Pts	4-Core 523 8-Core 800 82% 662 Pts	64-Core 802 50% 802 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 95.5% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3701) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 384.76 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	90% Outstanding	Lighting 114 Reflection 120 Parallax 102 93% 112 fps	MRender 99.2 Gravity 104 Splatting 104 84% 102 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 90% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 540s Series 120GB 4,012 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 40GB free (System drive) Firmware: LSF041C Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 479 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 665 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 114 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 47 54 103082754095 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 114 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 233535 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 0 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 0 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 90 90 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 233535 (F2) Unknown 100 100 287159 (F9) Unknown 100 100 4361 (FC) Unknown 100 100 60	84.6% Excellent	Read 505 Write 380 Mixed 363 92% 416 MB/s	4K Read 22.7 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 20.3 116% 49.6 MB/s	DQ Read 24 DQ Write 295 DQ Mixed 18.9 56% 113 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 84.6% Great: 84%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 463GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 176 170 2200 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4703 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 79 79 15684 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1509 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 295 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4456 (C2) HDA temperature 107 93 36 (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	64.8% Good	Read 122 Write 104 Mixed 126 89% 117 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 0.81 4K Mixed 0.25 63% 0.52 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 64.8% Great: 109%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$50 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 445GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 91166704 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1547 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 84 60 247316882 (09) Power-on hours count 82 82 16397 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2106 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 1 (BD) vendor-specific 95 95 5 (BE) vendor-specific 62 46 639959078 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 666 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 93 93 14202 (C2) HDA temperature 38 54 47244640294 (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 36232344124797 (F1) Unknown 100 253 45157515814 (F2) Unknown 100 253 68665632863	78.2% Very good	Read 127 Write 145 Mixed 135 102% 136 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 5.39 4K Mixed 0.62 191% 2.18 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 78.2% Great: 108%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 109GB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 78105888 (03) Spinup time 95 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1174 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 73 60 21028126 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 4374 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 521 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 85 85 15 (BE) vendor-specific 64 60 606339108 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 18 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 92 92 17847 (C2) HDA temperature 36 40 55834574884 (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 -129574868350323 (F1) Unknown 100 253 26767271440 (F2) Unknown 100 253 62972730402	86.3% Excellent	Read 157 Write 144 Mixed 176 121% 159 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.69 4K Mixed 0.21 75% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 86.3% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 1x8GB 8,400 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	43% Average	MC Read 15.2 MC Write 14.4 MC Mixed 11.8 39% 13.8 GB/s	SC Read 13.3 SC Write 15.5 SC Mixed 14.9 42% 14.6 GB/s	Latency 60.7 66% 60.7 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 43% Great: 57%

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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	1,568x
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 $178	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