Asus STRIX Z270H GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 81% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 69% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 91.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	89.2% 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	68.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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	6.2 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 08 '17 at 17:31
Run Duration	160 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing as expected (59^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 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	91.9% Outstanding	Memory 84 1-Core 143 2-Core 282 92% 170 Pts	4-Core 537 8-Core 775 82% 656 Pts	64-Core 778 48% 778 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 91.9% 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 (98^th percentile)	89.2% Excellent	Lighting 113 Reflection 116 Parallax 107 92% 112 fps	MRender 98.6 Gravity 103 Splatting 103 83% 101 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 89.2% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 540s Series 120GB 4,012 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 89GB free (System drive) Firmware: LSF041C Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 483 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 668 (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 236175 (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 89 89 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 236175 (F2) Unknown 100 100 289877 (F9) Unknown 100 100 4416 (FC) Unknown 100 100 61	68.3% Good	Read 525 Write 147 Mixed 367 76% 346 MB/s	4K Read 26.4 4K Write 84.1 4K Mixed 24.9 116% 45.1 MB/s	DQ Read 32.3 DQ Write 124 DQ Mixed 17.1 31% 57.7 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 68.3% Great: 84%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$50 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 482GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 111 99 29491112 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1580 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 84 60 247424997 (09) Power-on hours count 82 82 16466 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2109 (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 64 46 673185828 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 667 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 93 93 14554 (C2) HDA temperature 36 54 47244640292 (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 -7404523602530 (F1) Unknown 100 253 45387423366 (F2) Unknown 100 253 68773400718	102% Outstanding	Read 186 Write 168 Mixed 129 120% 161 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 5.48 4K Mixed 0.47 179% 2.18 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 108%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 405GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 176 170 2191 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4749 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 79 79 15753 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1512 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 295 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4502 (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	65.4% Good	Read 120 Write 108 Mixed 115 86% 114 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 0.84 4K Mixed 0.16 63% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 65.4% Great: 109%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 145GB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 71424608 (03) Spinup time 95 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1194 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 73 60 21368603 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4443 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 524 (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 639565860 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 18 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 91 91 18119 (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 82300163328701 (F1) Unknown 100 253 27108915504 (F2) Unknown 100 253 63515399834	71% Very good	Read 121 Write 127 Mixed 97.2 86% 115 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.21 72% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 71% 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 (60^th percentile)	41.9% Average	MC Read 15 MC Write 14.7 MC Mixed 11.7 39% 13.8 GB/s	SC Read 13.2 SC Write 14.9 SC Mixed 14.3 40% 14.1 GB/s	Latency 73.4 54% 73.4 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 41.9% 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	1,567x
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 $274	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 $184	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