Asus STRIX Z270H GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 102% UFO	Desktop 102% UFO	Workstation 88% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 94.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	102% 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	237% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus STRIX Z270H GAMING (all builds)
Memory	28.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170322
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 17 '17 at 14:39
Run Duration	257 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (75^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-$250 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	94.9% Outstanding	Memory 95.1 1-Core 146 2-Core 276 96% 172 Pts	4-Core 509 8-Core 799 81% 654 Pts	64-Core 792 49% 792 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 94.9% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3367) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 385.28 Performing below potential (56^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	102% Outstanding	Lighting 133 Reflection 139 Parallax 123 109% 132 fps	MRender 108 Gravity 129 Splatting 103 92% 113 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB 21,747 User benchmarks, average bench 219% 202GB free Firmware: CXZ7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	329% Outstanding	Read 2,760 Write 1,451 Mixed 1,689 433% 1,967 MB/s	4K Read 57.1 4K Write 185 4K Mixed 69.1 273% 104 MB/s	DQ Read 1,088 DQ Write 1,048 DQ Mixed 322 447% 819 MB/s
Poor: 134% ↑ This bench: 329% Great: 292%
Samsung SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 128GB 1,293 User benchmarks, average bench 211% 66GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXZ7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	237% Outstanding	Read 2,566 Write 740 Mixed 1,116 321% 1,474 MB/s	4K Read 45.9 4K Write 166 4K Mixed 57.6 231% 89.7 MB/s	DQ Read 693 DQ Write 174 DQ Mixed 253 233% 373 MB/s
Poor: 133% ↑ This bench: 237% Great: 273%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2016)-$114 34,353 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2TB free Firmware: 0001 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 83 64 211846521 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 14 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 71 60 12761436 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 -38830799322258 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 14 (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 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 67 505282590 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 23 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 77 (C2) HDA temperature 30 40 81604378654 (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 59528246723438 (F1) Unknown 100 253 6877808945 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3596955708	90.4% Outstanding	Read 181 Write 135 Mixed 122 109% 146 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.85 4K Mixed 0.23 80% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 90.4% Great: 105%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2016)-$114 34,353 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2TB free Firmware: 0001 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 84 64 240986341 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 173 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 82 60 147408814 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 55740085570667 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 175 (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 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 62 522125343 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 146 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 376 (C2) HDA temperature 31 40 73014444063 (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 140522739993706 (F1) Unknown 100 253 72348888877 (F2) Unknown 100 253 57921370815	88.6% Excellent	Read 161 Write 149 Mixed 139 112% 150 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 1.52 4K Mixed 0.23 71% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 88.6% Great: 105%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2016)-$114 34,353 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2TB free Firmware: 0001 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 82 64 149001385 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 14 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 70 60 10222944 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 -130713034685586 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 14 (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 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 66 522059807 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 24 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 78 (C2) HDA temperature 31 40 81604378655 (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 111746459108206 (F1) Unknown 100 253 10968756395 (F2) Unknown 100 253 7527389937	86.3% Excellent	Read 104 Write 196 Mixed 140 110% 147 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 5.24 4K Mixed 0.61 188% 2.14 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 86.3% Great: 105%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 2TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 176 166 4200 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2237 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 77 77 17063 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1113 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 446 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 51 51 447603 (C2) HDA temperature 115 95 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	72.5% Very good	Read 92.7 Write 159 Mixed 110 90% 120 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 5.58 4K Mixed 0.54 185% 2.21 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 72.5% Great: 84%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$75 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2TB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 111 99 40930032 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1022 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 76 60 45734397 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 13005 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1013 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 8590196743 (BD) vendor-specific 83 83 17 (BE) vendor-specific 66 50 572653602 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 365 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 87 87 27831 (C2) HDA temperature 34 50 34359738402 (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 8478265457358 (F1) Unknown 100 253 177586274883 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1119232847429	119% Outstanding	Read 229 Write 186 Mixed 119 132% 178 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 5.27 4K Mixed 0.58 182% 2.11 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 108%
ASMT 2105 1TB 948 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 205GB free, PID 5136 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	32.4% Below average	Read 75.8 Write 77.3 Mixed 67.4 94% 73.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.44 4K Mixed 0.37 63% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 32.4% Great: 82%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMU32GX4M2A2666C16 2x16GB 1,493 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	94.9% Outstanding	MC Read 34.7 MC Write 37.1 MC Mixed 28.2 95% 33.3 GB/s	SC Read 22 SC Write 40.8 SC Mixed 28.5 87% 30.4 GB/s	Latency 56.7 70% 56.7 ns
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 94.9% Great: 95%

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Motherboard: Asus STRIX Z270H GAMING - $247

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	1,563x
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 $37Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	101x

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Value: 93% - Outstanding

Total price: $781

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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