Asus STRIX Z270H GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 55% Yacht	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 49% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 89.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	60.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	82.9% 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	9.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170723
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Dec 31 '17 at 12:17
Run Duration	285 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing as expected (58^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 (86^th percentile)	89.8% Excellent	Memory 91.3 1-Core 144 2-Core 273 94% 169 Pts	4-Core 475 8-Core 793 77% 634 Pts	64-Core 800 50% 800 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 89.8% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Zotac(19DA 1438) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	60.2% Good	Lighting 76 Reflection 76.3 Parallax 65.7 62% 72.7 fps	MRender 71.2 Gravity 66.9 Splatting 70.1 57% 69.4 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 60.2% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow KC400 512GB-$180 2,804 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 344GB free Firmware: SAFM001B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd 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 0 (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 100 100 5041 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 312 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 683 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1114162 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 28 (C2) HDA temperature 75 64 154619346969 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 9079 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 7147 (F2) Unknown 100 100 5765 (F4) Unknown 100 100 17 (F5) Unknown 100 100 50 (F6) Unknown 100 100 2349568	88.5% Excellent	Read 511 Write 411 Mixed 420 100% 448 MB/s	4K Read 25.7 4K Write 95.4 4K Mixed 11.5 104% 44.2 MB/s	DQ Read 328 DQ Write 280 DQ Mixed 11.7 88% 206 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 88.5% Great: 108%
Samsung MZ7PD256HCGM-000H7 256GB 5,922 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 145GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXM06H6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 4965 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 331 (AA) Unknown 100 100 4576 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 97 97 84 (AE) Unknown 99 99 31 (B7) Unknown 99 99 10 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 75 60 25 (C4) Reallocation count 253 253 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0	82.9% Excellent	Read 492 Write 248 Mixed 291 76% 344 MB/s	4K Read 27.2 4K Write 84.1 4K Mixed 25.2 118% 45.5 MB/s	DQ Read 375 DQ Write 197 DQ Mixed 85.6 117% 219 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 82.9% Great: 108%
Sandisk SD7SB6S-256G-1006 256GB 2,611 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 56GB free Firmware: X3511006 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th 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 95 95 2383 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 361 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 99 99 21475885057 (AE) Unknown 100 100 66 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 76 53 116753170456 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 1151069651225 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	88% Excellent	Read 441 Write 302 Mixed 344 80% 362 MB/s	4K Read 26 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 26.9 131% 53.7 MB/s	DQ Read 349 DQ Write 231 DQ Mixed 58.7 106% 213 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 88% Great: 94%
WD3000FYYX 3TB 64 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2.5TB free Firmware: 00.0D1K2 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 196 1 20 (03) Spinup time 228 226 7558 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 529 (05) Reallocated sector count 173 173 843 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 79 79 15827 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 160 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 51 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 191 191 27138 (C2) HDA temperature 125 98 3540763 (C4) Reallocation count 1 1 577 (C5) Current pending sector count 198 197 1464 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 198 197 1095 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 151 135 14749 (F1) Unknown 200 200 197128573702 (F2) Unknown 200 200 69822585423	34.1% Below average	Read 53.2 Write 65.4 Mixed 57 44% 58.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.39 4K Write 1.31 4K Mixed 0.35 80% 0.68 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 34.1% Great: 95%
TOSHIBA TransMemory 64GB 859 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 28GB free, PID 6544 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	9.3% Terrible	Read 34.6 Write 7.77 Mixed 12.2 18% 18.2 MB/s	4K Read 5.73 4K Write 0.41 4K Mixed 0.38 48% 2.17 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 9.3% Great: 9%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x8GB-$42 66,222 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	41.8% Average	MC Read 14.3 MC Write 14.1 MC Mixed 12.2 39% 13.5 GB/s	SC Read 12.6 SC Write 15.3 SC Mixed 14.6 40% 14.2 GB/s	Latency 65.3 61% 65.3 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 41.8% Great: 88%

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Motherboard: Asus STRIX Z270H GAMING - $247

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 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: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $772

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	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) $30	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