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 above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 97.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	79.3% 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.

High background CPU (25%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus STRIX Z270H GAMING (all builds)
Memory	13.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170723
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 09 '18 at 10:39
Run Duration	169 Seconds
Run User	FIN-User
Background CPU	25%

PC Performing above expectations (74^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 5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	97.9% Outstanding	Memory 96.2 1-Core 150 2-Core 284 98% 177 Pts	4-Core 535 8-Core 886 87% 710 Pts	64-Core 884 55% 884 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 97.9% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Asus(1043 8508) CLim: 1595 MHz, MLim: 2030 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.71 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 43% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Trion 150 240GB-$196 15,660 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 156GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFZ12.2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 10509 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 699 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 38 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 152 152 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 78 (C2) HDA temperature 67 42 249109282849 (F1) Unknown 100 100 374451	79.3% Very good	Read 507 Write 348 Mixed 273 83% 376 MB/s	4K Read 24.1 4K Write 75.7 4K Mixed 9.29 88% 36.4 MB/s	DQ Read 329 DQ Write 248 DQ Mixed 5.79 81% 194 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 79.3% Great: 95%
Samsung Spinpoint F1 1TB-$100 65,786 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 885GB free Firmware: 1AA01118 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 75 75 8350 (04) Start/Stop count 88 88 11651 (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 88 88 59244 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2866 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 42 505282590 (C2) HDA temperature 70 40 4407141728286 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 15415 (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 99 99 492 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0	52% Above average	Read 90.7 Write 90.3 Mixed 92.3 69% 91.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.76 4K Write 2.01 4K Mixed 0.52 126% 1.09 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 52% Great: 62%
Toshiba MK3265GSX 320GB-$91 6,085 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 298GB free Firmware: GJ002F Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^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 1197 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 8248 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 585 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 52 52 19230 (0A) Spinup retry count 253 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3546 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 240 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 105 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 51 51 499132 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 240518168609 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 39 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 33 (DE) Loaded hours 85 85 6078 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 321 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	47% Average	Read 79.5 Write 84.2 Mixed 77.6 60% 80.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.33 81% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 47% Great: 48%
WD Blue 640GB (2008)-$33 94,563 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 195GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 155 149 5233 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7282 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 1 1 73582 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2994 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 373 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2994 (C2) HDA temperature 109 81 38 (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	51.7% Above average	Read 88.2 Write 91.6 Mixed 92.5 68% 90.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 2.13 4K Mixed 0.29 99% 1.02 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 51.7% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2800 C16 4x4GB-$210 3,970 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	MC Read 36.5 MC Write 39.1 MC Mixed 32 102% 35.9 GB/s	SC Read 22.1 SC Write 41.9 SC Mixed 29.8 89% 31.3 GB/s	Latency 53.2 75% 53.2 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 110%

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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 $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