Asus STRIX H270F GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 92% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 72% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
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	158% 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	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.

Very high background CPU (39%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus STRIX H270F GAMING (all builds)
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170927
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 13 '18 at 09:29
Run Duration	219 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	39%

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PC Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7600K-$190 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	88.1% Excellent	Memory 93 1-Core 129 2-Core 246 88% 156 Pts	4-Core 481 8-Core 482 64% 482 Pts	64-Core 493 30% 493 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 88.1% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 859B) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 390.65 Performing below potential (51^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	102% Outstanding	Lighting 131 Reflection 142 Parallax 135 107% 136 fps	MRender 114 Gravity 128 Splatting 106 94% 116 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 600p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$119 20,782 User benchmarks, average bench 128% 445GB free (System drive) Firmware: PSF109C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	158% Outstanding	Read 1,474 Write 527 Mixed 794 204% 932 MB/s	4K Read 21 4K Write 129 4K Mixed 38.9 150% 62.9 MB/s	DQ Read 488 DQ Write 449 DQ Mixed 170 209% 369 MB/s
Poor: 95% ↑ This bench: 158% Great: 144%
SanDisk Ultra II 240GB-$40 53,931 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 189GB free Firmware: X41100RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2328 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 997 (A5) Unknown 100 100 103116177915 (A6) Unknown 100 100 3 (A7) Unknown 100 100 51 (A8) Unknown 100 100 20 (A9) Unknown 100 100 289 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 9 (AE) Unknown 100 100 52 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 50 65 279173791794 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 1288508801324 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 2263 (EA) Unknown 100 100 5205 (F1) Unknown 253 253 4439 (F2) Unknown 253 253 5564 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	31.6% Below average	Read 378 Write 129 Mixed 169 49% 225 MB/s	4K Read 0.06 4K Write 0.22 4K Mixed 17.2 22% 5.84 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 31.6% Great: 101%
Adata SX910 128GB 344 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 116GB free Firmware: 5.0.2a Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 114 73429525 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 -116024246522349 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2096 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 1032 (B1) Unknown 0 0 3 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 46 54 55838113838 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 73429525 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 73429525 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 73429525 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 12472 (EA) Unknown 0 0 10275 (F1) Unknown 0 0 10275 (F2) Unknown 0 0 14779	66.2% Good	Read 489 Write 137 Mixed 232 62% 286 MB/s	4K Read 25.7 4K Write 99.7 4K Mixed 12.7 108% 46.1 MB/s	DQ Read 180 DQ Write 159 DQ Mixed 50.5 70% 130 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 66.2% Great: 83%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 23GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1508 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 290 (B1) Unknown 99 99 3 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 55 53 45 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 43 (F1) Unknown 99 99 3753022305	110% Outstanding	Read 503 Write 402 Mixed 415 98% 440 MB/s	4K Read 35.7 4K Write 95.8 4K Mixed 47.7 166% 59.7 MB/s	DQ Read 358 DQ Write 271 DQ Mixed 126 145% 252 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 134%
WD Green 5TB (2014)-$170 1,889 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 194 189 9258 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2969 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 7932 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1503 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 97 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 177 177 71909 (C2) HDA temperature 114 105 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	64.2% Good	Read 115 Write 109 Mixed 114 85% 113 MB/s	4K Read 0.03 4K Write 0.36 4K Mixed 0.06 14% 0.15 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 64.2% Great: 97%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 463GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 158 156 5058 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 903 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 66 66 25076 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2407 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 592 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2407 (C2) HDA temperature 108 93 39 (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	45.2% Average	Read 82.1 Write 74.9 Mixed 84.1 61% 80.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.5 120% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 45.2% Great: 69%

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 @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	75.9% Very good	MC Read 28.8 MC Write 29.2 MC Mixed 23.1 77% 27 GB/s	SC Read 17.2 SC Write 24.7 SC Mixed 22 61% 21.3 GB/s	Latency 62.1 64% 62.1 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 75.9% Great: 88%

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Workstation 45%

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Motherboard: Asus STRIX H270F GAMING - $250

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	472x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	421x
Core i5-7500Intel $89Bench 67%, 149,467 samples	189x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	204x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	193x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	151x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	74x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	69x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	52x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	69x
HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GBKingstonBench 76%, 122,822 samples	62x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x8GBCorsair $42Bench 73%, 66,222 samples	46x

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Total price: $750

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 $179	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