Asus STRIX Z270H GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 82% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 73% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 90.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	88.3% 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	72.4% 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.

Very high background CPU (65%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Asus STRIX Z270H GAMING (all builds)
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161108
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	May 20 '18 at 15:36
Run Duration	188 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	65%

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PC Performing above expectations (76^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-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	90.8% Outstanding	Memory 91.3 1-Core 141 2-Core 299 96% 177 Pts	4-Core 486 8-Core 807 79% 646 Pts	64-Core 805 50% 805 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 90.8% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3301) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 397.64 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	88.3% Excellent	Lighting 112 Reflection 116 Parallax 94.8 91% 108 fps	MRender 96.9 Gravity 102 Splatting 102 82% 100 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 88.3% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 36GB free (System drive) Firmware: 505ABBF1 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 104 104 8353169 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 56 56 43473659009196 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 656 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 258 (B1) Unknown 0 0 16 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 31 63 94493409311 (C2) HDA temperature 31 63 94493409311 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 8353169 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 8353169 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 8353169 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 83 83 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 92499 (EA) Unknown 0 0 28803 (F1) Unknown 0 0 28803 (F2) Unknown 0 0 11154	72.4% Very good	Read 514 Write 121 Mixed 177 58% 271 MB/s	4K Read 34.1 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 16.9 128% 51.7 MB/s	DQ Read 202 DQ Write 140 DQ Mixed 41.9 66% 128 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 72.4% Great: 73%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 19GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 21834 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 433 (B1) Unknown 98 98 25 (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 66 44 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 191 (F1) Unknown 99 99 8660426331	117% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 416 Mixed 424 100% 451 MB/s	4K Read 46.9 4K Write 96.1 4K Mixed 47.2 182% 63.4 MB/s	DQ Read 389 DQ Write 286 DQ Mixed 114 146% 263 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 124%
Intel X25-M 40GB 1,808 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 2GB free Firmware: 2CV102HD Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 8 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 20588 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2133 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 270 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 147050 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 991 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 1 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 1015532868 (E8) Unknown 99 99 0 (E9) Unknown 96 96 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0	31% Below average	Read 184 Write 41.8 Mixed 68.2 21% 97.9 MB/s	4K Read 20.4 4K Write 41.8 4K Mixed 6.49 61% 22.9 MB/s	DQ Read 131 DQ Write 41.3 DQ Mixed 33 38% 68.4 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 31% Great: 36%
WD WD2001FASS-00U0B0 2TB 6,005 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 2GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 186 (03) Spinup time 209 144 11541 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2279 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 35 35 48176 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2138 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 334 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 127 127 220753 (C2) HDA temperature 107 91 45 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 6 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 16 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 108	64.8% Good	Read 115 Write 110 Mixed 72.7 74% 99.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.97 4K Write 1.83 4K Mixed 0.48 127% 1.09 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 64.8% Great: 83%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2133 C13 2x8GB-$46 47,721 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 2227 MHz Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	73.7% Very good	MC Read 26.9 MC Write 27.9 MC Mixed 22.6 74% 25.8 GB/s	SC Read 17.6 SC Write 28 SC Mixed 23.7 66% 23.1 GB/s	Latency 65.3 61% 65.3 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 73.7% Great: 80%

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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 $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	1,568x
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 $94Bench 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: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $747

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $177	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