Asus STRIX Z270H GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 93% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 80% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 97.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	94.7% 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	57.9% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus STRIX Z270H GAMING (all builds)
Memory	13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170723
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 28 '18 at 23:02
Run Duration	134 Seconds
Run User	NOR-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing as expected (56^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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	97.2% Outstanding	Memory 90 1-Core 146 2-Core 288 96% 175 Pts	4-Core 562 8-Core 808 86% 685 Pts	64-Core 813 50% 813 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 97.2% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX Vega-64-$400 91,676 User benchmarks, average bench 87% AMD(1002 6B76) CLim: 1630 MHz, MLim: 945 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 18.4.1 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	94.7% Outstanding	Lighting 119 Reflection 88.3 Parallax 174 97% 127 fps	MRender 86.4 Gravity 116 Splatting 123 91% 109 fps
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 94.7% Great: 94%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston HyperX 3K 120GB-$100 46,066 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 1GB free (System drive) Firmware: 521ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 26533149 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 59725815228316 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2695 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 507 (B1) Unknown 0 0 3 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 29 40 42952294429 (C2) HDA temperature 29 40 42952294429 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 26533149 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 26533149 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 26533149 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 97 97 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 23137 (EA) Unknown 0 0 15300 (F1) Unknown 0 0 15300 (F2) Unknown 0 0 19205	57.9% Above average	Read 430 Write 171 Mixed 207 59% 269 MB/s	4K Read 22.4 4K Write 84.5 4K Mixed 7.38 88% 38.1 MB/s	DQ Read 138 DQ Write 115 DQ Mixed 23.3 46% 92.2 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 57.9% Great: 87%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 1TB free Firmware: CC54 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 107726984 (03) Spinup time 92 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1475 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 73 60 21093476 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 5510 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1420 (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 71 64 505217053 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 75 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 89 89 23135 (C2) HDA temperature 29 40 34359738397 (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 133066676768701 (F1) Unknown 100 253 41740091728 (F2) Unknown 100 253 69709227680	85.3% Excellent	Read 164 Write 134 Mixed 138 109% 145 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.39 4K Mixed 0.22 79% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 85.3% Great: 96%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$32 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 14GB free Firmware: CC4C Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 198348792 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4570 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 83 60 212524926 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 13270 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3411 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 97 97 3 (BE) vendor-specific 70 58 538837022 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 613 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 46 46 109385 (C2) HDA temperature 30 42 34359738398 (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 1335734838324 (F1) Unknown 100 253 85693907608494 (F2) Unknown 100 253 25944246178271	83.5% Excellent	Read 174 Write 117 Mixed 150 111% 147 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 1.45 4K Mixed 0.26 86% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 83.5% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2400 C15 4x4GB-$90 9,857 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (26^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	76% Very good	MC Read 27.4 MC Write 29 MC Mixed 23.2 76% 26.5 GB/s	SC Read 19.1 SC Write 30.8 SC Mixed 24.1 70% 24.7 GB/s	Latency 67.2 60% 67.2 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 76% Great: 98%

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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	1,572x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	574x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	313x

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 $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 $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