Asus STRIX Z270H GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 70% Battle cruiser	Desktop 104% UFO	Workstation 61% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (84th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 16 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 106%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	60.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	108% 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.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus STRIX Z270H GAMING (all builds)
Memory	13.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161108
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	May 31 '17 at 06:05
Run Duration	104 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (84^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 4.85 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Memory 97.5 1-Core 156 2-Core 312 103% 189 Pts	4-Core 622 8-Core 862 94% 742 Pts	64-Core 862 53% 862 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 480-$75 261,163 User benchmarks, average bench 46% MSI(1462 3413) CLim: 1450 MHz, MLim: 2250 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 17.5.2 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	60.3% Good	Lighting 77.8 Reflection 72.9 Parallax 92.2 63% 81 fps	MRender 71.7 Gravity 72.3 Splatting 58.6 54% 67.5 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 60.3% Great: 53%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung SSD 250GB 2,741 User benchmarks, average bench 100% 159GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2392 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 563 (B1) Unknown 99 99 11 (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 67 63 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 44 (F1) Unknown 99 99 5020495631	108% Outstanding	Read 519 Write 503 Mixed 508 114% 510 MB/s	4K Read 47.3 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 33.3 178% 66.7 MB/s	DQ Read 46.8 DQ Write 134 DQ Mixed 116 81% 98.7 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 126%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 435GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 170 2283 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 941 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2352 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 563 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 46 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3212 (C2) HDA temperature 108 105 35 (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	91.6% Outstanding	Read 155 Write 164 Mixed 126 111% 148 MB/s	4K Read 1.04 4K Write 2.44 4K Mixed 0.26 118% 1.25 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 91.6% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LED DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$192 40,358 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 3100 MHz Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	99% Outstanding	MC Read 38 MC Write 37.8 MC Mixed 27.9 99% 34.6 GB/s	SC Read 22.9 SC Write 38.4 SC Mixed 32.3 89% 31.2 GB/s	Latency 48.3 83% 48.3 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 99% Great: 105%

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Gaming 71%

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Desktop 90%

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Workstation 61%

Destroyer

Motherboard: Asus STRIX Z270H GAMING - $247

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	1,578x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	578x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	313x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	447x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	419x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	399x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	134x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	133x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GBSamsung $45Bench 199%, 240,629 samples	90x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	231x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	142x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	101x

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Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $744

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16