Asus STRIX Z270H GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 121% UFO	Desktop 105% UFO	Workstation 103% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 96.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	121% 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	420% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus STRIX Z270H GAMING (all builds)
Memory	24.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.5 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170723
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 27 '18 at 10:26
Run Duration	160 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing above expectations (65^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 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	96.7% Outstanding	Memory 98.2 1-Core 152 2-Core 294 100% 181 Pts	4-Core 516 8-Core 718 78% 617 Pts	64-Core 837 52% 837 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 96.7% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 374D) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2126 MHz, MLim: 3112 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 391.24 Performing below potential (40^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	121% Outstanding	Lighting 197 Reflection 23 Parallax 130 160% 117 fps	MRender 126 Gravity 96.8 Splatting 26 62% 82.8 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 77GB free Firmware: EMT03B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2097 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 366 (B1) Unknown 99 99 2 (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 48 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 36 (F1) Unknown 99 99 2354012265	116% Outstanding	Read 516 Write 414 Mixed 419 100% 450 MB/s	4K Read 45.3 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 46.7 184% 65.9 MB/s	DQ Read 340 DQ Write 277 DQ Mixed 118 140% 245 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 134%
Samsung 840 Series 500GB 7,390 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 74GB free Firmware: DXT0AB0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 20022 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 3731 (B1) Unknown 97 97 26 (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 70 52 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 772 (F1) Unknown 99 99 15376410242	77.4% Very good	Read 467 Write 306 Mixed 246 75% 339 MB/s	4K Read 31.9 4K Write 96.5 4K Mixed 17.7 122% 48.7 MB/s	DQ Read 30.1 DQ Write 183 DQ Mixed 30.7 46% 81.3 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 77.4% Great: 89%
Intel 900P Optane NVMe PCIe 480GB-$900 1,995 User benchmarks, average bench 429% 42GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0325 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	420% Outstanding	Read 2,424 Write 2,066 Mixed 2,299 505% 2,263 MB/s	4K Read 223 4K Write 202 4K Mixed 117 595% 181 MB/s	DQ Read 439 DQ Write 533 DQ Mixed 117 190% 363 MB/s
Poor: 280% ↑ This bench: 420% Great: 541%
SanDisk Extreme II 480GB-$192 1,439 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 13GB free Firmware: R1311 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 16913 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2645 (A6) Unknown 100 100 8 (A7) Unknown 100 100 30 (A8) Unknown 100 100 184 (A9) Unknown 100 100 636 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 58 (AE) Unknown 100 100 390 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 71 152 652836339741 (D4) Unknown 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 349 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 29781 (F1) Unknown 253 253 12181 (F2) Unknown 253 253 18558 (F3) Unknown 100 100 0	107% Outstanding	Read 481 Write 475 Mixed 448 105% 468 MB/s	4K Read 35.6 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 28.2 153% 60.6 MB/s	DQ Read 351 DQ Write 289 DQ Mixed 61.2 116% 234 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 110%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3733 C17 4x8GB 175 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3467 MHz Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	116% Outstanding	MC Read 41.5 MC Write 44.9 MC Mixed 36.5 117% 41 GB/s	SC Read 24.4 SC Write 48 SC Mixed 34.2 102% 35.5 GB/s	Latency 45 89% 45 ns
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 129%

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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