Asus STRIX Z270H GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 120% UFO	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 102% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 90.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	130% 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	98.3% 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	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.

High background CPU (21%). 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	27.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161228
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Jun 05 '18 at 20:38
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	21%

PC Performing above expectations (71^st 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-$250 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	90.6% Outstanding	Memory 96.2 1-Core 138 2-Core 260 93% 165 Pts	4-Core 458 8-Core 680 71% 569 Pts	64-Core 730 45% 730 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 90.6% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Zotac(19DA 4471) ≥ 4GB; zotac 1080 ti amp extreme core edition CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2800 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 397.64 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	130% Outstanding	Lighting 183 Reflection 197 Parallax 191 149% 190 fps	MRender 126 Gravity 177 Splatting 123 115% 142 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 130% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 67GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 10840 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1191 (B1) Unknown 85 85 299 (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 68 48 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 62 62 37618 (EB) Unknown 99 99 175 (F1) Unknown 99 99 113666896067	98.3% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 414 Mixed 419 100% 449 MB/s	4K Read 43.4 4K Write 99.6 4K Mixed 27.7 154% 56.9 MB/s	DQ Read 45.9 DQ Write 280 DQ Mixed 27.2 61% 118 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 98.3% Great: 124%
WD Black 6TB (2015)-$296 5,447 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 3TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 100 0 (03) Spinup time 185 100 9733 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 892 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 4574 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 772 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 100 71 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 100 821 (C2) HDA temperature 120 99 32 (C4) Reallocation count 200 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 100 0	126% Outstanding	Read 188 Write 250 Mixed 193 158% 210 MB/s	4K Read 3.65 4K Write 2.68 4K Mixed 0.29 233% 2.2 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 126% Great: 118%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 225GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 173 171 4350 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1604 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 65 65 26195 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1390 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 542 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1061 (C2) HDA temperature 115 99 32 (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	55.5% Above average	Read 115 Write 78.3 Mixed 90.5 71% 94.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 1.74 4K Mixed 0.32 97% 0.92 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 55.5% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GB 6,789 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	99.3% Outstanding	MC Read 35.6 MC Write 38.1 MC Mixed 32.2 101% 35.3 GB/s	SC Read 20.1 SC Write 40.2 SC Mixed 28.6 85% 29.6 GB/s	Latency 53.3 75% 53.3 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 99.3% Great: 125%

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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 $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	1,563x
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 $109Bench 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 $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	141x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $37Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	101x

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Value: 93% - Outstanding

Total price: $781

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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