Asus STRIX Z270H GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 90% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 100% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 77% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 98.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	86.7% 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	106% 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.

Motherboard	Asus STRIX Z270H GAMING (all builds)
Memory	13.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170723
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 20 '17 at 20:10
Run Duration	188 Seconds
Run User	IRN-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (72^nd 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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	98.8% Outstanding	Memory 97.7 1-Core 144 2-Core 288 98% 176 Pts	4-Core 538 8-Core 780 82% 659 Pts	64-Core 790 49% 790 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 98.8% 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 3304) CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 387.92 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	86.7% Excellent	Lighting 111 Reflection 114 Parallax 108 91% 111 fps	MRender 98.2 Gravity 97.1 Splatting 94.6 79% 96.7 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 86.7% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 149GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 4074 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1229 (B1) Unknown 98 98 33 (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 56 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 23 (F1) Unknown 99 99 15232660622	106% Outstanding	Read 505 Write 406 Mixed 419 99% 443 MB/s	4K Read 33.4 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 33.6 152% 59.4 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 286 DQ Mixed 109 143% 260 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 295GB free Firmware: CC47 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 121850872 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 5093 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 16046658 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 7701 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 885 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 1 (BD) vendor-specific 96 96 4 (BE) vendor-specific 66 55 589430818 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 41 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 85 85 30222 (C2) HDA temperature 34 45 68719476770 (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 -100845832108439 (F1) Unknown 100 253 12321256053 (F2) Unknown 100 253 21474093975	82.1% Excellent	Read 148 Write 138 Mixed 96.2 95% 127 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.75 4K Mixed 0.23 76% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 82.1% Great: 112%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 149GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 173 2208 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1332 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3046 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1055 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 71 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1260 (C2) HDA temperature 109 104 34 (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	85.6% Excellent	Read 147 Write 151 Mixed 143 111% 147 MB/s	4K Read 0.95 4K Write 2.35 4K Mixed 0.28 114% 1.19 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 85.6% Great: 109%
ADATA HD710 2TB 683 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 509GB free, PID a15a Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	45.7% Average	Read 76.2 Write 100 Mixed 20.7 82% 65.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.88 4K Write 4.12 4K Mixed 0.29 153% 1.76 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 45.7% Great: 54%
WD My Passport 0820 1TB 16,483 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 170GB free, PID 0820 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	35.1% Below average	Read 88.3 Write 78.5 Mixed 58.2 93% 75 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 1.66 4K Mixed 0.19 65% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 35.1% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
GEIL CL16-16-16 D4-3200 2x8GB 206 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	MC Read 40.3 MC Write 41.6 MC Mixed 29.6 106% 37.2 GB/s	SC Read 23.7 SC Write 44.7 SC Mixed 33.1 97% 33.8 GB/s	Latency 47.5 84% 47.5 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 106%

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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