Asus STRIX Z270H GAMING

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 101%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Boot Drive	270% 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	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

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus STRIX Z270H GAMING (all builds)
Memory	11.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit väriä
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170125
Uptime	5.3 Days
Run Date	Dec 27 '17 at 22:25
Run Duration	326 Seconds
Run User	FIN-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7600K-$170 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Memory 97.3 1-Core 161 2-Core 323 105% 194 Pts	4-Core 602 8-Core 601 80% 601 Pts	64-Core 611 38% 611 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4995) CLim: 1593 MHz, MLim: 1877 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 388.31 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 94.7 Reflection 97.7 Parallax 90 77% 94.1 fps	Gravity 94.9 Splatting 77.2 75% 86.1 fps
Poor: 70% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ AMD Radeon R7 240GB-$110 2,356 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 149GB free Firmware: 1.00 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 0 0 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 13280 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1474 (AB) Unknown 100 100 80116560 (AE) Unknown 100 100 192 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (D0) Spin buzz 100 100 85 (D2) Unknown 100 100 6 (E0) Load friction 100 100 1 (E9) Unknown 98 98 98 (F1) Unknown 100 100 5470 (F2) Unknown 100 100 7458 (F9) Unknown 100 100 301523998
Poor: 58% Great: 108%
OCZ AMD Radeon R7 240GB-$110 2,356 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 149GB free Firmware: 1.00 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 0 0 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 13281 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1437 (AB) Unknown 100 100 80984912 (AE) Unknown 100 100 199 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (D0) Spin buzz 100 100 169 (D2) Unknown 100 100 379 (E0) Load friction 100 100 1 (E9) Unknown 95 95 95 (F1) Unknown 100 100 9396 (F2) Unknown 100 100 11294 (F9) Unknown 100 100 504309357
Poor: 58% Great: 108%
OCZ AMD Radeon R7 240GB-$110 2,356 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 149GB free Firmware: 1.00 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 0 0 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 13281 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1475 (AB) Unknown 100 100 80313168 (AE) Unknown 100 100 181 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (D0) Spin buzz 100 100 93 (D2) Unknown 100 100 139 (E0) Load friction 100 100 1 (E9) Unknown 97 97 97 (F1) Unknown 100 100 6466 (F2) Unknown 100 100 5503 (F9) Unknown 100 100 347588711
Poor: 58% Great: 108%
Kingston SSDNow V+200 Series 120GB 853 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 97GB free Firmware: 502ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 120 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 -132482561190724 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2297 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 628 (B1) Unknown 0 0 4 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 28 127 42957996060 (C2) HDA temperature 28 127 42957996060 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 11839 (EA) Unknown 0 0 10230 (F1) Unknown 0 0 10230 (F2) Unknown 0 0 14769	54.3% Above average	Read 200 Write 107 Mixed 118 31% 142 MB/s	4K Read 28.2 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 15.4 122% 52.2 MB/s	DQ Read 103 DQ Write 110 DQ Mixed 35.3 46% 82.7 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 54.3% Great: 83%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 85GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	270% Outstanding	Read 2,518 Write 1,199 Mixed 1,291 366% 1,670 MB/s	4K Read 61 4K Write 166 4K Mixed 46.7 240% 91.2 MB/s	DQ Read 714 DQ Write 404 DQ Mixed 220 255% 446 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 270% Great: 236%
Seagate Expansion 4TB 22,017 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 3TB free Firmware: 0707 Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	55.2% Above average	Read 112 Write 78.7 Mixed 79.4 67% 90 MB/s	4K Read 1.19 4K Write 5.99 4K Mixed 0.33 197% 2.5 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 55.2% Great: 66%
Lacie P9220 1.5TB 21 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 1.5TB free Firmware: 1053 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	63.2% Good	Read 91.2 Write 129 Mixed 103 81% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.71 4K Mixed 0.38 93% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 63.2% Great: 63%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 848GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 1933 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 71 69 9055 (04) Start/Stop count 89 89 11650 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 19040 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 252 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3301 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 52 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 56 193274183710 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 5 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 1 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 5 (DF) Load/unload retry count 252 252 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 88 88 124330	80.5% Excellent	Read 135 Write 145 Mixed 116 99% 132 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 2.96 4K Mixed 0.48 132% 1.34 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 80.5% Great: 75%
BUFFALO External HDD 2TB 220 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 1.5TB free, PID 01ba Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	20.5% Poor	Read 39.4 Write 37.9 Mixed 15.5 37% 30.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 2.07 4K Mixed 0.21 80% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 20.5% Great: 21%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$39 287,720 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	MC Read 37 MC Write 39.8 MC Mixed 30.5 102% 35.8 GB/s	SC Read 22.8 SC Write 38.2 SC Mixed 32.1 89% 31 GB/s	Latency 49.2 81% 49.2 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 109%

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Motherboard: Asus STRIX Z270H GAMING - $247

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $235Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	1,586x
Core i5-7600KIntel $170Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	580x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	315x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	448x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	421x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	400x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	135x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	134x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GBSamsung $45Bench 199%, 240,629 samples	90x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	231x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	142x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $39Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	102x

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Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $748

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $124	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16