Asus STRIX Z270H GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 106% UFO	Desktop 103% UFO	Workstation 91% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	104% 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	267% 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.

Motherboard	Asus STRIX Z270H GAMING (all builds)
Memory	13.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180314
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 06 '18 at 02:23
Run Duration	182 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (77^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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	98% Outstanding	Memory 96.2 1-Core 144 2-Core 284 97% 175 Pts	4-Core 537 8-Core 799 83% 668 Pts	64-Core 801 50% 801 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 98% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 85AA) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 391.24 Performing below potential (71^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	104% Outstanding	Lighting 135 Reflection 150 Parallax 137 110% 141 fps	MRender 114 Gravity 130 Splatting 109 96% 118 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 250GB-$52 296,814 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 233GB free Firmware: RVT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 246 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 32 (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 62 56 38 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 16 (F1) Unknown 99 99 544635361	116% Outstanding	Read 530 Write 419 Mixed 432 102% 461 MB/s	4K Read 47.4 4K Write 99.7 4K Mixed 46.1 184% 64.4 MB/s	DQ Read 325 DQ Write 259 DQ Mixed 115 134% 233 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 128%
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$92 154,949 User benchmarks, average bench 235% 87GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	267% Outstanding	Read 2,934 Write 1,235 Mixed 1,573 420% 1,914 MB/s	4K Read 63.3 4K Write 138 4K Mixed 34.2 213% 78.4 MB/s	DQ Read 62.2 DQ Write 519 DQ Mixed 33.2 102% 205 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 267% Great: 280%
WD WD10EZEX-08RKKA0 2TB 1TB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 100433424 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 19 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 287134 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 37 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 17 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 66 521994270 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 3 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 61 (C2) HDA temperature 30 40 94489280542 (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 -133629317480363 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1563128730 (F2) Unknown 100 253 244905494	79.5% Very good	Read 107 Write 169 Mixed 109 96% 128 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 5.32 4K Mixed 0.52 187% 2.19 MB/s

TOSHIBA-TR150 1TB 11 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 506GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 177 168 2116 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1631 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 5471 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1096 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 215 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 9135 (C2) HDA temperature 111 89 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	101% Outstanding	Read 187 Write 165 Mixed 158 128% 170 MB/s	4K Read 0.81 4K Write 2.36 4K Mixed 0.32 113% 1.16 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 101%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$31 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 503GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 177 167 2150 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1344 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 4534 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 888 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 187 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 196 196 13925 (C2) HDA temperature 112 86 31 (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	88.3% Excellent	Read 160 Write 147 Mixed 152 116% 153 MB/s	4K Read 0.89 4K Write 1.99 4K Mixed 0.36 114% 1.08 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 88.3% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance RGB DDR4 3600 C18 2x8GB-$248 5,582 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	96.4% Outstanding	MC Read 36.6 MC Write 37.8 MC Mixed 26.3 96% 33.6 GB/s	SC Read 22.1 SC Write 41.9 SC Mixed 30.9 90% 31.6 GB/s	Latency 53.1 75% 53.1 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 96.4% Great: 112%

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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 $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	1,576x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	575x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	313x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	444x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 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	134x
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 $37Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	231x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	142x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	101x

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Value: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $740

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16