Asus STRIX Z270H GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 83% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 65% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 91.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	88.5% 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	235% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (32%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus STRIX Z270H GAMING (all builds)
Memory	4.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170125
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 18 '17 at 08:20
Run Duration	166 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	32%

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PC Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7600-$89 39,689 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.5% Outstanding	Memory 96.2 1-Core 124 2-Core 248 88% 156 Pts	4-Core 501 8-Core 505 67% 503 Pts	64-Core 502 31% 502 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 91.5% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8599) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.78 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	88.5% Excellent	Lighting 113 Reflection 120 Parallax 98.4 92% 110 fps	MRender 98.7 Gravity 102 Splatting 98.9 82% 99.8 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 88.5% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 105GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	235% Outstanding	Read 2,515 Write 1,117 Mixed 1,244 356% 1,625 MB/s	4K Read 56.4 4K Write 121 4K Mixed 34.1 193% 70.6 MB/s	DQ Read 57.9 DQ Write 383 DQ Mixed 165 143% 202 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 235% Great: 236%
Corsair Force LS 120GB-$98 9,315 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 98GB free Firmware: S8FM08.1 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5399 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3151 (AA) Unknown 100 100 203 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 12255439 (AE) Unknown 100 100 421 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 421 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 6124 (DA) Unknown 100 100 1 (E7) Temperature 100 100 93 (F1) Unknown 100 100 12848 (F2) Unknown 100 100 13674	67.5% Good	Read 512 Write 200 Mixed 284 73% 332 MB/s	4K Read 21.8 4K Write 99.5 4K Mixed 9.84 98% 43.7 MB/s	DQ Read 136 DQ Write 181 DQ Mixed 25.3 56% 114 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 67.5% Great: 84%
Toshiba MQ01ABD100 1TB-$58 322,803 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 931GB free Firmware: AX0R2J Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 1671 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1092 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 4156 (0A) Spinup retry count 121 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 956 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 265 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 130 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 14571 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 188979150868 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 0 (DE) Loaded hours 92 92 3514 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 267 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	62% Good	Read 107 Write 110 Mixed 105 81% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.21 63% 0.59 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 62% Great: 62%
Seagate ST3500312CS 500GB-$24 89,637 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 105GB free Firmware: SC13 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 197676289 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 37 37 65535 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 82 60 168411481 (09) Power-on hours count 76 76 21469 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 37 2685 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295032925 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 79 51 353501205 (C2) HDA temperature 21 49 47244640277 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 54 26 197676289 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	43.8% Average	Read 83.3 Write 69.5 Mixed 73.8 57% 75.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.37 4K Write 1.39 4K Mixed 0.2 64% 0.65 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 43.8% Great: 60%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x4GB 7,238 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	61.7% Good	MC Read 22 MC Write 21.7 MC Mixed 18.4 59% 20.7 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 21.9 SC Mixed 20.2 56% 19.7 GB/s	Latency 53.3 75% 53.3 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 61.7% Great: 111%

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Gaming 71%

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Desktop 90%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 61%

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Motherboard: Asus STRIX Z270H GAMING - $247

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	1,567x
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 $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	101x

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Value: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $772

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 $40	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