Asus STRIX Z270H GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 73% Battleship	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 56% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (38th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 62 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	90.4% 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	68.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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 (27%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus STRIX Z270H GAMING (all builds)
Memory	25.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit väriä
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161108
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	May 21 '17 at 15:39
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	FIN-User
Background CPU	27%

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PC Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7600K-$190 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	77.8% Very good	Memory 90.7 1-Core 132 2-Core 262 90% 162 Pts	4-Core 379 8-Core 364 50% 371 Pts	64-Core 381 24% 381 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 77.8% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 85AA) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	90.4% Outstanding	Lighting 113 Reflection 133 Parallax 113 92% 120 fps	MRender 105 Gravity 120 Splatting 98.1 87% 108 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 90.4% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 480GB-$175 24,007 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 256GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C3J96R9 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1148 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 223 (64) Unknown 100 100 1578880 (65) Unknown 100 100 227456 (AA) Unknown 100 100 1 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 1 (AE) Unknown 100 100 15 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 1 (B1) Unknown 100 100 232 (B2) Unknown 100 100 1 (B4) Unknown 100 100 2528 (B7) Unknown 100 100 2 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 32 100 154620067872 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 1 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 2758 (EA) Unknown 100 100 845 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1927 (F2) Unknown 100 100 1377 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 0	68.6% Good	Read 482 Write 262 Mixed 265 74% 336 MB/s	4K Read 30.1 4K Write 51.3 4K Mixed 10.9 87% 30.8 MB/s	DQ Read 298 DQ Write 90 DQ Mixed 30.5 65% 139 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 68.6% Great: 92%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC46 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 94790184 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 267 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 67 60 5549912 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1151 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 228 (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 69 66 521601055 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 2 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 94 94 12925 (C2) HDA temperature 31 40 77309411359 (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 -48820893253185 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2604981908 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2170011194	108% Outstanding	Read 196 Write 182 Mixed 182 140% 187 MB/s	4K Read 0.77 4K Write 1.58 4K Mixed 0.22 86% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2666 C15 4x8GB-$165 7,179 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 2667 MHz clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	71.8% Very good	MC Read 22.2 MC Write 29.2 MC Mixed 23.6 71% 25 GB/s	SC Read 14.1 SC Write 31.6 SC Mixed 23.3 66% 23 GB/s	Latency 66.2 60% 66.2 ns
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 71.8% Great: 118%

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Gaming 71%

Battleship

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	1,563x
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: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $772

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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