Asus STRIX Z270H GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 75% Battleship	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 63% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 96.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	76.1% 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	77.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus STRIX Z270H GAMING (all builds)
Memory	13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit farver
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161108
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 03 '18 at 10:36
Run Duration	183 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing as expected (50^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-$241 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	96.9% Outstanding	Memory 95.8 1-Core 153 2-Core 299 100% 183 Pts	4-Core 528 8-Core 765 81% 646 Pts	64-Core 763 47% 763 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 96.9% Great: 92%

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: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing below potential (36^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	76.1% Very good	Lighting 98.1 Reflection 105 Parallax 104 80% 102 fps	MRender 81.2 Gravity 90.8 Splatting 80.8 69% 84.3 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 76.1% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 183GB free Firmware: EMT03B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 50 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 51 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (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 69 66 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 1 (F1) Unknown 99 99 1021745590	117% Outstanding	Read 518 Write 415 Mixed 425 101% 453 MB/s	4K Read 45.2 4K Write 95.3 4K Mixed 49.8 183% 63.4 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 270 DQ Mixed 132 151% 262 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 134%
WD Blue SATA M.2 250GB-$89 7,519 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 141GB free (System drive) Firmware: X41110WD Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 51 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 50 (A5) Unknown 100 100 3801129 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 45 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1 (A9) Unknown 100 100 452 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 8 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 67 44 188979675169 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 47244640267 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 142 (EA) Unknown 100 100 303 (F1) Unknown 253 253 269 (F2) Unknown 253 253 432 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	77.8% Very good	Read 502 Write 303 Mixed 250 77% 352 MB/s	4K Read 29.5 4K Write 42.8 4K Mixed 19.3 92% 30.5 MB/s	DQ Read 351 DQ Write 183 DQ Mixed 44.1 92% 193 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 77.8% Great: 100%
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 111GB free Firmware: EXT0BB0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2661 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2691 (B1) Unknown 97 97 36 (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 74 60 26 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 1 (EB) Unknown 99 99 266 (F1) Unknown 99 99 14400791236	89.7% Excellent	Read 504 Write 258 Mixed 313 79% 358 MB/s	4K Read 44.3 4K Write 73.9 4K Mixed 24.9 138% 47.7 MB/s	DQ Read 369 DQ Write 232 DQ Mixed 66.4 113% 223 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 89.7% Great: 108%
Seagate Backup+ Hub BK 4TB 7,970 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 3TB free Firmware: D781 Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	84.3% Excellent	Read 145 Write 149 Mixed 132 107% 142 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 1.98 4K Mixed 0.26 94% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 84.3% Great: 98%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC24 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 99 235377144 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4363 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 74 60 4321189960 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3777 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3524 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 8590065666 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 77 44 4682154007 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 130 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 82 82 37499 (C2) HDA temperature 23 56 64424509463 (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 -31868657334027 (F1) Unknown 100 253 14594494926 (F2) Unknown 100 253 18224099469	86.1% Excellent	Read 165 Write 135 Mixed 130 108% 143 MB/s	4K Read 0.84 4K Write 1.11 4K Mixed 0.29 88% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 86.1% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB 12,409 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 3020 MHz Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	54% Above average	MC Read 19.5 MC Write 18.9 MC Mixed 15.1 51% 17.8 GB/s	SC Read 14.8 SC Write 19.4 SC Mixed 18.4 50% 17.5 GB/s	Latency 54.6 73% 54.6 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 54% 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 $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 $45Bench 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 $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