Asus STRIX Z270H GAMING

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 61% Destroyer	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 54% Yacht


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 95.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	64.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

High background CPU (23%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus STRIX Z270H GAMING (all builds)
Memory	11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170322
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jun 12 '18 at 00:15
Run Duration	316 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	23%

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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-$250 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	95.2% Outstanding	Memory 91.7 1-Core 158 2-Core 307 101% 186 Pts	4-Core 530 8-Core 830 84% 680 Pts	64-Core 840 52% 840 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 95.2% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Nvidia(10DE 1C03) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2088 MHz, MLim: 2154 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 397.93 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	64.5% Good	Lighting 81.4 Reflection 81.4 Parallax 70.8 66% 77.9 fps	MRender 75.3 Gravity 71.5 Splatting 76 61% 74.3 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 64.5% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Kingston A400 120GB-$32 166,392 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 38GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFK71E0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 849 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2286 (94) Unknown 255 255 0 (95) Unknown 255 255 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 9 (AA) Unknown 100 100 10 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 2424896 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 255 255 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 2204 (C2) HDA temperature 70 57 184684511262 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 96 (E9) Unknown 100 100 3214 (F1) Unknown 100 100 3496 (F2) Unknown 100 100 2613 (F4) Unknown 100 100 37 (F5) Unknown 100 100 64 (F6) Unknown 100 100 218712
Poor: 33% Great: 85%
Seagate M3 Portable 2TB 4,943 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 2TB free Firmware: 1402 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	68.9% Good	Read 113 Write 126 Mixed 111 88% 117 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 4.66 4K Mixed 0.54 174% 1.95 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 68.9% Great: 64%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 113 99 50615736 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 360 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 71 60 13003402 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 850 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 361 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 1 4295034395 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 56 521338909 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 121 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 606 (C2) HDA temperature 29 44 47244640285 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 164 111 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 70059506533190 (F1) Unknown 100 253 19585789970 (F2) Unknown 100 253 85210069812	101% Outstanding	Read 180 Write 173 Mixed 149 126% 168 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.41 4K Mixed 0.21 79% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 114%
WD WD5000AVDS-63U7B1 500GB 24,608 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 0GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 1 (03) Spinup time 192 190 3383 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 417 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 984 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 412 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 158 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 258 (C2) HDA temperature 113 98 30 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 2 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	52.9% Above average	Read 88 Write 96.6 Mixed 94.1 70% 92.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 0.87 4K Mixed 0.35 79% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 52.9% Great: 52%
Generic Flash Disk 268GB 183 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 250GB free, PID 7777 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	5.34% Terrible	Read 19.9 Write 5.93 Mixed 5.79 11% 10.5 MB/s	4K Read 4.88 4K Write 0.003 4K Mixed 0.005 18% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 5.34% Great: 10%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance RGB DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$171 37,802 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (18^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	66.9% Good	MC Read 26.2 MC Write 23.2 MC Mixed 20 66% 23.1 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 25.4 SC Mixed 21.6 61% 21.4 GB/s	Latency 64.7 62% 64.7 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 66.9% Great: 104%

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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 $250Bench 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: 93% - Outstanding

Total price: $781

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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