Asrock Z270 Pro4

Performance Results


Gaming 60% Destroyer	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 50% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 89.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	60.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	208% 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.

Very high background CPU (33%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock Z270 Pro4 (all builds)
Memory	13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170720
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 17 '18 at 13:04
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	33%

PC Performing above expectations (66^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% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	89.6% Excellent	Memory 92.7 1-Core 149 2-Core 299 99% 180 Pts	4-Core 481 8-Core 592 69% 536 Pts	64-Core 576 36% 576 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 89.6% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Asus(1043 8508) CLim: 1675 MHz, MLim: 1852 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 398.82 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	60.6% Good	Lighting 76.3 Reflection 80.6 Parallax 71.5 62% 76.1 fps	MRender 77.9 Gravity 71.4 Splatting 64.6 58% 71.3 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 60.6% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 147GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 534 328 329 327 328 323 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	208% Outstanding	Read 1,626 Write 1,416 Mixed 516 SusWrite 362 217% 980 MB/s	4K Read 39.9 4K Write 202 4K Mixed 50.9 232% 97.5 MB/s	DQ Read 1,054 DQ Write 1,263 DQ Mixed 741 674% 1,019 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 208% Great: 236%
Seagate FireCuda 2.5" 2TB-$79 71,106 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 657GB free Firmware: SDM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 83 90 92 88 91 91 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	41% Average	Read 53.5 Write 83.8 Mixed 52.3 SusWrite 89 51% 69.7 MB/s	4K Read 1.6 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.9 191% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 41% Great: 68%
WD Elements 25A3 4TB 7,568 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 574GB free, PID 25a3 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 85 84 84 85 85 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	35.5% Below average	Read 83.5 Write 85.3 Mixed 70.3 SusWrite 84.1 110% 80.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 81% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 35.5% Great: 105%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GB-$42 105,447 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	84.1% Excellent	MC Read 31 MC Write 32.4 MC Mixed 26.3 85% 29.9 GB/s	SC Read 18.8 SC Write 30.3 SC Mixed 26.3 72% 25.1 GB/s	Latency 62.6 64% 62.6 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 84.1% Great: 88%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Typical Z270 Pro4 Builds (Compare 1,380 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 71%

Battleship

Desktop 90%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 61%

Destroyer

Motherboard: Asrock Z270 Pro4 - $176

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	552x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	276x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	108x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	189x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	164x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	162x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	47x
Green 240GB (2016)WDBench 53%, 20,831 samples	33x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	31x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	51x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	51x
DDR4 2400 2OZ 2x8GBUnknownBench 72%, 21,822 samples	47x

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Value: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $683

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	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) $23	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16