Asrock Z270M Pro4

Performance Results


Gaming 15% Tree trunk	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 93.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	7.66% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	88% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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	Asrock Z270M Pro4 (all builds)
Memory	13.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161114
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 27 '17 at 00:03
Run Duration	247 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing as expected (57^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.7% Outstanding	Memory 93.4 1-Core 136 2-Core 273 93% 168 Pts	4-Core 542 8-Core 546 73% 544 Pts	64-Core 545 34% 545 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 93.7% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake) 153,031 User benchmarks, average bench 5% ASRock(1849 5912) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64 Ver. 21.20.16.4526 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.66% Terrible	Lighting 8.07 Reflection 11.9 Parallax 7.81 7% 9.27 fps	MRender 10.6 Gravity 6.97 Splatting 16.4 10% 11.3 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.66% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 445GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 3004 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 734 (B1) Unknown 99 99 9 (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 41 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 104 (F1) Unknown 99 99 10843540492	88% Excellent	Read 497 Write 403 Mixed 420 98% 440 MB/s	4K Read 37.8 4K Write 98.4 4K Mixed 24 140% 53.4 MB/s	DQ Read 30.2 DQ Write 83.4 DQ Mixed 19.4 26% 44.3 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 88% Great: 134%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$31 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 413GB free Firmware: MS2OA7L0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 142 142 68 (03) Spinup time 138 138 12895518890 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 195 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 110 110 36 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 842 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 188 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 197 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 197 (C2) HDA temperature 193 193 180389543967 (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	83.4% Excellent	Read 146 Write 145 Mixed 151 111% 147 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 1.91 4K Mixed 0.19 87% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 83.4% Great: 107%
Lexar USB Flash Drive 32GB 1,723 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 26GB free, PID a81d Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	7.06% Terrible	Read 28.2 Write 6.96 Mixed 10.3 16% 15.2 MB/s	4K Read 6.03 4K Write 0.006 4K Mixed 0.006 23% 2.01 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 7.06% Great: 9%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LED DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$192 40,358 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (33^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	73.3% Very good	MC Read 27.3 MC Write 28.1 MC Mixed 21.5 73% 25.6 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 27 SC Mixed 22.8 64% 22.3 GB/s	Latency 61.2 65% 61.2 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 73.3% Great: 105%

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Gaming 71%

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Desktop 90%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 61%

Destroyer

Motherboard: Asrock Z270M Pro4

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	154x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	69x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	54x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	49x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	48x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	46x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	17x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	12x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	9x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	14x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	10x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	10x

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Value: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $507

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $177	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