Asrock Z270 Pro4

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 34% Sail boat	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 26% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (28th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 72 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 good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 66.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	48.8% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Very high background CPU (38%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asrock Z270 Pro4 (all builds)
Memory	11.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20161027
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 20 '17 at 20:00
Run Duration	141 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	38%

PC Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	66.4% Good	Memory 82.5 1-Core 112 2-Core 180 73% 125 Pts	4-Core 288 8-Core 318 40% 303 Pts	64-Core 359 22% 359 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 66.4% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Asus(1043 8508) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 382.53 Performing below potential (57^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	48.8% Average	Lighting 60.3 Reflection 67.2 Parallax 65.1 49% 64.2 fps	MRender 69.8 Gravity 57.2 Splatting 52.6 48% 59.9 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 48.8% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 2TB (2016)-$79 133,734 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 1TB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 209820856 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 379 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 8374682 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1121 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 207 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 65537 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 56 555221023 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 18 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1802 (C2) HDA temperature 31 44 73014444063 (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 -69694434311106 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3018368132 (F2) Unknown 100 253 198256222626	78.9% Very good	Read 118 Write 156 Mixed 129 101% 134 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 5.4 4K Mixed 0.75 214% 2.29 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 78.9% Great: 110%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 85GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 139083712 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1149 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 84 60 260597631 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 8689 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1145 (B7) Unknown 98 98 2 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 2 (BD) vendor-specific 87 87 13 (BE) vendor-specific 71 58 521601053 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 75 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 92 92 16637 (C2) HDA temperature 29 42 21474836509 (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 -107889578466936 (F1) Unknown 100 253 41392434467 (F2) Unknown 100 253 653950022692	75.8% Very good	Read 140 Write 125 Mixed 118 96% 127 MB/s	4K Read 0.29 4K Write 1.41 4K Mixed 0.15 55% 0.62 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 75.8% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Aegis DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GB-$38 163,634 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	58.1% Above average	MC Read 20.9 MC Write 21.8 MC Mixed 18.8 59% 20.5 GB/s	SC Read 10.8 SC Write 21.5 SC Mixed 17.9 48% 16.7 GB/s	Latency 76 53% 76 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 58.1% Great: 103%

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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 1,372 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 $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	548x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	274x
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	163x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	159x

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 $42Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	51x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	51x
DDR4 2400 2OZ 2x8GBUnknownBench 72%, 21,822 samples	47x

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Value: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $692

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 $184	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