Asrock Z270 Gaming K4

Performance Results


Gaming 85% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 73% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 92%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	89.4% 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	70.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asrock Z270 Gaming K4 (all builds)
Memory	5.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170213
Uptime	6.4 Days
Run Date	Jul 25 '17 at 01:37
Run Duration	177 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (62^nd 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% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	92% Outstanding	Memory 94.7 1-Core 131 2-Core 265 91% 163 Pts	4-Core 481 8-Core 739 76% 610 Pts	64-Core 736 46% 736 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 92% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6276) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 382.33 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	89.4% Excellent	Lighting 116 Reflection 115 Parallax 97.8 94% 109 fps	MRender 95.9 Gravity 99.9 Splatting 96.6 80% 97.5 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 89.4% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS1311 240GB-$78 26,547 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 59GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS131122 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4577 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 161 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 332 (AD) Unknown 100 100 524317 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 41 (C2) HDA temperature 98 98 128850984990 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 3387	70.4% Very good	Read 518 Write 324 Mixed 362 89% 401 MB/s	4K Read 5.08 4K Write 77.3 4K Mixed 10 61% 30.8 MB/s	DQ Read 295 DQ Write 244 DQ Mixed 9.97 78% 183 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 70.4% Great: 97%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 765GB free Firmware: CC38 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 111 99 38504934 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7782 (05) Reallocated sector count 91 91 405 (07) Seek error rate 51 51 2130380219299 (09) Power-on hours count 57 57 38527 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 37 544 (B7) Unknown 63 63 37 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 96 313537527902 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 58 672595996 (C2) HDA temperature 28 42 47244640284 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 21 12 38504934 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -67555540575677 (F1) Unknown 100 253 535365697 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3212859147	45.2% Average	Read 87.6 Write 70 Mixed 83.2 61% 80.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.59 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.42 91% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 45.2% Great: 68%
WD Green 500GB (2009)-$23 63,281 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 378GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 184 183 3758 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3578 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 32 32 49852 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 551 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 228 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 867154 (C2) HDA temperature 118 98 25 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	45.4% Average	Read 79.1 Write 79 Mixed 68.3 57% 75.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.27 89% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 45.4% Great: 54%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 256GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 173 2233 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1701 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2872 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 70 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 16 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 6966 (C2) HDA temperature 116 103 27 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	78.8% Very good	Read 134 Write 140 Mixed 132 102% 135 MB/s	4K Read 1.31 4K Write 2.88 4K Mixed 0.29 140% 1.49 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 78.8% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x4GB-$30 19,452 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2900 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	87.9% Excellent	MC Read 33.7 MC Write 34.6 MC Mixed 24.3 88% 30.9 GB/s	SC Read 19.7 SC Write 35.2 SC Mixed 27.8 79% 27.6 GB/s	Latency 58 69% 58 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 87.9% Great: 88%

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Gaming 72%

Battleship

Desktop 93%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 62%

Destroyer

Motherboard: Asrock Z270 Gaming K4

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	249x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	73x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	55x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	56x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	50x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	49x

SSD
980 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $94Bench 251%, 262,559 samples	29x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	19x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	15x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	24x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $40Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	16x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	11x

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Value: 109% - Outstanding

Total price: $510

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 $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 $40	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