Asrock Z270 Gaming K4

Performance Results


Gaming 84% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 73% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 89.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	91.2% 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	90% 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 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock Z270 Gaming K4 (all builds)
Memory	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20161205
Uptime	4.3 Days
Run Date	Sep 19 '17 at 00:07
Run Duration	206 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	89.8% Excellent	Memory 92.7 1-Core 134 2-Core 260 91% 162 Pts	4-Core 468 8-Core 741 74% 604 Pts	64-Core 743 46% 743 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 89.8% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Zotac(19DA 1435) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 385.41 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.2% Outstanding	Lighting 117 Reflection 118 Parallax 105 96% 113 fps	MRender 97 Gravity 103 Splatting 102 83% 101 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 91.2% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Vector 150 120GB-$89 1,360 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 54GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 0 0 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 7394 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1337 (AB) Unknown 80 80 40760400 (AE) Unknown 100 100 82 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (D0) Spin buzz 100 100 762 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 1 (E9) Unknown 75 75 75 (F1) Unknown 100 100 25527 (F2) Unknown 100 100 12043 (F9) Unknown 100 100 1767077547	90% Outstanding	Read 502 Write 427 Mixed 451 103% 460 MB/s	4K Read 24.6 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 19.5 123% 53.1 MB/s	DQ Read 21.4 DQ Write 340 DQ Mixed 14.8 61% 125 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 90% Great: 100%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$50 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 87343296 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 204 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 62 60 21483187476 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 772 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 175 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 75 59 420413465 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 13 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 714 (C2) HDA temperature 25 41 64424509465 (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 -114761526148357 (F1) Unknown 100 253 6076354195 (F2) Unknown 100 253 176321252318	86.4% Excellent	Read 131 Write 169 Mixed 121 105% 140 MB/s	4K Read 0.66 4K Write 5.26 4K Mixed 0.59 190% 2.17 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 86.4% Great: 108%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 481GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 173 169 2308 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1009 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 5444 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 846 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 62 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 956 (C2) HDA temperature 115 104 28 (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	76% Very good	Read 142 Write 122 Mixed 123 97% 129 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 2.27 4K Mixed 0.22 84% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 76% Great: 109%
WD Blue 320GB (2007)-$90 108,153 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 118GB free Firmware: 01.03E01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 144 133 3800 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5607 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 75 75 18926 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5339 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 200 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5607 (C2) HDA temperature 111 88 32 (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
Poor: 23% Great: 58%
WD Blue 250GB (2007)-$20 41,230 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 107GB free Firmware: 01.03A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 1 (03) Spinup time 152 148 3366 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4533 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 75 75 18819 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3336 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 609 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4533 (C2) HDA temperature 112 94 31 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 1 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 1 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 5 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	44.6% Average	Read 81.1 Write 73.9 Mixed 78.8 59% 77.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 2.11 4K Mixed 0.38 105% 1.02 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 44.6% Great: 55%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$36 287,720 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 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	75.3% Very good	MC Read 27.6 MC Write 28.5 MC Mixed 22.1 74% 26.1 GB/s	SC Read 18.5 SC Write 29.9 SC Mixed 25.7 71% 24.7 GB/s	Latency 62.6 64% 62.6 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 75.3% Great: 109%

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Gaming 72%

Battleship

Desktop 93%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 62%

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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 $178	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