Asrock Z270 Killer SLI/ac

Performance Results


Gaming 107% UFO	Desktop 101% UFO	Workstation 85% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 90.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	115% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	223% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asrock Z270 Killer SLI/ac (all builds)
Memory	9.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170510
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 27 '17 at 21:55
Run Duration	165 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	18%

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PC Performing above expectations (74^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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	90.2% Outstanding	Memory 97.4 1-Core 143 2-Core 284 97% 175 Pts	4-Core 486 8-Core 452 64% 469 Pts	64-Core 554 34% 554 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 90.2% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Nvidia(10DE 119E) CLim: 2126 MHz, MLim: 2702 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 385.69 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	Lighting 153 Reflection 165 Parallax 155 124% 158 fps	MRender 126 Gravity 148 Splatting 121 107% 132 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 157GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	223% Outstanding	Read 2,058 Write 1,243 Mixed 1,195 331% 1,499 MB/s	4K Read 56.5 4K Write 140 4K Mixed 26.2 193% 74.2 MB/s	DQ Read 58.3 DQ Write 375 DQ Mixed 26.7 77% 153 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 223% Great: 236%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$51 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC61 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 110 99 27875456 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3451 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 86 60 4717833414 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 12673 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3099 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 94 4295032840 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 71 61 488243229 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 232 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 3516 (C2) HDA temperature 29 40 42949672989 (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 114980569494011 (F1) Unknown 100 253 43342362440 (F2) Unknown 100 253 383574021207	105% Outstanding	Read 188 Write 177 Mixed 174 135% 180 MB/s	4K Read 0.78 4K Write 1.63 4K Mixed 0.21 86% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 114%
Seagate ST31000340NS 1TB-$95 7,250 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 724GB free Firmware: SN04 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 124483942 (03) Spinup time 92 86 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3413 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 22 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 263118556270 (09) Power-on hours count 73 73 24328 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 7 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 998 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 91 91 9 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 89 89 11 (BE) vendor-specific 71 54 30553014301 (C2) HDA temperature 30 107 25769803806 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 28 11 124483942 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 3 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 3 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	46.8% Average	Read 86.5 Write 76.5 Mixed 74.8 60% 79.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 1.55 4K Mixed 0.31 88% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 46.8% Great: 60%
WD Blue 320GB (2008)-$39 64,707 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 214GB free Firmware: 12.01B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 167 (03) Spinup time 158 145 5100 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4729 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 71 71 21329 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4644 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 602 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4755 (C2) HDA temperature 116 92 31 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 4 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 4 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 1	41.5% Average	Read 73.7 Write 70.5 Mixed 70.2 54% 71.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 1.93 4K Mixed 0.4 106% 0.99 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 41.5% Great: 60%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB 504 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3333 MHz Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	MC Read 38.6 MC Write 40.7 MC Mixed 31.6 106% 37 GB/s	SC Read 15.9 SC Write 29.1 SC Mixed 26.1 68% 23.7 GB/s	Latency 48.7 82% 48.7 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 109%

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Desktop 89%

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Workstation 60%

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Motherboard: Asrock Z270 Killer SLI/ac

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	461x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	209x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	104x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	120x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	111x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	68x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	42x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	40x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	34x

RAM
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $40Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	81x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	61x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	44x

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Value: 92% - Outstanding

Total price: $531

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $131	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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