Asrock Z270M-ITX/ac

Performance Results


Gaming 15% Surfboard	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 82.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	9.93% 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	78.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

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Motherboard	Asrock Z270M-ITX/ac (all builds)
Memory	7.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170308
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 19 '18 at 21:12
Run Duration	197 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	29%

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PC Performing as expected (55^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$241 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	82.4% Excellent	Memory 91.5 1-Core 124 2-Core 229 85% 148 Pts	4-Core 399 8-Core 550 60% 474 Pts	64-Core 703 44% 703 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 82.4% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 859B) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.59 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	9.93% Terrible	Lighting 6.27 Reflection 52 Parallax 13.8 5% 24 fps	MRender 19.5 Gravity 30.2 Splatting 21.5 19% 23.7 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 9.93% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue 500GB-$94 19,345 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 345GB free (System drive) Firmware: X41110WD Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1737 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 182 (A5) Unknown 100 100 61997893 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 28 (A8) Unknown 100 100 8 (A9) Unknown 100 100 351 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 3 (AE) Unknown 100 100 19 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 60 49 210454315048 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 2366529733159 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 1730 (EA) Unknown 100 100 9094 (F1) Unknown 253 253 8100 (F2) Unknown 253 253 3672 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	78.3% Very good	Read 496 Write 348 Mixed 334 87% 393 MB/s	4K Read 35.8 4K Write 73 4K Mixed 14.2 111% 41 MB/s	DQ Read 38.2 DQ Write 210 DQ Mixed 13.7 43% 87.3 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 78.3% Great: 107%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 742GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 173 171 2316 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 274 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 1748 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 180 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 18 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 184 184 50835 (C2) HDA temperature 104 93 39 (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 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 449 (F1) Unknown 200 200 1997453778 (F2) Unknown 200 200 5885966296	102% Outstanding	Read 186 Write 167 Mixed 159 128% 171 MB/s	4K Read 0.88 4K Write 2.94 4K Mixed 0.26 120% 1.36 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 109%
Sony Storage Media 4GB 607 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 4GB free, PID 0439 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	10.1% Very poor	Read 39.5 Write 10.8 Mixed 11.1 20% 20.5 MB/s	4K Read 8.26 4K Write 0.02 4K Mixed 0.01 32% 2.76 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 10.1% Great: 10%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR4 3000 2x8GB 23,800 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing below potential (31^st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	70.3% Very good	MC Read 27.7 MC Write 25.8 MC Mixed 22.4 72% 25.3 GB/s	SC Read 15.6 SC Write 20.8 SC Mixed 18.6 52% 18.3 GB/s	Latency 64.9 62% 64.9 ns
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 70.3% Great: 94%

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Gaming 71%

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Desktop 89%

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Workstation 60%

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Motherboard: Asrock Z270M-ITX/ac

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	154x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	75x
Core i5-7400Intel $95Bench 64%, 234,266 samples	19x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	53x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	47x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	27x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	14x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GBSamsung $45Bench 199%, 240,629 samples	12x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	11x

RAM
DDR4 3000 2OZ 2x8GBUnknownBench 79%, 14,178 samples	33x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	24x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $40Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	13x

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Value: 101% - Outstanding

Total price: $401

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