Asrock Z270 Gaming K6

Performance Results


Gaming 43% Speed boat	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 39% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 88.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	41.9% 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	192% 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.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asrock Z270 Gaming K6 (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170329
Uptime	22 Days
Run Date	Jan 30 '18 at 10:14
Run Duration	282 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	21%

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PC Performing as expected (53^rd 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-$242 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	88.8% Excellent	Memory 93 1-Core 108 2-Core 281 88% 161 Pts	4-Core 454 8-Core 815 76% 635 Pts	64-Core 817 51% 817 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 88.8% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% PNY(196E 119E) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.71 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	41.9% Average	Lighting 47.3 Reflection 54.8 Parallax 44.2 38% 48.8 fps	MRender 68 Gravity 46.8 Splatting 62 48% 58.9 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 41.9% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS2030 480GB SSD 335 User benchmarks, average bench 172% 399GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS203021 Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	192% Outstanding	Read 1,956 Write 1,110 Mixed 1,329 324% 1,465 MB/s	4K Read 33.7 4K Write 77 4K Mixed 22.8 121% 44.5 MB/s	DQ Read 34.4 DQ Write 421 DQ Mixed 25.7 80% 160 MB/s
Poor: 114% ↑ This bench: 192% Great: 228%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 680GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 176 172 2183 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 521 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 427 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 157 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 20 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1014 (C2) HDA temperature 110 99 33 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	82.2% Excellent	Read 148 Write 138 Mixed 142 107% 143 MB/s	4K Read 1.21 4K Write 2.65 4K Mixed 0.37 140% 1.41 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 82.2% Great: 109%
WD WD6000HLHX-01JJPV0 600GB 6,863 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 86GB free Firmware: 04.05G04 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 233 229 3325 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4824 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 11789 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1668 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 119 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4704 (C2) HDA temperature 117 103 33 (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 82 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 4	58.6% Above average	Read 111 Write 92.8 Mixed 105 78% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.82 4K Write 3.07 4K Mixed 0.63 161% 1.51 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 58.6% Great: 80%
VendorCo ProductCode 4GB 1,811 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 4GB free, PID 5678 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	5.23% Terrible	Read 18.3 Write 7.33 Mixed 7.58 12% 11.1 MB/s	4K Read 4.08 4K Write 0.005 4K Mixed 0.007 16% 1.36 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 5.23% Great: 7%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (28^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	70.3% Very good	MC Read 26.6 MC Write 27.1 MC Mixed 19.6 70% 24.4 GB/s	SC Read 16.7 SC Write 26.4 SC Mixed 22.3 62% 21.8 GB/s	Latency 62.1 64% 62.1 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 70.3% Great: 104%

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Desktop 89%

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Workstation 60%

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Motherboard: Asrock Z270 Gaming K6

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $242Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	368x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	79x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	69x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	106x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	95x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	78x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	36x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	25x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	19x

RAM
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $40Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	34x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $37Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	26x
Aegis DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $38Bench 82%, 163,634 samples	20x

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Value: 92% - Outstanding

Total price: $523

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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