Asrock Z270M-ITX/ac

Performance Results


Gaming 14% Tree trunk	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	7.05% 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	115% 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 (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asrock Z270M-ITX/ac (all builds)
Memory	13.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170517
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Jun 12 '18 at 22:34
Run Duration	140 Seconds
Run User	BEL-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-7100-$70 79,299 User benchmarks, average bench 57% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.9 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	74.4% Very good	Memory 88.7 1-Core 101 2-Core 200 75% 130 Pts	4-Core 348 8-Core 353 47% 350 Pts	64-Core 349 22% 349 Pts
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 74.4% Great: 69%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake) 153,031 User benchmarks, average bench 5% ASRock(1849 5912) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 23.20.16.4973 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	7.05% Terrible	Lighting 7.27 Reflection 10.9 Parallax 7.12 6% 8.43 fps	MRender 11.1 Gravity 6.37 Splatting 15 9% 10.8 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.05% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX100 500GB-$40 13,478 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 453GB free Firmware: MU01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 81 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 638 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 63 (A3) Unknown 100 100 28 (A4) Unknown 100 100 10129 (A5) Unknown 100 100 34 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 7 (A8) Unknown 100 100 2000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 13 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 27 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 35844 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 88610 (F2) Unknown 100 100 68522 (F5) Unknown 100 100 162064	107% Outstanding	Read 525 Write 429 Mixed 472 106% 475 MB/s	4K Read 30.4 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 40.1 157% 61 MB/s	DQ Read 247 DQ Write 283 DQ Mixed 64 104% 198 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 108%
Samsung 850 EVO 120GB 18 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 201GB free Firmware: DXT06L6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1126 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1018 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 98 98 24 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 6240 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 60 27 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 253 253 3 (E9) Unknown 199 199 59597 (EA) Unknown 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 78 (EC) Unknown 99 99 18 (ED) Unknown 99 99 24 (EE) Unknown 100 100 0	73.3% Very good	Read 508 Write 203 Mixed 204 66% 305 MB/s	4K Read 30.5 4K Write 85 4K Mixed 11.5 106% 42.3 MB/s	DQ Read 313 DQ Write 167 DQ Mixed 23.1 75% 168 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 73.3% Great: 115%
Samsung MZNLN256HMHQ-00000 256GB 10,917 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 192GB free (System drive) Firmware: MAV2100Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 357 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 444 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 99 99 3 (AE) Unknown 99 99 52 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 817 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 61 46 39 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 99 99 16735271 (F1) Unknown 99 99 1320 (F2) Unknown 99 99 2081 (F9) Unknown 99 99 1320	115% Outstanding	Read 512 Write 505 Mixed 508 114% 508 MB/s	4K Read 45.5 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 31.3 172% 65.2 MB/s	DQ Read 304 DQ Write 294 DQ Mixed 30.4 97% 209 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 116%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial CT8G4DFD824A.C16FHP 2x8GB 2,200 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	81.4% Excellent	MC Read 28.9 MC Write 31.4 MC Mixed 25.7 82% 28.7 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 33.1 SC Mixed 27.6 75% 26.1 GB/s	Latency 68.9 58% 68.9 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 81.4% Great: 86%

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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 $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	153x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	75x
Core i5-7400Intel $110Bench 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 $129Bench 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: 100% - Outstanding

Total price: $410

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $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