Asrock Z270 Gaming-ITX/ac

Performance Results


Gaming 101% UFO	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 88% Aircraft carrier


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 93.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	104% 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	121% 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.

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Motherboard	Asrock Z270 Gaming-ITX/ac (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180226
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 13 '19 at 01:31
Run Duration	215 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	39%

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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 i7-7700K-$250 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	93.8% Outstanding	Memory 96.6 1-Core 148 2-Core 278 97% 174 Pts	4-Core 490 8-Core 741 76% 615 Pts	64-Core 817 51% 817 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 93.8% Great: 92%

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: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 417.35 Performing below potential (71^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	104% Outstanding	Lighting 135 Reflection 149 Parallax 139 110% 141 fps	MRender 113 Gravity 131 Splatting 107 95% 117 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX500 1TB-$86 202,785 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 899GB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 412 406 455 461 401 419 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	121% Outstanding	Read 492 Write 413 Mixed 408 SusWrite 426 98% 434 MB/s	4K Read 38.3 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 56.5 194% 71.6 MB/s	DQ Read 377 DQ Write 316 DQ Mixed 301 238% 332 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 125%
OCZ Trion 150 960GB-$190 3,375 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 894GB free Firmware: SAFZ12.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 430 426 482 188 295 295 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 491 Write 464 Mixed 380 SusWrite 353 95% 422 MB/s	4K Read 31.3 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 41.2 154% 57.9 MB/s	DQ Read 346 DQ Write 309 DQ Mixed 198 184% 285 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 103%
OCZ Trion 150 480GB-$300 13,412 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 105GB free Firmware: SAFZ12.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 430 239 262 285 280 286 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	98.7% Outstanding	Read 484 Write 439 Mixed 372 SusWrite 297 89% 398 MB/s	4K Read 29.4 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 40.3 150% 57.4 MB/s	DQ Read 344 DQ Write 329 DQ Mixed 197 186% 290 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 98.7% Great: 101%
Crucial MX100 256GB-$116 55,768 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 10GB free Firmware: MU03 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 448 Write 327 Mixed 316 81% 364 MB/s	4K Read 31 4K Write 126 4K Mixed 35.8 160% 64.3 MB/s	DQ Read 170 DQ Write 282 DQ Mixed 118 120% 190 MB/s
Poor: 65% Great: 97%
OCZ Vertex 4 128GB-$215 19,372 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 100GB free Firmware: 1.5 SusWrite @10s intervals: 349 341 354 350 347 345 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	64.5% Good	Read 295 Write 363 Mixed 245 SusWrite 348 71% 313 MB/s	4K Read 20.4 4K Write 38.9 4K Mixed 24.7 83% 28 MB/s	DQ Read 114 DQ Write 138 DQ Mixed 124 94% 125 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 64.5% Great: 104%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 182GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 76 75 76 77 77 76 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	46% Average	Read 83.7 Write 86 Mixed 85 SusWrite 76.2 62% 82.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.8 163% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 46% Great: 76%
SABRENT 500GB 1,200 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 119GB free Firmware: 0204 SusWrite @10s intervals: 51 51 50 51 52 51 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	31% Below average	Read 56.7 Write 60 Mixed 50.3 SusWrite 51.1 40% 54.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.6 117% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 31% Great: 63%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB 18,693 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	100% Outstanding	MC Read 38.3 MC Write 38.2 MC Mixed 29 100% 35.2 GB/s	SC Read 23.2 SC Write 38.3 SC Mixed 33.3 90% 31.6 GB/s	Latency 52 77% 52 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 102%

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Desktop 90%

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Workstation 46%

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Motherboard: Asrock Z270 Gaming-ITX/ac

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	79x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	29x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	21x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	25x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	17x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	16x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	11x
960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung $139Bench 266%, 63,520 samples	8x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	6x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	14x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C15 2x8GBCorsair $60Bench 81%, 93,353 samples	11x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GBCorsair $42Bench 76%, 105,447 samples	7x

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Value: 86% - Excellent

Total price: $516

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