Asrock Z270 Gaming K4

Performance Results


Gaming 120% UFO	Desktop 102% UFO	Workstation 105% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 94.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	124% 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.
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 (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock Z270 Gaming K4 (all builds)
Memory	11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161205
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 30 '19 at 01:07
Run Duration	241 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing above expectations (72^nd 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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	94.3% Outstanding	Memory 97.4 1-Core 142 2-Core 286 97% 175 Pts	4-Core 491 8-Core 792 79% 642 Pts	64-Core 781 48% 781 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 94.3% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Nvidia(10DE 120F) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 417.71 Performing below potential (55^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	124% Outstanding	Lighting 172 Reflection 190 Parallax 187 140% 183 fps	MRender 120 Gravity 168 Splatting 122 111% 137 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 73GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,883 Write 1,433 Mixed 727 297% 1,348 MB/s	4K Read 44.6 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 46.6 184% 66.3 MB/s	DQ Read 47.4 DQ Write 131 DQ Mixed 51.6 50% 76.8 MB/s
Poor: 142% Great: 236%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 172GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 415 365 487 489 494 493 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	127% Outstanding	Read 506 Write 488 Mixed 395 SusWrite 457 104% 461 MB/s	4K Read 47.2 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 63.8 216% 76.7 MB/s	DQ Read 326 DQ Write 180 DQ Mixed 65.8 99% 191 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 127% Great: 134%
Crucial MX100 256GB-$116 55,768 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 139GB free Firmware: MU02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 316 287 333 332 334 333 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	92.2% Outstanding	Read 441 Write 331 Mixed 292 SusWrite 322 78% 346 MB/s	4K Read 29.9 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 42.8 158% 60.3 MB/s	DQ Read 91.5 DQ Write 188 DQ Mixed 114 94% 131 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 92.2% Great: 97%
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$158 331,647 User benchmarks, average bench 297% 931GB free Firmware: 1B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1079 2394 1607 1164 1160 1168 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	280% Outstanding	Read 2508 Write 2,341 Mixed 1,626 SusWrite 1,429 443% 1,976 MB/s	4K Read 62.1 4K Write 151 4K Mixed 82.4 280% 98.6 MB/s	DQ Read 64.1 DQ Write 163 DQ Mixed 340 194% 189 MB/s
Poor: 214% ↑ This bench: 280% Great: 372%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$109 43,695 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 610GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 91 95 97 97 95 98 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	55.3% Above average	Read 97 Write 74.8 Mixed 76.3 SusWrite 95.5 64% 85.9 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 164% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 55.3% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 8GX-D4-3000-MR 2x8GB 3,342 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	98.7% Outstanding	MC Read 37.7 MC Write 38.2 MC Mixed 27.3 98% 34.4 GB/s	SC Read 22.3 SC Write 41.3 SC Mixed 31.3 90% 31.6 GB/s	Latency 48.8 82% 48.8 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 98.7% Great: 101%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 72%

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Desktop 93%

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Workstation 62%

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Motherboard: Asrock Z270 Gaming K4

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $242Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	247x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	73x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	55x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	56x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	50x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	49x

SSD
980 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $94Bench 251%, 262,559 samples	29x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	19x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	15x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	24x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $40Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	15x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	11x

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Value: 109% - Outstanding

Total price: $511

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