Asrock Z270 Gaming K6

Performance Results


Gaming 93% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 79% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 89.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	98.3% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	222% 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 (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asrock Z270 Gaming K6 (all builds)
Memory	8.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180226
Uptime	4 Days
Run Date	Jan 19 '20 at 22:13
Run Duration	255 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	17%

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PC Performing above expectations (70^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-$230 712,312 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 (86^th percentile)	89.8% Excellent	Memory 96.3 1-Core 141 2-Core 254 93% 164 Pts	4-Core 450 8-Core 696 71% 573 Pts	64-Core 722 45% 722 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 89.8% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060S (Super)-$510 319,148 User benchmarks, average bench 100% Gigabyte(1458 3FF1) CLim: 2175 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.87 Performing below potential (41^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	98.3% Outstanding	Lighting 120 Reflection 118 Parallax 118 98% 119 fps	MRender 168 Gravity 108 Splatting 99.9 99% 125 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 98.3% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 163GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 745 463 462 458 455 452 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	222% Outstanding	Read 1,855 Write 1,574 Mixed 599 SusWrite 506 251% 1,133 MB/s	4K Read 39.5 4K Write 141 4K Mixed 58 209% 79.6 MB/s	DQ Read 1,190 DQ Write 1,172 DQ Mixed 917 761% 1,093 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 222% Great: 254%
Transcend TS480GSSD220S 480GB 5,978 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 259GB free Firmware: P0624AA SusWrite @10s intervals: 420 158 76 76 77 76 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	93.2% Outstanding	Read 493 Write 431 Mixed 399 SusWrite 147 82% 368 MB/s	4K Read 31.5 4K Write 95 4K Mixed 48.9 161% 58.5 MB/s	DQ Read 312 DQ Write 324 DQ Mixed 240 202% 292 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 93.2% Great: 95%
Samsung 840 Pro 128GB-$150 34,842 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 78GB free Firmware: DXM05B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 430 431 426 426 424 423 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 481 Write 433 Mixed 330 SusWrite 427 94% 418 MB/s	4K Read 34.5 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 43.6 168% 63.4 MB/s	DQ Read 370 DQ Write 310 DQ Mixed 154 166% 278 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 110%
Samsung SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB 21,747 User benchmarks, average bench 219% 77GB free Firmware: CXZ74H0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,902 Write 1,357 Mixed 627 285% 1,295 MB/s	4K Read 52.4 4K Write 146 4K Mixed 67.5 243% 88.5 MB/s	DQ Read 1,454 DQ Write 1,094 DQ Mixed 989 817% 1,179 MB/s
Poor: 134% Great: 292%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$84 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 201GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 97 99 101 100 101 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	64.2% Good	Read 124 Write 122 Mixed 75.5 SusWrite 99.4 77% 105 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 181% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 64.2% Great: 84%
Samsung Spinpoint F4 2TB-$119 45,158 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 686GB free Firmware: 1AQ10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 116 112 119 120 120 120 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	66.8% Good	Read 116 Write 123 Mixed 58 SusWrite 118 76% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.9 139% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 66.8% Great: 72%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB 5,058 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	92.6% Outstanding	MC Read 33.2 MC Write 34.8 MC Mixed 28.5 92% 32.2 GB/s	SC Read 21.7 SC Write 37.9 SC Mixed 31.6 87% 30.4 GB/s	Latency 53 76% 53 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 92.6% Great: 104%

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Gaming 70%

Battleship

Desktop 89%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 60%

Gunboat

Motherboard: Asrock Z270 Gaming K6

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 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 $94Bench 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 $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	34x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	26x
Aegis DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $38Bench 82%, 163,634 samples	20x

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Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $488

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