Asrock Z270M Pro4

Performance Results


Gaming 18% Surfboard	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 90.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	11.7% 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	199% 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 (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock Z270M Pro4 (all builds)
Memory	8.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1600 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180316
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Jan 23 '20 at 00:52
Run Duration	150 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing above expectations (60^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 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	90.5% Outstanding	Memory 93.3 1-Core 140 2-Core 279 94% 171 Pts	4-Core 473 8-Core 747 75% 610 Pts	64-Core 755 47% 755 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 90.5% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia Quadro K620-$170 16,214 User benchmarks, average bench 11% Nvidia(10DE 1098) 2GB CLim: 1124 MHz, MLim: 450 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 431.2 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	11.7% Very poor	Lighting 14.7 Reflection 14.3 Parallax 10.8 12% 13.3 fps	MRender 11.3 Gravity 13.4 Splatting 15.6 11% 13.4 fps
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 11.7% Great: 11%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 94GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 475 205 203 203 201 200 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	199% Outstanding	Read 1801 Write 1,183 Mixed 454 SusWrite 248 202% 921 MB/s	4K Read 42.3 4K Write 152 4K Mixed 51.9 211% 82 MB/s	DQ Read 1,065 DQ Write 1,087 DQ Mixed 710 634% 954 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 199% Great: 236%
WD VelociRaptor 500GB-$75 8,133 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 258GB free Firmware: 04.06A00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 129 139 138 139 139 139 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	87.7% Excellent	Read 168 Write 162 Mixed 110 SusWrite 137 106% 144 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 4.7 4K Mixed 1.7 338% 2.63 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 87.7% Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$50 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 322GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 175 199 199 200 200 199 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	96.2% Outstanding	Read 140 Write 164 Mixed 69.2 SusWrite 195 104% 142 MB/s	4K Read 1.8 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.4 134% 1 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 96.2% Great: 106%
Samsung Spinpoint F4 2TB-$119 45,158 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 835GB free Firmware: 1AQ10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 81 96 96 97 97 97 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	57.5% Above average	Read 106 Write 37.2 Mixed 49 SusWrite 94 53% 71.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.7 138% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 57.5% 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 @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (14^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	70.5% Very good	MC Read 26.9 MC Write 26.8 MC Mixed 19.7 70% 24.5 GB/s	SC Read 16.9 SC Write 26.1 SC Mixed 22.9 63% 22 GB/s	Latency 61.5 65% 61.5 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 70.5% Great: 104%

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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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Typical Z270M Pro4 Builds (Compare 437 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 71%

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Desktop 90%

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Workstation 61%

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Motherboard: Asrock Z270M Pro4

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	154x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	68x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	52x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	48x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	47x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	46x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	17x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	11x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	9x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	14x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	10x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $39Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	10x

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Value: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $522

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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