Asrock Z270 Gaming K4

Performance Results


Gaming 97% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 84% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 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 87.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	107% 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	252% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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

Motherboard	Asrock Z270 Gaming K4 (all builds)
Memory	25.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180226
Uptime	3.1 Days
Run Date	Aug 10 '20 at 23:46
Run Duration	221 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	11%

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PC Performing as expected (44^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 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	87.5% Excellent	Memory 94.4 1-Core 130 2-Core 252 90% 159 Pts	4-Core 434 8-Core 699 70% 567 Pts	64-Core 741 46% 741 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 87.5% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070S (Super)-$210 663,603 User benchmarks, average bench 115% EVGA(3842 3173) CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 451.67 Performing below potential (10^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	107% Outstanding	Lighting 137 Reflection 128 Parallax 135 112% 133 fps	MRender 164 Gravity 122 Splatting 102 103% 129 fps
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 123%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$40 87,206 User benchmarks, average bench 234% 162GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 702 438 440 439 435 434 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	252% Outstanding	Read 2,280 Write 2,116 Mixed 1,478 SusWrite 481 354% 1,589 MB/s	4K Read 59.5 4K Write 153 4K Mixed 80.3 274% 97.5 MB/s	DQ Read 1,007 DQ Write 1091 DQ Mixed 1,152 838% 1,083 MB/s
Poor: 152% ↑ This bench: 252% Great: 302%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 2TB 9,880 User benchmarks, average bench 307% 177GB free Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 710 782 800 836 836 837 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	150% Outstanding	Read 966 Write 175 Mixed 171 SusWrite 800 116% 528 MB/s	4K Read 23.7 4K Write 95.1 4K Mixed 40 138% 52.9 MB/s	DQ Read 333 DQ Write 548 DQ Mixed 450 338% 444 MB/s
Poor: 113% ↑ This bench: 150% Great: 541%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$150 38,097 User benchmarks, average bench 241% 115GB free Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1420 1228 1227 1229 1118 393 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	266% Outstanding	Read 1,831 Write 1,741 Mixed 961 SusWrite 1,103 316% 1,409 MB/s	4K Read 46.3 4K Write 145 4K Mixed 59.1 222% 83.3 MB/s	DQ Read 1,410 DQ Write 1,178 DQ Mixed 1,010 834% 1,199 MB/s
Poor: 157% ↑ This bench: 266% Great: 302%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB 8,189 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 840GB free Firmware: CC96 SusWrite @10s intervals: 81 81 90 86 81 92 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	51.8% Above average	Read 95.5 Write 107 Mixed 35.7 SusWrite 85.2 59% 80.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.4 77% 0.47 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 51.8% Great: 74%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMW16GX4M2C3000C15 4x8GB 24,517 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	85.2% Excellent	MC Read 30.7 MC Write 32.8 MC Mixed 26.2 85% 29.9 GB/s	SC Read 19.4 SC Write 33 SC Mixed 28 77% 26.8 GB/s	Latency 58.8 68% 58.8 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 85.2% Great: 105%

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Typical Z270 Gaming K4 Builds (Compare 538 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 72%

Battleship

Desktop 93%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 62%

Destroyer

Motherboard: Asrock Z270 Gaming K4

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	250x
Core i5-7600KIntel $169Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	73x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	57x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	56x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	50x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	49x

SSD
980 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 251%, 262,559 samples	29x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	19x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $159Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	15x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	24x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	17x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	11x

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Value: 110% - Outstanding

Total price: $497

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $250	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $490	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16