Asrock Z270M Pro4

Performance Results


Gaming 84% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 73% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (39th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 61 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	103% 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	195% 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	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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 (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asrock Z270M Pro4 (all builds)
Memory	18 GB free of 24 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161114
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 03 '21 at 18:38
Run Duration	229 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	19%

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PC Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	78.8% Very good	Memory 83.2 1-Core 124 2-Core 223 81% 143 Pts	4-Core 400 8-Core 640 64% 520 Pts	64-Core 663 41% 663 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 78.8% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3717) CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing below potential (61^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	103% Outstanding	Lighting 130 Reflection 141 Parallax 130 106% 134 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 136 Splatting 118 101% 123 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 334GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 829 610 598 596 587 584 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	195% Outstanding	Read 1,708 Write 1,488 Mixed 684 SusWrite 634 251% 1,128 MB/s	4K Read 36.8 4K Write 93.4 4K Mixed 42.5 160% 57.6 MB/s	DQ Read 1,005 DQ Write 772 DQ Mixed 750 598% 842 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 195% Great: 254%
Crucial M500 240GB-$79 31,779 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 58GB free Firmware: MU05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 255 228 206 195 194 180 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	78.9% Very good	Read 416 Write 264 Mixed 290 SusWrite 210 66% 295 MB/s	4K Read 20.4 4K Write 86 4K Mixed 32.5 118% 46.3 MB/s	DQ Read 327 DQ Write 260 DQ Mixed 188 169% 258 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 78.9% Great: 91%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$100 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 42GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 268 84 86 86 78 82 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	88.4% Excellent	Read 459 Write 457 Mixed 391 SusWrite 114 80% 355 MB/s	4K Read 30.9 4K Write 92 4K Mixed 43.5 151% 55.5 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 230 208% 318 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 88.4% Great: 118%
Samsung 840 Evo 500GB-$150 68,337 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 145GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 458 213 96 109 95 90 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	94.9% Outstanding	Read 475 Write 459 Mixed 380 SusWrite 177 84% 373 MB/s	4K Read 35.2 4K Write 87.7 4K Mixed 45.6 158% 56.2 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 244 215% 322 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 94.9% Great: 126%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BLS4G4D240FSE.8FBD Kingston KHX2666C15D4/4G 029E CMK16GX4M2A2133C13 029E CMK16GX4M2A2133C13 24GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 2400, 2667, 2133, 2133 MHz 4096, 4096, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	68.8% Good	MC Read 25.8 MC Write 26.4 MC Mixed 20.6 69% 24.3 GB/s	SC Read 15.4 SC Write 25.3 SC Mixed 22.8 60% 21.2 GB/s	Latency 74.8 54% 74.8 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 68.8% Great: 72%

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Typical Z270M Pro4 Builds (Compare 443 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 71%

Battleship

Desktop 90%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 61%

Destroyer

Motherboard: Asrock Z270M Pro4

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $235Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	156x
Core i5-7600KIntel $169Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	69x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	54x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	49x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	48x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	46x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	17x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	12x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	9x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	14x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	10x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $24Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	10x

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Value: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $512

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16