Asrock Z270 Gaming K6

Performance Results


Gaming 45% Yacht	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 37% Jet ski


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 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	56.8% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	170% 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.

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Motherboard	Asrock Z270 Gaming K6 (all builds)
Memory	6.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161103
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	May 16 '21 at 19:01
Run Duration	182 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	51%

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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-$241 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	75% Very good	Memory 89.3 1-Core 126 2-Core 229 84% 148 Pts	4-Core 342 8-Core 406 48% 374 Pts	64-Core 562 35% 562 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 75% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% MSI(1462 3281) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing below potential (73^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	56.8% Above average	Lighting 70.9 Reflection 73.8 Parallax 66.8 58% 70.5 fps	MRender 65.8 Gravity 70.8 Splatting 65 55% 67.2 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 56.8% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial P2 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$45 55,360 User benchmarks, average bench 166% 270GB free (System drive) Firmware: P2CR010 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1048 717 400 407 392 391 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	170% Outstanding	Read 1,158 Write 1,561 Mixed 1165 SusWrite 559 250% 1,111 MB/s	4K Read 43.2 4K Write 126 4K Mixed 58.9 208% 76 MB/s	DQ Read 679 DQ Write 461 DQ Mixed 563 422% 567 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 170% Great: 253%
WD Blue 3TB (2015)-$80 75,644 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 129 139 133 140 132 136 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	80.7% Excellent	Read 146 Write 136 Mixed 77.1 SusWrite 135 90% 123 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 195% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 80.7% Great: 96%
Toshiba DT01ACA300 3TB-$80 85,620 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 274GB free Firmware: MX6OABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 109 108 111 110 111 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	71.7% Very good	Read 140 Write 151 Mixed 25.9 SusWrite 109 77% 107 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.6 147% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 71.7% Great: 107%
SanDisk Ultra Fit USB 3.0 64GB-$23 12,481 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 43GB free, PID 5583 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 65 52 16 19 20 19 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	37.1% Below average	Read 140 Write 60.8 Mixed 96.2 SusWrite 31.9 99% 82.3 MB/s	4K Read 3.8 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 2.2 188% 2.97 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 37.1% Great: 39%
ADATA USB Flash Drive 64GB 500 User benchmarks, average bench 21% 17GB free, PID dc1a Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 8.2 0.1 7.8 9.7 15 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	10.6% Very poor	Read 36.1 Write 17.2 Mixed 13.2 SusWrite 8.1 22% 18.6 MB/s	4K Read 3.4 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 1.4 91% 1.9 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 10.6% Great: 39%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB-$40 98,777 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	48.2% Average	MC Read 18.7 MC Write 17.5 MC Mixed 14.2 48% 16.8 GB/s	SC Read 9.7 SC Write 12.4 SC Mixed 15.5 36% 12.5 GB/s	Latency 68.2 59% 68.2 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 48.2% Great: 88%

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Gaming 70%

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Desktop 89%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 60%

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Motherboard: Asrock Z270 Gaming K6

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 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 $109Bench 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 $40Bench 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: 93% - Outstanding

Total price: $522

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