Asrock Z270M-ITX/ac

Performance Results


Gaming 87% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 78% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (27th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 73 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 74.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	116% 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	22.2% is an extremely low SSD score, this system will benefit from a faster SSD.
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.

Very high background CPU (52%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

Motherboard	Asrock Z270M-ITX/ac (all builds)
Memory	9.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180316
Uptime	1.6 Days
Run Date	Aug 26 '21 at 21:29
Run Duration	155 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	52%

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PC Performing below expectations (27^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 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	74.6% Very good	Memory 80.1 1-Core 123 2-Core 220 80% 141 Pts	4-Core 372 8-Core 679 63% 526 Pts	64-Core 712 44% 712 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 74.6% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070S (Super)-$210 663,603 User benchmarks, average bench 115% MSI(1462 3860) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2115 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 471.68 Performing below potential (61^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	116% Outstanding	Lighting 154 Reflection 205 Parallax 0.2 126% 120 fps	MRender 179 Gravity 123 Splatting 113 110% 138 fps
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 123%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 81GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFK71F1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 247 12 104 54 1.9 7.8 MB/s Performing below potential (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	22.2% Poor	Read 164 Write 59.5 Mixed 51.7 SusWrite 71.1 19% 86.7 MB/s	4K Read 12.1 4K Write 14.3 4K Mixed 7.5 36% 11.3 MB/s	DQ Read 16.1 DQ Write 14.2 DQ Mixed 13.5 11% 14.6 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 22.2% Great: 100%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 274GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 133 131 135 134 135 131 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	84.7% Excellent	Read 162 Write 163 Mixed 103 SusWrite 133 103% 140 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.1 212% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 84.7% Great: 109%

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 2 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	58.8% Above average	MC Read 23.5 MC Write 21.2 MC Mixed 18.9 61% 21.2 GB/s	SC Read 12.9 SC Write 18.2 SC Mixed 14.8 44% 15.3 GB/s	Latency 80.4 50% 80.4 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 58.8% Great: 88%

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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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Gaming 71%

Battleship

Desktop 89%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 60%

Destroyer

Motherboard: Asrock Z270M-ITX/ac

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	153x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	75x
Core i5-7400Intel $110Bench 64%, 234,266 samples	19x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	53x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	47x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	27x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	14x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GBSamsung $45Bench 199%, 240,629 samples	12x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $129Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	11x

RAM
DDR4 3000 2OZ 2x8GBUnknownBench 79%, 14,178 samples	33x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	24x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $40Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	13x

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Value: 100% - Outstanding

Total price: $410

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $46

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	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