Asrock Z270 Gaming K4

Performance Results


Gaming 74% Battleship	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 60% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 83.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	83.7% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	91.8% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.

Motherboard	Asrock Z270 Gaming K4 (all builds)
Memory	11.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161205
Uptime	19 Days
Run Date	Dec 05 '21 at 21:53
Run Duration	174 Seconds
Run User	POL-User
Background CPU	11%

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PC Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7600K-$190 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	83.4% Excellent	Memory 96.4 1-Core 127 2-Core 257 90% 160 Pts	4-Core 391 8-Core 493 57% 442 Pts	64-Core 490 30% 490 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 83.4% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3301) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 497.09 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	83.7% Excellent	Lighting 104 Reflection 111 Parallax 101 85% 105 fps	MRender 95.7 Gravity 102 Splatting 99.2 81% 99 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 83.7% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
GOODRAM 240GB 8,481 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 141GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM22.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 258 383 349 380 335 320 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	91.8% Outstanding	Read 401 Write 449 Mixed 309 SusWrite 338 84% 374 MB/s	4K Read 28.1 4K Write 86.7 4K Mixed 36.6 135% 50.5 MB/s	DQ Read 262 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 150 156% 252 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 91.8% Great: 102%
Nvme XPG GAMMIX S11 P 1TB 433 User benchmarks, average bench 270% 105GB free Firmware: 42B2S7JA Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2,578 Write 1,835 Mixed 1,594 443% 2,002 MB/s	4K Read 57.1 4K Write 133 4K Mixed 79.1 258% 89.7 MB/s	DQ Read 1,375 DQ Write 950 DQ Mixed 651 624% 992 MB/s
Poor: 161% Great: 358%
WD My Passport 25E2 4TB 31,793 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 2TB free, PID 25e2 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 96 95 96 96 96 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	52.2% Above average	Read 95.7 Write 94 Mixed 63.9 SusWrite 95.5 118% 87.3 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 5.6 4K Mixed 0.7 220% 2.57 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 52.2% Great: 59%
WD Elements 1TB 51,914 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 261GB free, PID 1021 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 32 37 37 37 37 36 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	18.8% Very poor	Read 36.5 Write 36.8 Mixed 28.4 SusWrite 35.9 47% 34.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 87% 1 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 18.8% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	91.7% Outstanding	MC Read 34.2 MC Write 34.6 MC Mixed 28.6 93% 32.5 GB/s	SC Read 20.5 SC Write 33.3 SC Mixed 27.1 77% 27 GB/s	Latency 52.7 76% 52.7 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 91.7% Great: 104%

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Typical Z270 Gaming K4 Builds (Compare 532 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 $242Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	247x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	73x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	55x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	56x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	50x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	49x

SSD
980 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $94Bench 251%, 262,559 samples	29x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	19x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	15x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	24x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $40Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	15x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	11x

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Value: 109% - Outstanding

Total price: $511

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	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