Asrock Z270 Gaming K4

Performance Results


Gaming 85% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 66% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 77.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	104% 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.
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 (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

19 months ago, 18 months ago.

Motherboard	Asrock Z270 Gaming K4 (all builds)
Memory	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180226
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 23 '22 at 13:22
Run Duration	165 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing above expectations (63^rd 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 as expected (59^th percentile)	77.6% Very good	Memory 94.8 1-Core 129 2-Core 252 89% 158 Pts	4-Core 348 8-Core 367 47% 358 Pts	64-Core 377 23% 377 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 77.6% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3060-$270 447,556 User benchmarks, average bench 100% Gigabyte(1458 4072) CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 3750 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 516.94 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	104% Outstanding	Lighting 138 Reflection 127 Parallax 124 112% 130 fps	MRender 141 Gravity 99.1 Splatting 95.2 90% 112 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$100 154,949 User benchmarks, average bench 235% 57GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2,183 Write 1,405 Mixed 938 332% 1,509 MB/s	4K Read 47.8 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 63.2 209% 71.9 MB/s	DQ Read 954 DQ Write 738 DQ Mixed 796 609% 829 MB/s
Poor: 160% Great: 280%
Corsair Force LE 240GB-$85 14,954 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 39GB free Firmware: SAFC12.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 281 255 178 144 179 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	81.2% Excellent	Read 452 Write 402 Mixed 364 SusWrite 200 79% 355 MB/s	4K Read 25.6 4K Write 75.6 4K Mixed 30.7 118% 44 MB/s	DQ Read 327 DQ Write 335 DQ Mixed 203 188% 288 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 81.2% Great: 97%
HyperX Fury 240GB-$193 27,826 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 25GB free Firmware: 605ABBF2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 125 128 121 97 86 89 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	69.2% Good	Read 313 Write 250 Mixed 248 SusWrite 108 51% 230 MB/s	4K Read 26.2 4K Write 75 4K Mixed 37.5 127% 46.2 MB/s	DQ Read 212 DQ Write 257 DQ Mixed 180 151% 216 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 69.2% Great: 84%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 620GB free Firmware: JC4B SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 90 94 96 94 95 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	58.2% Above average	Read 109 Write 101 Mixed 58.1 SusWrite 93.9 66% 90.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.9 165% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 58.2% Great: 68%

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 (80^th percentile)	95.4% Outstanding	MC Read 32.6 MC Write 40.5 MC Mixed 28.4 97% 33.8 GB/s	SC Read 21.1 SC Write 37.5 SC Mixed 29.3 84% 29.3 GB/s	Latency 57.8 69% 57.8 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 95.4% 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