Asrock Z270 Gaming K4

Performance Results


Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 19% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 97.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	13.7% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	120% 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asrock Z270 Gaming K4 (all builds)
Memory	13.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170329
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 11 '17 at 20:53
Run Duration	148 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (76^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-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	97.5% Outstanding	Memory 93.7 1-Core 143 2-Core 283 96% 173 Pts	4-Core 546 8-Core 801 84% 673 Pts	64-Core 803 50% 803 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 97.5% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4995) CLim: 1738 MHz, MLim: 1915 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 388.59 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	13.7% Very poor	Lighting 5.03 Reflection 3.15 Parallax 6.69 4% 4.96 fps	MRender 0.19 Gravity 0.07 Splatting 94.3 32% 31.5 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 13.7% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 525GB-$150 105,037 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 488GB free Firmware: M0CR040 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1784 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 296 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 99 99 23 (AE) Unknown 100 100 40 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 73 53 201864511515 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 99 99 1 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 12052640473 (F7) Unknown 100 100 378180312 (F8) Unknown 100 100 129386243 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1954 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	83.5% Excellent	Read 489 Write 345 Mixed 341 87% 391 MB/s	4K Read 28.4 4K Write 84.1 4K Mixed 15.1 107% 42.6 MB/s	DQ Read 327 DQ Write 220 DQ Mixed 46.6 96% 198 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 83.5% Great: 99%
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$28 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 223GB free Firmware: Z32070RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 100 3939 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 491 (A5) Unknown 100 100 3161151112004 (A6) Unknown 100 100 7 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 21 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 12 (AE) Unknown 100 100 39 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 60 24 326417514536 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 1194012770582 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 3000 (EA) Unknown 100 100 7833 (F1) Unknown 253 253 4431 (F2) Unknown 253 253 3855 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	79.6% Very good	Read 517 Write 446 Mixed 469 106% 477 MB/s	4K Read 24.2 4K Write 92.4 4K Mixed 4.98 92% 40.5 MB/s	DQ Read 18.7 DQ Write 270 DQ Mixed 6.1 46% 98.2 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 79.6% Great: 86%
Samsung 850 EVO M.2 250GB 28,058 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 103GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT21B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 107 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 106 (B1) Unknown 99 99 2 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 40 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 5 (F1) Unknown 99 99 1690181416	120% Outstanding	Read 517 Write 419 Mixed 422 101% 453 MB/s	4K Read 48.6 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 48.4 194% 69.1 MB/s	DQ Read 370 DQ Write 287 DQ Mixed 29 103% 228 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 122%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 16G-D4-2400-MR 2x8GB 3,744 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	72.8% Very good	MC Read 27.3 MC Write 28.1 MC Mixed 19.8 72% 25.1 GB/s	SC Read 18.8 SC Write 29.8 SC Mixed 23.2 68% 23.9 GB/s	Latency 60.5 66% 60.5 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 72.8% Great: 85%

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Gaming 72%

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Desktop 93%

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Workstation 62%

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Motherboard: Asrock Z270 Gaming K4

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	249x
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 $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	16x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	11x

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Value: 110% - Outstanding

Total price: $499

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