Asrock Z270 Pro4

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 79% Battleship	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 62% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (37th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 63 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 77.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	103% 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.

High background CPU (30%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asrock Z270 Pro4 (all builds)
Memory	9.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170720
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	May 05 '24 at 05:37
Run Duration	128 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	30%

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PC Performing below expectations (37^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-$170 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	77.4% Very good	Memory 84.8 1-Core 99.4 2-Core 255 80% 146 Pts	4-Core 399 8-Core 435 55% 417 Pts	64-Core 476 30% 476 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 77.4% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3367) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 552.22 Performing below potential (61^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	103% Outstanding	Lighting 130 Reflection 138 Parallax 128 106% 132 fps	MRender 113 Gravity 138 Splatting 118 100% 123 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 10GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,621 Write 1,258 Mixed 510 249% 1,130 MB/s	4K Read 35.4 4K Write 95.9 4K Mixed 46.3 164% 59.2 MB/s	DQ Read 1,073 DQ Write 637 DQ Mixed 627 528% 779 MB/s
Poor: 142% Great: 236%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 149GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 106 106 105 105 105 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	61.9% Good	Read 110 Write 106 Mixed 76.5 SusWrite 105 73% 99.3 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.1 218% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 61.9% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D26BFSBK.8FBD 2x8GB 5,007 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing below potential (22^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	71.9% Very good	MC Read 26 MC Write 27.8 MC Mixed 22.1 72% 25.3 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 27.1 SC Mixed 22.4 63% 22 GB/s	Latency 68.3 58% 68.3 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 71.9% Great: 96%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

SkillBench Score 0: 0P 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	51	17	144	24"	1280 720	ACI24A4 VG248

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Typical Z270 Pro4 Builds (Compare 1,386 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 71%

Battleship

Desktop 90%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 61%

Destroyer

Motherboard: Asrock Z270 Pro4 - $176

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $235Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	558x
Core i5-7600KIntel $170Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	276x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	108x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	189x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	165x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	163x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	47x
Green 240GB (2016)WDBench 53%, 20,831 samples	34x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	31x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	52x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	51x
DDR4 2400 2OZ 2x8GBUnknownBench 72%, 21,822 samples	49x

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Value: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $683

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16