Asrock Z270 Gaming K6

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (39th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 61 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 82.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	67.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

High background CPU (22%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock Z270 Gaming K6 (all builds)
Memory	7.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161103
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Jan 14 '18 at 01:01
Run Duration	206 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	22%

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PC Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700-$167 256,717 User benchmarks, average bench 76% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	82.9% Excellent	Memory 89.2 1-Core 123 2-Core 232 84% 148 Pts	4-Core 413 8-Core 621 64% 517 Pts	64-Core 683 42% 683 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 82.9% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 480-$75 261,163 User benchmarks, average bench 46% XFX(1682 9480) Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 22.19.662.4 Relative performance n/a - GPU benchmark error
Poor: 35% Great: 53%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 600p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$119 20,782 User benchmarks, average bench 128% 121GB free (System drive) Firmware: 100C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	67.5% Good	Read 196 Write 175 Mixed 814 90% 395 MB/s	4K Read 32.3 4K Write 133 4K Mixed 26 153% 63.9 MB/s	DQ Read 33.2 DQ Write 151 DQ Mixed 25.6 39% 69.8 MB/s
Poor: 95% ↑ This bench: 67.5% Great: 144%
Seagate ST31500541AS 1.5TB 9,968 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 121GB free Firmware: CC32 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 142000548 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2584 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 42 35 5355843942936 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 8948 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1316 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 97 97 3 (BE) vendor-specific 73 59 454295579 (C2) HDA temperature 27 41 73014444059 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 57 38 142000548 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 21955872825286 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3162265788 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2895913588	31.7% Below average	Read 55 Write 55.1 Mixed 52.6 41% 54.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 1.46 4K Mixed 0.43 98% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 31.7% Great: 56%
iXpand Flash Drive 64GB 15 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 16GB free, PID cff5 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	6.86% Terrible	Read 11.3 Write 12.2 Mixed 11.3 15% 11.6 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 0.72 4K Mixed 0.52 48% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 6.86% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB 18,693 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (12^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	63.8% Good	MC Read 26.1 MC Write 24.9 MC Mixed 19.7 67% 23.6 GB/s	SC Read 11.8 SC Write 16.8 SC Mixed 11.4 38% 13.3 GB/s	Latency 68.2 59% 68.2 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 63.8% Great: 102%

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Desktop 89%

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Workstation 60%

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Motherboard: Asrock Z270 Gaming K6

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	368x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	79x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	69x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	106x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	95x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	78x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	36x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	25x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	19x

RAM
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	34x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	26x
Aegis DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 82%, 163,634 samples	20x

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Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $488

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	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