Asrock Z270 Extreme4

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 87%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 88%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 78%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics103% 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.
Boot DriveThe boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Very high background CPU (56%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
Run History
MotherboardAsrock Z270 Extreme4  (all builds)
Memory12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20170517
Uptime0 Days
Run DateFeb 14 '18 at 00:15
Run Duration89 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 56%

 PC Performing as expected (52nd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-7700K-$250
CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (63rd percentile)
86.7% Excellent
Memory 92.1
1-Core 138
2-Core 257
91% 162 Pts
4-Core 437
8-Core 786
74% 611 Pts
64-Core 782
48% 782 Pts
Poor: 71%
This bench: 86.7%
Great: 92%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 390.65
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
103% Outstanding
Lighting 135
Reflection 144
Parallax 122
110% 134 fps
MRender 99.4
Gravity 130
Splatting 109
92% 113 fps
Poor: 86%
This bench: 103%
Great: 101%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51
1.5TB free (System drive)
Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing below expectations (29th percentile)
81.7% Excellent
Read 143
Write 142
Mixed 110
98% 132 MB/s
4K Read 0.04
4K Write 1.15
4K Mixed 0.05
29% 0.41 MB/s
Poor: 63%
This bench: 81.7%
Great: 114%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance RGB DDR4 3600 C18 2x8GB-$248
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing below potential (16th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
68% Good
MC Read 25.7
MC Write 25.7
MC Mixed 19.7
68% 23.7 GB/s
SC Read 17.9
SC Write 24.9
SC Mixed 19.8
60% 20.9 GB/s
Latency 63.9
63% 63.9 ns
Poor: 60%
This bench: 68%
Great: 112%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Z270 Extreme4 Builds (Compare 1,177 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 89%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 90%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 76%
Battleship

Motherboard: Asrock Z270 Extreme4 - $170

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 69% - Good Total price: $972
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HDDRAMUSB
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