Asrock Z270 Gaming K4

Performance Results


Gaming 91% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 78% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 96.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	93.3% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	99.1% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

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	2.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 13 '17 at 23:59
Run Duration	137 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing above expectations (67^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-$250 712,312 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)	96.4% Outstanding	Memory 94.1 1-Core 144 2-Core 257 93% 165 Pts	4-Core 531 8-Core 806 83% 668 Pts	64-Core 797 49% 797 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 96.4% 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: 1623 MHz, MLim: 1952 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 388.59 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.3% Outstanding	Lighting 119 Reflection 125 Parallax 127 97% 123 fps	MRender 105 Gravity 110 Splatting 102 86% 106 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 93.3% 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 as expected (47^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 100 100 298 (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 78 53 201864511510 (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 12089516491 (F7) Unknown 100 100 379353500 (F8) Unknown 100 100 129427220 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1954 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	86.7% Excellent	Read 487 Write 303 Mixed 342 84% 378 MB/s	4K Read 27.5 4K Write 87.4 4K Mixed 26.7 122% 47.2 MB/s	DQ Read 332 DQ Write 211 DQ Mixed 15 80% 186 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 86.7% Great: 99%
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$25 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 223GB free Firmware: Z32070RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^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 100 100 493 (A5) Unknown 100 100 3199805948741 (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 66 24 326417514530 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 1198307737879 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 3000 (EA) Unknown 100 100 7850 (F1) Unknown 253 253 4447 (F2) Unknown 253 253 3866 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	75.3% Very good	Read 489 Write 437 Mixed 460 103% 462 MB/s	4K Read 16.9 4K Write 92.3 4K Mixed 5.12 81% 38.1 MB/s	DQ Read 27.7 DQ Write 272 DQ Mixed 6.19 48% 102 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 75.3% Great: 86%
Samsung 850 EVO M.2 250GB 28,058 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 112GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT21B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 108 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 108 (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 70 40 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 5 (F1) Unknown 99 99 1748179553	99.1% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 414 Mixed 422 100% 450 MB/s	4K Read 48.3 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 29.5 169% 62.5 MB/s	DQ Read 48.9 DQ Write 115 DQ Mixed 28.3 37% 64.2 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 99.1% 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 below potential (39^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	68.9% Good	MC Read 25.6 MC Write 26.7 MC Mixed 19.6 68% 24 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 24.3 SC Mixed 20.8 59% 20.7 GB/s	Latency 59.5 67% 59.5 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 68.9% Great: 85%

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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 $250Bench 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: 108% - Outstanding

Total price: $519

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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