Asrock Z270 Killer SLI/ac

Performance Results


Gaming 79% Battleship	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 69% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 94.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	82.3% 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	214% 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.

Motherboard	Asrock Z270 Killer SLI/ac (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170510
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 26 '17 at 08:57
Run Duration	218 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (61^st 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 (98^th percentile)	94.1% Outstanding	Memory 96.3 1-Core 147 2-Core 276 97% 173 Pts	4-Core 494 8-Core 815 80% 655 Pts	64-Core 819 51% 819 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 94.1% 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 1996) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 388.71 Performing below potential (74^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	82.3% Excellent	Lighting 105 Reflection 114 Parallax 112 86% 111 fps	MRender 93.3 Gravity 98.4 Splatting 86.4 75% 92.7 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 82.3% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Optane+ NVMe PCIe 500GB 1,939 User benchmarks, average bench 181% 140GB free (System drive) Firmware: 15.5 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	214% Outstanding	Read 1,308 Write 283 Mixed 465 148% 685 MB/s	4K Read 177 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 94.3 449% 129 MB/s	DQ Read 201 DQ Write 275 DQ Mixed 89.9 109% 189 MB/s
Poor: 111% ↑ This bench: 214% Great: 255%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$95 81,608 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC3C Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 103 99 2264 (03) Spinup time 94 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5653 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 56 47 713026797167 (09) Power-on hours count 60 60 35829 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1068 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 97 30065295420 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 46 555810849 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 501 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 6186 (C2) HDA temperature 33 54 81604378657 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 25 4 2264 (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 -13726715462444 (F1) Unknown 100 253 17787815 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1079176422	79.1% Very good	Read 136 Write 140 Mixed 102 94% 126 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 1.08 4K Mixed 0.61 113% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 79.1% Great: 75%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 144360416 (03) Spinup time 97 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3527 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 66 57 8600004619 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4602 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 176 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 55 572653602 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 57 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 93 93 14971 (C2) HDA temperature 34 45 85899345954 (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 100918846555317 (F1) Unknown 100 253 8028373375 (F2) Unknown 100 253 21182653761	99.9% Outstanding	Read 184 Write 164 Mixed 164 128% 171 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 1.56 4K Mixed 0.21 82% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 99.9% Great: 114%
Toshiba X300 5TB-$125 12,743 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 428GB free Firmware: FP2A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 2467 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 3058 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 68 68 13027 (0A) Spinup retry count 161 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 492 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 241 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 226 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 8104 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 227634511913 (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 200 253 0 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 0 (DE) Loaded hours 74 74 10483 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 201 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	64.2% Good	Read 118 Write 105 Mixed 102 82% 108 MB/s	4K Read 1.08 4K Write 1.91 4K Mixed 0.25 108% 1.08 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 64.2% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$37 287,720 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	58.1% Above average	MC Read 21.1 MC Write 19.7 MC Mixed 16.2 54% 19 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 22 SC Mixed 21 58% 20.2 GB/s	Latency 52.8 76% 52.8 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 58.1% Great: 109%

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Desktop 89%

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Workstation 60%

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Motherboard: Asrock Z270 Killer SLI/ac

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	461x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	209x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	104x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	120x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	112x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	68x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	42x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $129Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	40x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	34x

RAM
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $40Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	81x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	61x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	44x

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Value: 92% - Outstanding

Total price: $531

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