Asrock Z270 Gaming K6

Performance Results


Gaming 110% UFO	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 94% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 91.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	120% 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 Drive	73% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asrock Z270 Gaming K6 (all builds)
Memory	4.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180226
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 08 '19 at 08:40
Run Duration	173 Seconds
Run User	NZL-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing as expected (57^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-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	91.3% Outstanding	Memory 96.1 1-Core 131 2-Core 264 92% 164 Pts	4-Core 466 8-Core 707 73% 587 Pts	64-Core 713 44% 713 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 91.3% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6393) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 441.41 Performing below potential (30^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	120% Outstanding	Lighting 161 Reflection 188 Parallax 187 131% 179 fps	MRender 122 Gravity 171 Splatting 118 111% 137 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 600p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 128GB-$98 11,843 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 55GB free (System drive) Firmware: PSF121C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 369 68 66 71 60 62 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)	73% Very good	Read 624 Write 356 Mixed 432 SusWrite 116 85% 382 MB/s	4K Read 33.8 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 16.9 131% 53.6 MB/s	DQ Read 140 DQ Write 10.2 DQ Mixed 176 103% 109 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 73% Great: 107%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 108GB free Firmware: RVT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 387 326 322 320 317 319 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 374 Write 388 Mixed 360 SusWrite 332 82% 364 MB/s	4K Read 42.2 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 57.5 193% 68.3 MB/s	DQ Read 280 DQ Write 228 DQ Mixed 250 188% 253 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 129%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 53GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 76 77 57 51 55 59 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	42% Average	Read 83.5 Write 82 Mixed 86.7 SusWrite 62.4 59% 78.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.7 147% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 42% Great: 67%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$67 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 446GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 185 195 194 192 194 195 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 184 Write 142 Mixed 85.8 SusWrite 193 110% 151 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 137% 1 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 113%
SanDisk Cruzer Blade 16GB 60,539 User benchmarks, average bench 11% 11GB free, PID 5567 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 4.8 5.9 4.9 5.1 4.8 5 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	10.6% Very poor	Read 34.8 Write 5 Mixed 10.3 SusWrite 5.1 14% 13.8 MB/s	4K Read 4.4 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 2.2 128% 2.57 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 10.6% Great: 17%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws 4 DDR4 2400 C15 2x4GB 54 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	84.2% Excellent	MC Read 32.2 MC Write 31.6 MC Mixed 24.5 84% 29.4 GB/s	SC Read 17.9 SC Write 32.2 SC Mixed 26.9 73% 25.7 GB/s	Latency 53.5 75% 53.5 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 84.2% Great: 84%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Gaming 70%

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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 $90Bench 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: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $483

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $177	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