Asrock Z270 Extreme4

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	181% 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 Extreme4 (all builds)
Memory	13.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161103
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 19 '17 at 23:06
Run Duration	162 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing as expected (48^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6500-$67 241,476 User benchmarks, average bench 64% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	77.5% Very good	Memory 85.9 1-Core 110 2-Core 218 78% 138 Pts	4-Core 398 8-Core 412 54% 405 Pts	64-Core 423 26% 423 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 77.5% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.13 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 43% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Extreme Pro 480GB-$199 9,250 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 373GB free Firmware: X212 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 2584 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 251 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 54 (A8) Unknown 100 100 73 (A9) Unknown 100 100 1006 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 17 (AE) Unknown 100 100 72 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 68 47 201864839200 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (D4) Unknown 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 56 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 9414 (F1) Unknown 253 253 5892 (F2) Unknown 253 253 1521 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	74.9% Very good	Read 368 Write 386 Mixed 370 84% 375 MB/s	4K Read 25.7 4K Write 59.5 4K Mixed 21.1 97% 35.4 MB/s	DQ Read 198 DQ Write 139 DQ Mixed 55.1 72% 130 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 74.9% Great: 114%
Nvme PLEXTOR PX-256M8 256GB 527 User benchmarks, average bench 161% 176GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.06 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	181% Outstanding	Read 1,868 Write 838 Mixed 966 268% 1,224 MB/s	4K Read 23.9 4K Write 85.4 4K Mixed 45.3 140% 51.5 MB/s	DQ Read 298 DQ Write 218 DQ Mixed 27 83% 181 MB/s
Poor: 85% ↑ This bench: 181% Great: 205%
WD Black 4TB (2016)-$174 9,888 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2TB free Firmware: 81.H0A81 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 137 137 104 (03) Spinup time 147 147 30089150816 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 257 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 128 128 18 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 704 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 214 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 265 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 265 (C2) HDA temperature 187 187 197569740832 (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 200 200 0	78.2% Very good	Read 135 Write 137 Mixed 132 101% 135 MB/s	4K Read 0.93 4K Write 2.77 4K Mixed 0.6 157% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 78.2% Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC27 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 113 99 52630560 (03) Spinup time 95 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1902 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 55 52 231943202854 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 7334 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1788 (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 70 56 13389529118 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 86 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 58 58 84949 (C2) HDA temperature 30 44 -140737488355298 (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 -133156871072553 (F1) Unknown 100 253 25499125870 (F2) Unknown 100 253 30384895955	84.1% Excellent	Read 154 Write 139 Mixed 137 108% 144 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.45 4K Mixed 0.25 75% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 84.1% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLT8G4D26AFTA.16FBD 2x8GB 2,528 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	83.8% Excellent	MC Read 30.9 MC Write 32.7 MC Mixed 26.2 86% 29.9 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 32 SC Mixed 26.5 73% 25.6 GB/s	Latency 71.3 56% 71.3 ns
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 83.8% Great: 107%

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Desktop 90%

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Workstation 76%

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Motherboard: Asrock Z270 Extreme4 - $170

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	625x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	173x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	91x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	125x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	124x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	108x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	68x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	38x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	38x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	59x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	48x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	43x

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Value: 70% - Very good

Total price: $937

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $274	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