Asrock Z270 Extreme4

Performance Results


Gaming 71% Battleship	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 62% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (30th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 70 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 85%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	84% 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	51% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Very high background CPU (32%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock Z270 Extreme4 (all builds)
Memory	8.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161103
Uptime	14.1 Days
Run Date	Feb 24 '19 at 16:53
Run Duration	173 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	32%

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PC Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	85% Excellent	Memory 95.5 1-Core 126 2-Core 235 87% 152 Pts	4-Core 402 8-Core 700 67% 551 Pts	64-Core 721 45% 721 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 85% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3362) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 418.91 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	84% Excellent	Lighting 116 Reflection 48.3 Parallax 135 94% 99.7 fps	MRender 69.6 Gravity 47.6 Splatting 104 63% 73.8 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 84% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra Plus 128GB-$75 16,709 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 28GB free (System drive) Firmware: X211 SusWrite @10s intervals: 55 25 22 22 22 20 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	51% Above average	Read 337 Write 167 Mixed 71 SusWrite 27.7 33% 151 MB/s	4K Read 24.4 4K Write 56.3 4K Mixed 23.2 96% 34.6 MB/s	DQ Read 194 DQ Write 105 DQ Mixed 74.5 75% 124 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 51% Great: 91%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 26GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 227 227 169 66 68 68 MB/s Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	71.3% Very good	Read 248 Write 228 Mixed 220 SusWrite 137 47% 208 MB/s	4K Read 33.8 4K Write 60.9 4K Mixed 44.7 141% 46.5 MB/s	DQ Read 200 DQ Write 191 DQ Mixed 195 147% 196 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 71.3% Great: 134%
ST31500341AS 500GB 89GB free Firmware: EMT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 422 377 320 289 245 227 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples		Read 482 Write 456 Mixed 374 SusWrite 313 91% 406 MB/s	4K Read 34.5 4K Write 83.8 4K Mixed 50.6 162% 56.3 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 362 271% 362 MB/s

Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 1.5TB-$88 40,945 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 1TB free Firmware: CC4G SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 106 101 108 106 99 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	61.2% Good	Read 110 Write 92 Mixed 60.5 SusWrite 103 67% 91.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.9 157% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 61.2% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$201 13,611 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	43.6% Average	MC Read 17.6 MC Write 13.2 MC Mixed 11.5 40% 14.1 GB/s	SC Read 14.4 SC Write 11.8 SC Mixed 14.2 38% 13.5 GB/s	Latency 55.5 72% 55.5 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 43.6% Great: 103%

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

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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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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