Asrock Z270 Gaming K4

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 76%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 81%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 58%
Gunboat
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 77.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics104% 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 DriveThe boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory8GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
MotherboardAsrock Z270 Gaming K4  (all builds)
Memory5.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20161205
Uptime0 Days
Run DateAug 25 '17 at 03:44
Run Duration106 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU5%
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 PC Performing as expected (56th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-7500-$89
CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
77.9% Very good
Memory 91
1-Core 120
2-Core 234
84% 148 Pts
4-Core 368
8-Core 415
51% 392 Pts
64-Core 418
26% 418 Pts
Poor: 45%
This bench: 77.9%
Great: 78%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 384.76
Performing below potential (71st percentile) - GPU OC Guide
104% Outstanding
Lighting 136
Reflection 142
Parallax 125
111% 134 fps
MRender 112
Gravity 130
Splatting 105
94% 115 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 104%
Great: 110%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung HD161GJ 160GB-$25
46GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1AC01118 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s
Performing as expected (50th percentile)
46.7% Average
Read 79.8
Write 83.4
Mixed 70.4
58% 77.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.07
4K Write 0.47
4K Mixed 0.02
14% 0.19 MB/s
Poor: 15%
This bench: 46.7%
Great: 62%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown 78.CAGPL.ARC0B 1x8GB
1 of 4 slots used
8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz
Performing below potential (7th percentile) - ensure that an XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
38.5% Below average
MC Read 15
MC Write 11.9
MC Mixed 10.7
36% 12.5 GB/s
SC Read 13
SC Write 11.1
SC Mixed 11.5
34% 11.9 GB/s
Latency 65.7
61% 65.7 ns
Poor: 38%
This bench: 38.5%
Great: 54%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Z270 Gaming K4 Builds (Compare 538 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 72%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 93%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 62%
Destroyer

Motherboard: Asrock Z270 Gaming K4

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 110% - Outstanding Total price: $497
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