Asrock Z270 Extreme4

Performance Results


Gaming 84% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 71% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	96.3% 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	205% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asrock Z270 Extreme4 (all builds)
Memory	12.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180321
Uptime	4 Days
Run Date	Jan 28 '22 at 20:22
Run Duration	412 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	15%

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PC Performing as expected (43^rd 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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	85.1% Excellent	Memory 83.4 1-Core 136 2-Core 255 88% 158 Pts	4-Core 468 8-Core 675 72% 571 Pts	64-Core 647 40% 647 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 85.1% Great: 90%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
AMD RX 5700-XT-$199 254,908 User benchmarks, average bench 98% XFX(1682 5701) Ram: 8GB, Driver: 22.1.2 Performing below potential (36^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	96.3% Outstanding	Lighting 122 Reflection 141 Parallax 184 99% 149 fps	MRender 115 Gravity 130 Splatting 94.9 91% 113 fps
Poor: 91% ↑ This bench: 96.3% Great: 104%
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) 188,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% ASRock(1849 1912) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 27.20.100.8681 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.43% Terrible	Lighting 8.2 Reflection 9.5 Parallax 9.4 7% 9.03 fps	MRender 10.1 Gravity 8.4 Splatting 13.1 9% 10.5 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.43% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sabrent Rocket 4 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$100 46,203 User benchmarks, average bench 317% 190GB free (System drive) Firmware: RKT401.2 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1122 413 656 742 739 567 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	205% Outstanding	Read 1,636 Write 1,981 Mixed 1672 SusWrite 706 338% 1499 MB/s	4K Read 41.8 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 64.7 202% 70.3 MB/s	DQ Read 840 DQ Write 625 DQ Mixed 748 555% 738 MB/s
Poor: 189% ↑ This bench: 205% Great: 486%
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 185GB free Firmware: 1B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1447 1438 1407 1390 1428 1434 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	249% Outstanding	Read 1,862 Write 1,417 Mixed 819 SusWrite 1424 309% 1,381 MB/s	4K Read 43 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 53.1 189% 66.9 MB/s	DQ Read 913 DQ Write 408 DQ Mixed 456 392% 593 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 249% Great: 283%
WD Black 2TB (2010)-$107 47,617 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 210GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 67 66 68 68 68 68 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	48.8% Average	Read 102 Write 97.5 Mixed 97.1 SusWrite 67.3 68% 91 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.9 194% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 48.8% Great: 85%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 999GB 64,984 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 114GB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 128 125 126 128 136 133 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	74.1% Very good	Read 129 Write 78.6 Mixed 81.6 SusWrite 129 77% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 1 180% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 74.1% Great: 110%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3400 C16 4x8GB 1,993 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	66.7% Good	MC Read 23.4 MC Write 25.5 MC Mixed 20.6 66% 23.2 GB/s	SC Read 14.5 SC Write 26.7 SC Mixed 24.6 63% 21.9 GB/s	Latency 74.5 54% 74.5 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 66.7% Great: 121%

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Gaming 89%

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Desktop 90%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 76%

Battleship

Motherboard: Asrock Z270 Extreme4 - $170

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	626x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	173x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	92x

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

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 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	60x
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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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