Asrock Z270 Extreme4

Performance Results


Gaming 82% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 76% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 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 79.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	103% 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	65.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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 (35%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asrock Z270 Extreme4 (all builds)
Memory	8.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170517
Uptime	24 Days
Run Date	Jan 09 '21 at 15:33
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	35%

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PC Performing as expected (41^st 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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	79.1% Very good	Memory 80.7 1-Core 128 2-Core 250 84% 153 Pts	4-Core 416 8-Core 789 72% 603 Pts	64-Core 795 49% 795 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 79.1% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3717) CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 460.89 Performing below potential (56^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	103% Outstanding	Lighting 129 Reflection 136 Parallax 140 105% 135 fps	MRender 115 Gravity 132 Splatting 117 99% 121 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 525GB-$150 105,037 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 89GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0CR031 SusWrite @10s intervals: 208 219 227 215 203 205 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	65.9% Good	Read 359 Write 225 Mixed 321 SusWrite 213 63% 279 MB/s	4K Read 25.4 4K Write 40.6 4K Mixed 30.1 99% 32 MB/s	DQ Read 257 DQ Write 90.9 DQ Mixed 154 119% 167 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 65.9% Great: 99%
WDC WD20EZAZ-00GGJB0 2TB 47,517 User benchmarks, average bench 19% 1TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 151 149 150 150 153 148 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	17.9% Very poor	Read 152 Write 126 Mixed 88.2 SusWrite 150 29% 129 MB/s	4K Read 2.1 4K Write 8.2 4K Mixed 0.7 8% 3.67 MB/s	DQ Read 0.9 DQ Write 10.8 DQ Mixed 1.2 2% 4.3 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 17.9% Great: 23%
WD WD20EZAZ-00WGYX0 2TB 13,327 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 430GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 177 177 177 180 183 174 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	97.6% Outstanding	Read 160 Write 146 Mixed 105 SusWrite 178 108% 147 MB/s	4K Read 1.9 4K Write 8 4K Mixed 0.8 316% 3.57 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 97.6% Great: 102%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 587GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 158 160 156 161 161 157 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	83.5% Excellent	Read 132 Write 124 Mixed 80.7 SusWrite 159 91% 124 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1.2 224% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 83.5% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB-$31 98,777 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	66.7% Good	MC Read 26.7 MC Write 27.5 MC Mixed 19.9 71% 24.7 GB/s	SC Read 9.5 SC Write 22.8 SC Mixed 13.7 44% 15.3 GB/s	Latency 79.2 50% 79.2 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 66.7% Great: 88%

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Gaming 89%

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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	630x
Core i5-7600KIntel $169Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	174x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	92x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	126x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	126x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	109x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	69x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	38x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	38x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	60x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	51x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	43x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $734

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16