Asrock Z270 Extreme4

Performance Results


Gaming 57% Gunboat	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 46% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	62.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	108% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock Z270 Extreme4 (all builds)
Memory	8.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161103
Uptime	3 Days
Run Date	Aug 09 '19 at 07:06
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing as expected (57^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7600K-$190 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	85.9% Excellent	Memory 89.8 1-Core 132 2-Core 262 90% 161 Pts	4-Core 472 8-Core 484 64% 478 Pts	64-Core 486 30% 486 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 85.9% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Asus(1043 8506) CLim: 1443 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 416.34 Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	62.1% Good	Lighting 78.7 Reflection 79.9 Parallax 72.9 64% 77.2 fps	MRender 78.2 Gravity 72.6 Splatting 64.7 58% 71.8 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 62.1% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Extreme 120GB-$160 11,787 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 37GB free Firmware: R201 SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 96 97 101 98 93 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	51.3% Above average	Read 427 Write 94.5 Mixed 139 SusWrite 97.2 41% 190 MB/s	4K Read 29.8 4K Write 16.6 4K Mixed 22.1 82% 22.8 MB/s	DQ Read 102 DQ Write 37.7 DQ Mixed 50.7 42% 63.4 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 51.3% Great: 81%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 53GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 342 280 243 234 180 157 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 492 Write 474 Mixed 374 SusWrite 239 89% 395 MB/s	4K Read 39.9 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 53.2 187% 68 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 359 270% 360 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 124%
WD Green 2TB (2009)-$113 12,948 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 2TB free Firmware: 04.05G04 SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 102 103 103 102 104 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	61.2% Good	Read 110 Write 103 Mixed 75.2 SusWrite 102 72% 97.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.9 176% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 61.2% Great: 60%
WD Green 6TB (2014)-$223 4,204 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 98 96 97 97 97 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	67.6% Good	Read 139 Write 134 Mixed 89 SusWrite 96.5 84% 115 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1 183% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 67.6% Great: 98%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$45 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (26^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	71.7% Very good	MC Read 25.9 MC Write 26.9 MC Mixed 22.4 72% 25.1 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 26.3 SC Mixed 24.3 64% 22.6 GB/s	Latency 67.5 59% 67.5 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 71.7% Great: 110%

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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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Total price: $937

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $179	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