Asrock Z270 Killer SLI/ac

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 46% Yacht	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 35% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (39th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 61 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 a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	61% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	The 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.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU. CPU throttled at 99% by Windows. Ensure maximum processor state is set to 100% via Settings > System > Power & sleep > Additional power settings > Change plan settings > Change advanced power settings > Processor power management > Maximum processor state.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock Z270 Killer SLI/ac (all builds)
Memory	8.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180226
Uptime	9.2 Days
Run Date	Mar 26 '20 at 01:25
Run Duration	322 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	18%
CPU Throttled	99%

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PC Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600T 1,363 User benchmarks, average bench 73% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.7 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	75% Very good	Memory 86.2 1-Core 103 2-Core 203 75% 131 Pts	4-Core 376 8-Core 333 48% 355 Pts	64-Core 355 22% 355 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 75% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1650S (Super)-$300 180,577 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Asus(1043 874D) CLim: 2160 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 442.74 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	61% Good	Lighting 80.3 Reflection 75.7 Parallax 71.5 65% 75.8 fps	MRender 66.2 Gravity 72.8 Splatting 56.3 52% 65.1 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 61% Great: 62%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Blue 1TB (2010)-$39 55,121 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 148GB free (System drive) Firmware: 17.01H17 SusWrite @10s intervals: 8.4 9.4 12 11 8.3 21 MB/s Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	6.44% Terrible	Read 10.5 Write 14.5 Mixed 10 SusWrite 11.7 9% 11.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.1 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.1 32% 0.37 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 6.44% Great: 74%
Samsung Spinpoint F4 2TB-$119 45,158 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2TB free Firmware: 1AQ10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 58 68 69 69 69 67 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	45.3% Average	Read 90.7 Write 27 Mixed 40.5 SusWrite 66.9 41% 56.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 149% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 45.3% Great: 72%
Samsung HD103SI 1TB-$89 48,059 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 728GB free Firmware: 1AG01118 SusWrite @10s intervals: 72 69 68 71 77 75 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	27.6% Poor	Read 23.7 Write 95.7 Mixed 39 SusWrite 72 42% 57.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.4 87% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 27.6% Great: 59%
Hitachi HDS724040ALE640 4TB-$465 6,270 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 3.5TB free Firmware: MJAOA580 SusWrite @10s intervals: 153 155 154 157 156 155 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	90% Outstanding	Read 158 Write 148 Mixed 44.2 SusWrite 155 92% 126 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.8 176% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 90% Great: 91%
Toshiba MD04ACA500 5TB-$154 3,810 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 3.5TB free Firmware: FP2A SusWrite @10s intervals: 191 188 190 189 192 190 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 57% Great: 110%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Aegis DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GB-$38 163,634 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	60.1% Good	MC Read 24.2 MC Write 22 MC Mixed 19.5 63% 21.9 GB/s	SC Read 10.8 SC Write 15.4 SC Mixed 14.9 39% 13.7 GB/s	Latency 71.1 56% 71.1 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 60.1% Great: 103%

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Desktop 89%

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Workstation 60%

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Motherboard: Asrock Z270 Killer SLI/ac

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	461x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	210x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	104x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	120x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	112x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	68x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	43x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	40x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	34x

RAM
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $40Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	81x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	61x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	44x

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Value: 93% - Outstanding

Total price: $522

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 $15	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