Asrock Z170 Professional Gaming i7

Performance Results


Gaming 93% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 103% UFO	Workstation 80% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 100%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	89.3% 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	229% 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.

Motherboard	Asrock Z170 Professional Gaming i7 (all builds)
Memory	26.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160204
Uptime	1.4 Days
Run Date	Jul 20 '16 at 16:38
Run Duration	254 Seconds
Run User	ZAF-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing as expected (45^th 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 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	Memory 95.3 1-Core 149 2-Core 291 99% 178 Pts	4-Core 564 8-Core 823 87% 693 Pts	64-Core 821 51% 821 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% MSI(1462 3235) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6881 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	89.3% Excellent	Lighting 116 Reflection 121 Parallax 110 94% 116 fps	MRender 96.4 Gravity 101 Splatting 93.7 79% 97 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 89.3% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 117GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	229% Outstanding	Read 2,287 Write 1,414 Mixed 1,229 362% 1,644 MB/s	4K Read 35.4 4K Write 67.4 4K Mixed 39.4 140% 47.4 MB/s	DQ Read 181 DQ Write 165 DQ Mixed 84.3 88% 143 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 229% Great: 283%
WD Red 4TB (2013)-$110 55,507 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 1TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 190 171 7483 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 911 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 9840 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 749 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 561 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2063 (C2) HDA temperature 124 103 28 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	64.3% Good	Read 100 Write 122 Mixed 99.1 80% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 7.48 4K Mixed 0.56 232% 2.93 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 64.3% Great: 100%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1TB free Firmware: SC48 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 107 99 14000312 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 837 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 68 60 12910067268 (09) Power-on hours count 98 97 2138 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 563 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295098376 (BD) vendor-specific 95 95 5 (BE) vendor-specific 74 43 43420942362 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 326 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 84 84 32720 (C2) HDA temperature 26 57 51539607578 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -65115999172494 (F1) Unknown 100 253 16931475828 (F2) Unknown 100 253 23752234406	41.9% Average	Read 34.6 Write 109 Mixed 81.5 57% 75 MB/s	4K Read 0.78 4K Write 7.6 4K Mixed 0.58 238% 2.99 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 41.9% Great: 114%
WD Green 4TB (2013)-$136 31,988 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 1TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 197 180 7141 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 861 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 14356 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 697 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 522 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 132 132 204497 (C2) HDA temperature 126 109 26 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	54.4% Above average	Read 78.3 Write 109 Mixed 72.6 65% 86.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.79 4K Write 7.04 4K Mixed 0.54 224% 2.79 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 54.4% Great: 87%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$64 143,477 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 1TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 136 129 4166 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2755 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 5103 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2653 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 149 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 9370 (C2) HDA temperature 121 103 22 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	57% Above average	Read 76.7 Write 120 Mixed 75.3 68% 90.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.78 4K Write 7.63 4K Mixed 0.56 236% 2.99 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 57% Great: 85%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$67 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1TB free Firmware: SC48 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 175168944 (03) Spinup time 92 90 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 3055 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 43 41 14164876396470 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 12539 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2769 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 1 9728249628964 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 74 39 1048460066842 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 2067 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 58 58 85948 (C2) HDA temperature 26 61 42949672986 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 2 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 104281805954174 (F1) Unknown 100 253 34154826974 (F2) Unknown 100 253 84024833669	56.6% Above average	Read 77.1 Write 118 Mixed 90.6 72% 95.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.82 4K Write 7.22 4K Mixed 0.59 234% 2.88 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 56.6% Great: 113%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 895GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 187 180 1608 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 10 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 46 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 10 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 8 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 12 (C2) HDA temperature 116 111 27 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	101% Outstanding	Read 183 Write 168 Mixed 158 127% 170 MB/s	4K Read 1.38 4K Write 2.52 4K Mixed 0.35 143% 1.42 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 109%
WD Se 2TB (2013)-$39 2,177 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 38GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 180 165 6000 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 832 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 14826 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 723 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 544 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 287 (C2) HDA temperature 123 96 27 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	54.3% Above average	Read 93.6 Write 95.2 Mixed 101 73% 96.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 2.85 4K Mixed 0.18 90% 1.15 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 54.3% Great: 93%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2666 C15 2x16GB 771 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	85.1% Excellent	MC Read 31.1 MC Write 31.8 MC Mixed 25.9 85% 29.6 GB/s	SC Read 20 SC Write 33.6 SC Mixed 28.6 78% 27.4 GB/s	Latency 56.1 71% 56.1 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 85.1% Great: 96%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 73%

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Motherboard: Asrock Z170 Professional Gaming i7

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	127x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	20x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	9x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $245Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	26x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	26x
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	12x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	17x
950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung $625Bench 223%, 54,978 samples	7x
950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBSamsung $250Bench 199%, 40,327 samples	5x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	11x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	9x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	8x

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Value: 90% - Outstanding

Total price: $555

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16