ASRock FATAL1TY Z170 GAMING K4

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 59% Gunboat	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 49% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 70.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	83.6% 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	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	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.

Very high background CPU (61%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	ASRock FATAL1TY Z170 GAMING K4 (all builds)
Memory	22.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150716
Uptime	9.2 Days
Run Date	May 08 '20 at 11:10
Run Duration	259 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	61%

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PC Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700-$180 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	70.6% Very good	Memory 79.8 1-Core 105 2-Core 194 72% 126 Pts	4-Core 332 8-Core 476 51% 404 Pts	64-Core 582 36% 582 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 70.6% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3703) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 442.74 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	83.6% Excellent	Lighting 105 Reflection 99 Parallax 92.8 86% 99 fps	MRender 94.3 Gravity 98 Splatting 98.6 80% 96.9 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 83.6% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 862GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 70 34 86 95 90 87 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	59.6% Above average	Read 131 Write 151 Mixed 68.5 SusWrite 77.1 78% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.6 104% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 59.6% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1TB free Firmware: CC25 SusWrite @10s intervals: 137 147 146 146 144 148 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	78.3% Very good	Read 128 Write 104 Mixed 67.5 SusWrite 145 82% 111 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 145% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 78.3% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 719GB free Firmware: CC25 SusWrite @10s intervals: 199 206 204 205 206 206 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 151 Write 123 Mixed 79.8 SusWrite 204 102% 140 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 146% 1 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 114%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 1TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 137 141 139 138 142 141 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	77% Very good	Read 128 Write 133 Mixed 87.3 SusWrite 140 90% 122 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.1 207% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 77% Great: 101%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 133 142 138 139 142 142 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	64.9% Good	Read 85.7 Write 107 Mixed 75.2 SusWrite 139 75% 102 MB/s	4K Read 1.6 4K Write 4.9 4K Mixed 0.6 224% 2.37 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 64.9% Great: 90%
MB3000GBKAC 3TB 80 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 710GB free Firmware: HPGF SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 97 99 97 96 100 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	68% Good	Read 139 Write 138 Mixed 71 SusWrite 97.4 82% 112 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1.1 206% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 68% Great: 88%
Seagate Expansion Desk 4TB 21,301 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 642GB free Firmware: 0911 SusWrite @10s intervals: 127 127 127 128 130 129 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	73.5% Very good	Read 128 Write 105 Mixed 76 SusWrite 128 80% 109 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.9 160% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 73.5% Great: 97%
Seagate Expansion Desk 4TB 21,301 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 854GB free Firmware: 0911 SusWrite @10s intervals: 153 155 154 158 156 156 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	77.7% Very good	Read 114 Write 123 Mixed 84.5 SusWrite 155 88% 119 MB/s	4K Read 2.8 4K Write 4.4 4K Mixed 0.6 265% 2.6 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 77.7% Great: 97%
Seagate Expansion Desk 4TB 21,301 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 2.5TB free Firmware: 0915 SusWrite @10s intervals: 174 176 174 178 177 179 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	Read 174 Write 136 Mixed 80.3 SusWrite 176 103% 141 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.8 157% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 97%
Seagate Expansion 4TB 22,017 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 3TB free Firmware: 0710 SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 123 122 122 125 125 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	62.6% Good	Read 94.5 Write 106 Mixed 73.5 SusWrite 123 73% 99.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 3.5 4K Mixed 0.6 165% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 62.6% Great: 66%
Seagate Expansion 2TB 49,966 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 1.5TB free Firmware: 9300 SusWrite @10s intervals: 127 126 126 122 125 128 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	63.5% Good	Read 95.8 Write 105 Mixed 64 SusWrite 125 72% 97.5 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.6 132% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 63.5% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905625-066.A00G 9905625-138.A00G 32GB 20 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2133, 2133 MHz 16384, 16384 MB Performing below potential (15^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	64.2% Good	MC Read 24 MC Write 24.5 MC Mixed 21.3 66% 23.3 GB/s	SC Read 12.6 SC Write 21 SC Mixed 17.4 49% 17 GB/s	Latency 80.9 49% 80.9 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 64.2% Great: 75%

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Typical Z170 Gaming K4 Builds (Compare 964 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 62%

Destroyer

Desktop 83%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 49%

Yacht

Motherboard: ASRock FATAL1TY Z170 GAMING K4 - $300

CPU
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	340x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	298x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	78x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	172x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	111x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	68x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	55x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	38x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	22x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $37Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	43x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	42x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	34x

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Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $699

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16