Asrock Z170 Extreme4

Performance Results


Gaming 80% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 64% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 93.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	83.2% 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	83.3% 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.

Motherboard	Asrock Z170 Extreme4 (all builds)
Memory	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151123
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 31 '19 at 15:19
Run Duration	168 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.1% Outstanding	Memory 92.4 1-Core 136 2-Core 255 91% 161 Pts	4-Core 545 8-Core 526 72% 536 Pts	64-Core 540 33% 540 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 93.1% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% MSI(1462 3232) CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 419.35 Performing below potential (80^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	83.2% Excellent	Lighting 106 Reflection 112 Parallax 100 86% 106 fps	MRender 93.8 Gravity 98.8 Splatting 89.4 77% 94 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 83.2% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba A100 120GB 1,960 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 60GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFA10.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 304 90 90 91 91 90 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	83.3% Excellent	Read 435 Write 280 Mixed 342 SusWrite 126 66% 296 MB/s	4K Read 33.5 4K Write 91.9 4K Mixed 34.7 144% 53.4 MB/s	DQ Read 335 DQ Write 325 DQ Mixed 214 193% 291 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 83.3% Great: 89%
Toshiba P300 3TB-$100 74,038 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 172GB free Firmware: MX6OACF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 100 100 103 103 101 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	58.5% Above average	Read 102 Write 101 Mixed 35.7 SusWrite 102 62% 85 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.7 156% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 58.5% Great: 108%
Toshiba DT01ACA300 3TB-$80 85,620 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 439GB free Firmware: MX6OABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 111 115 113 115 117 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	85.7% Excellent	Read 184 Write 165 Mixed 33.2 SusWrite 115 90% 124 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.6 146% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 85.7% Great: 107%
Toshiba P300 3TB-$100 74,038 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 65GB free Firmware: MX6OACF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 97 93 98 97 97 98 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	60.3% Good	Read 114 Write 106 Mixed 38.3 SusWrite 96.6 64% 88.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.8 151% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 60.3% Great: 108%
Samsung Spinpoint T166 500GB-$40 43,024 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 30GB free Firmware: CR100-11 SusWrite @10s intervals: 54 56 56 56 56 58 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	33.1% Below average	Read 59.2 Write 65.4 Mixed 39.3 SusWrite 56 40% 55 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.7 127% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 33.1% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 4x4GB 5,673 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	77.5% Very good	MC Read 27.9 MC Write 29.9 MC Mixed 23.2 77% 27 GB/s	SC Read 19.3 SC Write 30.4 SC Mixed 25.4 72% 25 GB/s	Latency 63.4 63% 63.4 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 77.5% Great: 100%

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Gaming 51%

Yacht

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 44%

Speed boat

Motherboard: Asrock Z170 Extreme4 - $210

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	369x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	360x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	96x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	152x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	144x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	79x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	45x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	34x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	30x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	80x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $37Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	37x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	34x

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Value: 87% - Excellent

Total price: $659

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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