ASRock Z170 GAMING K6

Performance Results


Gaming 139% UFO	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 120% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 85.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	166% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	68.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait 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.

High background CPU (24%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	ASRock Z170 GAMING K6 (all builds)
Memory	22.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20181018
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 29 '20 at 07:01
Run Duration	309 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	24%

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PC Performing above expectations (75^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	85.6% Excellent	Memory 87.1 1-Core 134 2-Core 260 89% 160 Pts	4-Core 453 8-Core 710 72% 581 Pts	64-Core 713 44% 713 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 85.6% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-Ti-$441 357,946 User benchmarks, average bench 156% EVGA(3842 2487) CLim: 2190 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 452.06 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	166% Outstanding	Lighting 233 Reflection 236 Parallax 260 190% 243 fps	MRender 272 Gravity 225 Splatting 141 166% 213 fps
Poor: 128% ↑ This bench: 166% Great: 174%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$139 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 501GB free Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 818 407 410 410 407 408 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 81% Great: 133%
Crucial M4 512GB-$74 4,600 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 295GB free (System drive) Firmware: 040H SusWrite @10s intervals: 207 144 214 209 209 209 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	68.7% Good	Read 457 Write 239 Mixed 265 SusWrite 199 64% 290 MB/s	4K Read 20.9 4K Write 95.4 4K Mixed 22.4 111% 46.2 MB/s	DQ Read 122 DQ Write 115 DQ Mixed 50.4 57% 96.1 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 68.7% Great: 81%
Samsung 860 QVO 2TB-$199 28,979 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 2TB free Firmware: RVQ02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 468 471 483 472 475 465 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 487 Write 430 Mixed 363 SusWrite 472 99% 438 MB/s	4K Read 30.7 4K Write 123 4K Mixed 41 164% 64.9 MB/s	DQ Read 386 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 361 272% 364 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 122%
Seagate BUP Portable 5TB 5,996 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 4.5TB free Firmware: 0004 SusWrite @10s intervals: 142 142 144 144 144 143 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	72.8% Very good	Read 110 Write 135 Mixed 71.8 SusWrite 143 84% 115 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 4 4K Mixed 0.8 205% 1.93 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 72.8% Great: 69%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$28 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 693GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 SusWrite @10s intervals: 180 166 154 176 180 181 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 179 Write 133 Mixed 35.5 SusWrite 173 94% 130 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.6 135% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 107%
Jmicron Generic DISK00 300GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 187GB free Firmware: 0103 SusWrite @10s intervals: 76 76 75 75 75 76 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	48.2% Average	Read 92 Write 94.8 Mixed 67 SusWrite 75.5 61% 82.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.3 232% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 48.2% Great: 48%
WD WD6000HLHX-01JJPV0 600GB 6,863 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 442GB free Firmware: 04.05G04 SusWrite @10s intervals: 129 129 129 130 130 129 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	76.1% Very good	Read 135 Write 125 Mixed 88.7 SusWrite 129 88% 120 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 3.2 4K Mixed 1.3 250% 1.87 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 76.1% Great: 80%
Jmicron Generic DISK01 300GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 279GB free Firmware: 0103 SusWrite @10s intervals: 76 76 75 75 75 76 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	52.6% Above average	Read 107 Write 118 Mixed 76.2 SusWrite 75.5 70% 94.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1.2 217% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 52.6% Great: 53%
WD My Book 1235 4TB 2,399 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 2TB free, PID 1235 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 79 77 82 78 81 79 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	35.2% Below average	Read 88.8 Write 75.2 Mixed 62.2 SusWrite 79.2 102% 76.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 81% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 35.2% Great: 59%
WD My Passport 0820 2TB 18,744 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 1.5TB free, PID 0820 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 79 78 77 78 78 77 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	37.6% Below average	Read 99 Write 101 Mixed 53.6 SusWrite 77.8 110% 82.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.9 100% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 37.6% Great: 42%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GB 92,468 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (17^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	70.2% Very good	MC Read 26.2 MC Write 25.7 MC Mixed 20.9 69% 24.3 GB/s	SC Read 17.9 SC Write 28.4 SC Mixed 24.4 67% 23.6 GB/s	Latency 70.4 57% 70.4 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 70.2% Great: 114%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 58%

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Motherboard: ASRock Z170 GAMING K6 - $267

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	206x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	66x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	30x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	73x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	31x
GTX 980-TiNvidia $560Bench 79%, 214,030 samples	21x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	12x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	11x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	10x

RAM
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	27x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	22x
F4 DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 88%, 625 samples	11x

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Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $715

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16