ASRock FATAL1TY Z170 GAMING K4

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 55%
Gunboat
Desktop
Desktop 75%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 42%
Speed boat
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 73.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics78.2% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Memory8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Very high background CPU (34%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardASRock FATAL1TY Z170 GAMING K4  (all builds)
Memory4.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colori
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180123
Uptime0 Days
Run DateApr 22 '22 at 09:07
Run Duration168 Seconds
Run User BEL-User
Background CPU 34%
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 PC Performing above expectations (61st percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-6400-$79
CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 2.7 GHz, turbo 3.1 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
73.8% Very good
Memory 81.4
1-Core 97.7
2-Core 194
71% 125 Pts
4-Core 384
8-Core 380
51% 382 Pts
64-Core 383
24% 383 Pts
Poor: 39%
This bench: 73.8%
Great: 71%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143
CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 496.76
Performing above expectations (81st percentile)
78.2% Very good
Lighting 99.9
Reflection 97.6
Parallax 90.7
81% 96.1 fps
MRender 101
Gravity 90.7
Splatting 77.3
72% 89.6 fps
Poor: 70%
This bench: 78.2%
Great: 81%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 860 EVO M.2 1TB
422GB free (System drive)
Firmware: RVT24B6Q
Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete
Read 490
Write 453
Mixed 420
101% 454 MB/s
4K Read 40.1
4K Write 95.3
4K Mixed 52.3
178% 62.6 MB/s
DQ Read 359
DQ Write 302
DQ Mixed 323
244% 328 MB/s
Poor: 81% Great: 133%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70
144GB free
Firmware: CC38
Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete
Read 2426
Write 13
Mixed 16.7
585% 819 MB/s
4K Read 430
4K Write 0.6
4K Mixed 1.1
18,042% 144 MB/s
Poor: 34% Great: 68%
Samsung HD162GJ 160GB
77GB free
Firmware: 1AC01113
SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 83 83 84 83 83 MB/s
Performing as expected (55th percentile)
50.2% Above average
Read 91.4
Write 94.7
Mixed 60.3
SusWrite 83.1
61% 82.4 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 2.4
4K Mixed 1
185% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 20%
This bench: 50.2%
Great: 65%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31
261GB free
Firmware: CC47
SusWrite @10s intervals: 163 164 165 165 166 165 MB/s
Performing above expectations (62nd percentile)
96.9% Outstanding
Read 174
Write 138
Mixed 86.9
SusWrite 164
103% 141 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.9
4K Mixed 0.8
157% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 55%
This bench: 96.9%
Great: 112%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Crucial CT4G4DFS8213.C8FAR2 2x4GB
2 of 4 slots used
8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing below potential (5th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
40.3% Average
MC Read 14.4
MC Write 14.6
MC Mixed 11.4
38% 13.5 GB/s
SC Read 10.9
SC Write 14.5
SC Mixed 12.9
36% 12.8 GB/s
Latency 78
51% 78 ns
Poor: 40%
This bench: 40.3%
Great: 75%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

Typical Z170 Gaming K4 Builds (Compare 959 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 63%
Destroyer
Desktop
Desktop 83%
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Workstation
Workstation 50%
Yacht

Motherboard: ASRock FATAL1TY Z170 GAMING K4 - $300

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 95% - Outstanding Total price: $707
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