Asrock Z170 Gaming-ITX/ac

Performance Results


Gaming 16% Surfboard	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (92nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 8 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 98.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	7.01% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	100% 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	8GB 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 Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Motherboard	Asrock Z170 Gaming-ITX/ac (all builds)
Memory	6.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20151222
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Apr 23 '16 at 15:04
Run Duration	155 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing way above expectations (92^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 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	98.9% Outstanding	Memory 97 1-Core 146 2-Core 292 98% 178 Pts	4-Core 582 8-Core 583 78% 582 Pts	64-Core 579 36% 579 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 98.9% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) 188,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% ASRock(1849 1912) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4352 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.01% Terrible	Lighting 7.4 Reflection 10.8 Parallax 7.44 6% 8.56 fps	MRender 9.52 Gravity 6.63 Splatting 14.8 9% 10.3 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.01% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Inte SSDSC2BP240G4 240GB 29 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 56GB free (System drive) Firmware: L201 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 96 96 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2906 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 483 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 85 (AF) Unknown 100 100 12889817722 (B7) Unknown 100 100 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 71 487325725 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 85 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 29 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 16 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 106409 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 0 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 42 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 75 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 106409 (F2) Unknown 100 100 115560	100% Outstanding	Read 525 Write 284 Mixed 355 86% 388 MB/s	4K Read 37.7 4K Write 134 4K Mixed 32.8 170% 68.1 MB/s	DQ Read 298 DQ Write 213 DQ Mixed 17.5 78% 176 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 99%
Hitachi UltraStar 7K4000 2TB 3,101 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 1TB free Firmware: MJ6O Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 136 136 82 (03) Spinup time 140 140 38683345348 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 7755 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 121 121 34 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2671 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 377 (C0) Power-off retract count 94 94 7770 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 94 94 7770 (C2) HDA temperature 193 193 223339151391 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	82% Excellent	Read 154 Write 133 Mixed 145 108% 144 MB/s	4K Read 0.87 4K Write 0.42 4K Mixed 0.21 68% 0.5 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 82% Great: 91%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 2400 C12 2x4GB 1,396 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 2 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	86.5% Excellent	MC Read 31.7 MC Write 32.9 MC Mixed 25.6 86% 30.1 GB/s	SC Read 21 SC Write 33 SC Mixed 26.4 77% 26.8 GB/s	Latency 50.5 79% 50.5 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 86.5% Great: 90%

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Motherboard: Asrock Z170 Gaming-ITX/ac

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	82x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	45x
Core i7-7700KIntel $242Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	20x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	22x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	21x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	20x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	14x
980 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $94Bench 251%, 262,559 samples	9x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	8x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	16x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	11x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBG.SKILLBench 89%, 92,468 samples	10x

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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $732

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	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