Asrock Z170 Pro4

Performance Results


Gaming 48% Yacht	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 37% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	62.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	49.6% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

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Motherboard	Asrock Z170 Pro4 (all builds)
Memory	5.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150813
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Apr 25 '16 at 07:50
Run Duration	128 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	27%

PC Performing as expected (51^st 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 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	74.7% Very good	Memory 85.5 1-Core 106 2-Core 214 77% 135 Pts	4-Core 371 8-Core 371 50% 371 Pts	64-Core 407 25% 407 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 74.7% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6472 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	62.7% Good	Lighting 84.5 Reflection 69 Parallax 61.6 69% 71.7 fps	MRender 73.2 Gravity 64 Splatting 53.4 51% 63.5 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 62.7% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX200 240GB-$36 36,559 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 131GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU02.6 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 11 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 30 (A3) Unknown 100 100 291 (94) Unknown 100 100 2691 (95) Unknown 100 100 49 (96) Unknown 100 100 0 (97) Unknown 100 100 36 (A4) Unknown 100 100 845 (A5) Unknown 100 100 1 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 39750579191838 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 4962 (F2) Unknown 100 100 1872 (F5) Unknown 100 100 4990 (F6) Unknown 100 100 5382 (F7) Unknown 100 100 0	49.6% Average	Read 478 Write 140 Mixed 54.5 48% 224 MB/s	4K Read 29 4K Write 19.7 4K Mixed 13.3 71% 20.7 MB/s	DQ Read 27.7 DQ Write 17 DQ Mixed 8.27 10% 17.7 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 49.6% Great: 91%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 500GB 824 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 126GB free, PID a00e Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	40.2% Average	Read 95.5 Write 95.7 Mixed 85.8 118% 92.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.75 4K Mixed 0.2 68% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 40.2% Great: 45%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS4G4D240FSA.8FARG 2x4GB 1,002 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	41.9% Average	MC Read 15 MC Write 15 MC Mixed 12.7 41% 14.2 GB/s	SC Read 11.2 SC Write 12.1 SC Mixed 12.2 34% 11.8 GB/s	Latency 71.6 56% 71.6 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 41.9% Great: 88%

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Typical Z170 Pro4 Builds (Compare 705 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 46%

Yacht

Desktop 83%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 37%

Jet ski

Motherboard: Asrock Z170 Pro4 - $110

CPU
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	213x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	143x
Core i5-6500Intel $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	92x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	80x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	75x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	49x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	24x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	19x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	17x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	39x
BLS8G4D240FSB.16FBD 2x8GBCrucialBench 79%, 22,335 samples	16x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2133 C13 2x8GBCorsair $46Bench 69%, 47,721 samples	16x

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Value: 87% - Excellent

Total price: $450

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