Asrock Z170 Pro4

Performance Results


Gaming 94% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 74% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 90.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	102% 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	107% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock Z170 Pro4 (all builds)
Memory	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160413
Uptime	9.8 Days
Run Date	Sep 04 '18 at 22:39
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	11%

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PC Performing above expectations (68^th 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 (99^th percentile)	90.6% Outstanding	Memory 90.8 1-Core 135 2-Core 270 92% 165 Pts	4-Core 522 8-Core 524 70% 523 Pts	64-Core 509 32% 509 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 90.6% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3730) CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.82 Performing below potential (51^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	102% Outstanding	Lighting 132 Reflection 148 Parallax 125 107% 135 fps	MRender 115 Gravity 129 Splatting 102 93% 115 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 45GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 256 72 68 68 69 65 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 501 Write 480 Mixed 306 SusWrite 99.5 77% 347 MB/s	4K Read 46.9 4K Write 125 4K Mixed 56.4 210% 76.2 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 178 184% 301 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 108%
Intel 600p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$119 20,782 User benchmarks, average bench 128% 144GB free Firmware: PSF109C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 554 509 241 165 121 226 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	142% Outstanding	Read 908 Write 560 Mixed 659 SusWrite 302 135% 607 MB/s	4K Read 35.3 4K Write 160 4K Mixed 55.9 210% 83.6 MB/s	DQ Read 503 DQ Write 539 DQ Mixed 472 368% 505 MB/s
Poor: 95% ↑ This bench: 142% Great: 144%
WD Purple Surveillance 2TB (2017)-$70 11,781 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 136 136 136 136 134 137 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	78% Very good	Read 136 Write 130 Mixed 72.3 SusWrite 136 87% 119 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1 193% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 78% Great: 104%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$64 143,477 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 604GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 118 117 117 117 118 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	59.4% Above average	Read 89 Write 89.7 Mixed 87.5 SusWrite 117 71% 95.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 0.7 159% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 59.4% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (38^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	74.7% Very good	MC Read 27 MC Write 28.2 MC Mixed 23 74% 26.1 GB/s	SC Read 18.1 SC Write 28.6 SC Mixed 25.1 68% 23.9 GB/s	Latency 66.2 60% 66.2 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 74.7% Great: 104%

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

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Gaming 46%

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Desktop 83%

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Workstation 37%

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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 $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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