ASRock Z170 GAMING K6

Performance Results


Gaming 68% Battle cruiser	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 54% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 82.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	78.8% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	60.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	ASRock Z170 GAMING K6 (all builds)
Memory	4 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160329
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Aug 22 '16 at 04:25
Run Duration	120 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (67^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 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	82.9% Excellent	Memory 91.6 1-Core 122 2-Core 223 84% 146 Pts	4-Core 420 8-Core 476 59% 448 Pts	64-Core 476 30% 476 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 82.9% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Asus(1043 855B) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 21.21.13.7254 Performing below potential (55^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	78.8% Very good	Lighting 101 Reflection 108 Parallax 108 83% 106 fps	MRender 87.3 Gravity 92.9 Splatting 82.7 71% 87.6 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 78.8% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M550 1TB-$700 1,628 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 542GB free Firmware: MU01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 32 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 14686 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 171 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 4 (AE) Unknown 100 100 18 (B4) Unknown 0 0 8892 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 66 49 219044642850 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 16 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 10520118677 (F7) Unknown 100 100 328824188 (F8) Unknown 100 100 26419829	111% Outstanding	Read 516 Write 478 Mixed 462 108% 485 MB/s	4K Read 28.4 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 37.4 149% 58.6 MB/s	DQ Read 357 DQ Write 336 DQ Mixed 65.7 126% 253 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 109%
Sandis SD8SBAT128G1122 128GB 73 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 70GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z2320000 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 21 100 21 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 191 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 52 (A9) Unknown 100 100 216 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 31 (AE) Unknown 100 100 29 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 56 100 257698037804 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 270 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 2486 (F1) Unknown 253 253 1396 (F2) Unknown 253 253 1379	60.2% Good	Read 439 Write 178 Mixed 259 64% 292 MB/s	4K Read 22.6 4K Write 89.2 4K Mixed 4.02 87% 38.6 MB/s	DQ Read 192 DQ Write 174 DQ Mixed 26.5 63% 131 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 60.2% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x4GB-$30 19,452 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (33^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	69.1% Good	MC Read 25.6 MC Write 27.9 MC Mixed 21.6 72% 25 GB/s	SC Read 12.1 SC Write 21.3 SC Mixed 17.6 49% 17 GB/s	Latency 64.8 62% 64.8 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 69.1% Great: 88%

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Typical Z170 Gaming K6 Builds (Compare 366 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

Motherboard: ASRock Z170 GAMING K6 - $267

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	203x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 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 $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	31x
GTX 980-TiNvidia $560Bench 79%, 214,030 samples	20x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	12x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 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 $41Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	27x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	22x
F4 DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 88%, 625 samples	11x

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER

Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $720

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $131	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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