ASRock FATAL1TY Z170 GAMING K4

Performance Results


Gaming 17% Surfboard	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 15% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 83.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	12.1% 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	94.2% 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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Very high background CPU (52%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	ASRock FATAL1TY Z170 GAMING K4 (all builds)
Memory	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20160706
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 15 '16 at 19:59
Run Duration	107 Seconds
Run User	POL-User
Background CPU	52%

PC Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	83.4% Excellent	Memory 89.3 1-Core 133 2-Core 241 87% 154 Pts	4-Core 418 8-Core 615 64% 516 Pts	64-Core 682 42% 682 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 83.4% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 460-$203 31,648 User benchmarks, average bench 12% Asus(1043 835B) 768MB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 21.21.13.7270 Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	12.1% Very poor	Lighting 14.2 Reflection 16.8 Parallax 12.8 12% 14.6 fps	MRender 19.6 Gravity 15 Splatting 14.4 13% 16.3 fps
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 12.1% Great: 14%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
GOODRAM 240GB 8,481 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 180GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM22.3 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 32 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 464 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 19 (C2) HDA temperature 98 98 128850984990 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 72	94.2% Outstanding	Read 511 Write 440 Mixed 478 106% 476 MB/s	4K Read 29.7 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 13 117% 49.3 MB/s	DQ Read 260 DQ Write 354 DQ Mixed 55.3 112% 223 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 94.2% Great: 102%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$31 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 931GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 127 127 12896698548 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 25 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 25 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 43 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 43 (C2) HDA temperature 206 206 128850591773 (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	100% Outstanding	Read 171 Write 178 Mixed 174 132% 174 MB/s	4K Read 0.77 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.22 94% 1 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB 18,693 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (28^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	70% Very good	MC Read 26.7 MC Write 27.2 MC Mixed 20.3 71% 24.7 GB/s	SC Read 15 SC Write 27.5 SC Mixed 19.7 59% 20.7 GB/s	Latency 68.1 59% 68.1 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 70% Great: 102%

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

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Desktop 83%

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Workstation 50%

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Motherboard: ASRock FATAL1TY Z170 GAMING K4 - $300

CPU
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	337x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	298x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	77x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	171x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	109x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	68x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	55x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	38x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	22x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	42x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	42x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	34x

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Value: 100% - Outstanding

Total price: $653

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	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