Asrock Z170A-X1/3.1

Performance Results


Gaming 58% Gunboat	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 45% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	67.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	72.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Very high background CPU (48%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asrock Z170A-X1/3.1 (all builds)
Memory	14.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151211
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 29 '16 at 03:59
Run Duration	139 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	48%

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PC Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-6100-$51 110,166 User benchmarks, average bench 55% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	79.6% Very good	Memory 93.4 1-Core 137 2-Core 248 90% 160 Pts	4-Core 381 8-Core 382 51% 381 Pts	64-Core 383 24% 383 Pts
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 79.6% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% EVGA(3842 6161) CLim: 2126 MHz, MLim: 2102 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 375.86 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	67.7% Good	Lighting 85.6 Reflection 85.8 Parallax 82.2 70% 84.5 fps	MRender 76.5 Gravity 79.2 Splatting 78.1 64% 78 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 67.7% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung MZ7LN256HCHP-000L7 256GB 7,649 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 95GB free Firmware: EMT03L6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 279 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 148 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 99 99 4 (AE) Unknown 99 99 12 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 688 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 71 56 29 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 99 99 16743660 (F1) Unknown 99 99 763 (F2) Unknown 99 99 1118 (F9) Unknown 99 99 1024	90.1% Outstanding	Read 515 Write 299 Mixed 376 88% 397 MB/s	4K Read 38.7 4K Write 137 4K Mixed 24.4 162% 66.5 MB/s	DQ Read 38.7 DQ Write 154 DQ Mixed 23.5 39% 71.9 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 90.1% Great: 101%
Kingston HyperX 3K 120GB-$100 46,066 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 62GB free (System drive) Firmware: 502ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 104 104 9739039 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 15 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 124373662969433 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2758 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 813 (B1) Unknown 0 0 3 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 0 0 6085 (C2) HDA temperature 24 78 64429621272 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 9739039 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 15 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 9739039 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 9739039 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 14157 (EA) Unknown 0 0 16055 (F1) Unknown 0 0 16055 (F2) Unknown 0 0 13732	72.2% Very good	Read 504 Write 137 Mixed 192 60% 278 MB/s	4K Read 32.4 4K Write 124 4K Mixed 18.3 138% 58.4 MB/s	DQ Read 37.3 DQ Write 137 DQ Mixed 13.8 32% 62.6 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 72.2% Great: 87%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$60 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2TB free Firmware: CC25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 111 99 37631120 (03) Spinup time 95 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1302 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 76 60 47246697 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 6237 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1269 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 1 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 54 471531548 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 161 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 67 67 67181 (C2) HDA temperature 28 46 60129542172 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -43151536418627 (F1) Unknown 100 253 14550587309 (F2) Unknown 100 253 62938961167	99.8% Outstanding	Read 172 Write 176 Mixed 169 130% 172 MB/s	4K Read 0.79 4K Write 1.55 4K Mixed 0.23 88% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 99.8% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial CT8G4DFS8213.C8FBR1 2x8GB 3,127 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	76% Very good	MC Read 27.7 MC Write 29.2 MC Mixed 22.6 76% 26.5 GB/s	SC Read 18.1 SC Write 29.4 SC Mixed 23.9 68% 23.8 GB/s	Latency 61.2 65% 61.2 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 76% Great: 75%

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Gaming 67%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 86%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 57%

Gunboat

Motherboard: Asrock Z170A-X1/3.1

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	67x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	59x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	44x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	54x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	24x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	19x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	15x
MX500 1TBCrucial $88Bench 106%, 202,785 samples	11x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	11x

RAM
CL15-15-15 D4-2133 2x8GBUnknownBench 68%, 1,169 samples	12x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	12x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	9x

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Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $388

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16