ASRock FATAL1TY Z170 GAMING K4

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 71%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 86%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 63%
Destroyer
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 81.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics84.5% 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 Drive47.5% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
High background CPU (24%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardASRock FATAL1TY Z170 GAMING K4  (all builds)
Memory11 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20160706
Uptime0.9 Days
Run DateJan 05 '17 at 15:58
Run Duration183 Seconds
Run User DEU-User
Background CPU 24%
Watch Gameplay: 1070 + 9600K How to compare your gameplay

 PC Performing as expected (47th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180
CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg)
Performing as expected (49th percentile)
81.3% Excellent
Memory 83.4
1-Core 131
2-Core 242
85% 152 Pts
4-Core 426
8-Core 705
69% 566 Pts
64-Core 708
44% 708 Pts
Poor: 70%
This bench: 81.3%
Great: 90%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132
CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 376.33
Performing way above expectations (89th percentile)
84.5% Excellent
Lighting 108
Reflection 110
Parallax 93
88% 104 fps
MRender 90.8
Gravity 95
Splatting 96
77% 94 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 84.5%
Great: 88%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Corsair Force GT 60GB
1GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 5.03 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (10th percentile)
47.5% Average
Read 433
Write 66.9
Mixed 121
44% 207 MB/s
4K Read 16.9
4K Write 65.7
4K Mixed 13.3
78% 32 MB/s
DQ Read 88.4
DQ Write 61
DQ Mixed 19.5
30% 56.3 MB/s
Poor: 44%
This bench: 47.5%
Great: 69%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48
335GB free
Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing below expectations (31st percentile)
73.3% Very good
Read 144
Write 112
Mixed 117
93% 124 MB/s
4K Read 0.66
4K Write 2.15
4K Mixed 0.21
91% 1.01 MB/s
Poor: 50%
This bench: 73.3%
Great: 108%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48
20GB free
Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing below expectations (28th percentile)
72.1% Very good
Read 116
Write 135
Mixed 121
93% 124 MB/s
4K Read 0.61
4K Write 2.12
4K Mixed 0.29
97% 1.01 MB/s
Poor: 50%
This bench: 72.1%
Great: 108%
Intenso USB 3.0 Device 2TB
1.5TB free, PID 55aa
Operating at USB 3.0 Speed
Performing way above expectations (93rd percentile)
70.5% Very good
Read 181
Write 180
Mixed 136
209% 166 MB/s
4K Read 0.51
4K Write 1.57
4K Mixed 0.24
64% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 13%
This bench: 70.5%
Great: 74%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing below potential (29th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
71.5% Very good
MC Read 26.6
MC Write 27.4
MC Mixed 21.4
72% 25.1 GB/s
SC Read 16.5
SC Write 26.8
SC Mixed 24.9
65% 22.7 GB/s
Latency 74.5
54% 74.5 ns
Poor: 58%
This bench: 71.5%
Great: 104%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Z170 Gaming K4 Builds (Compare 955 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 63%
Destroyer
Desktop
Desktop 83%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 50%
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Motherboard: ASRock FATAL1TY Z170 GAMING K4 - $300

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 100% - Outstanding Total price: $653
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