Asrock Z170 Extreme4

Performance Results


Gaming 62% Destroyer	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 54% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 89.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	65.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	60.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asrock Z170 Extreme4 (all builds)
Memory	27.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, , 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20160909
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 14 '17 at 17:48
Run Duration	176 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	21%

PC Performing as expected (53^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 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	89.3% Excellent	Memory 91 1-Core 137 2-Core 273 92% 167 Pts	4-Core 472 8-Core 718 74% 595 Pts	64-Core 744 46% 744 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 89.3% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% MSI(1462 3170) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 375.70 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	65.4% Good	Lighting 84.1 Reflection 86.1 Parallax 82.7 68% 84.3 fps	MRender 78.7 Gravity 74.5 Splatting 66.5 59% 73.2 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 65.4% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 535 Series 120GB-$75 5,451 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 24GB free (System drive) Firmware: RG21 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1125 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 372 (AA) Unknown 92 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 53 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 29 100 73018310685 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 53 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 405936 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 27 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 92 100 0 (E9) Unknown 84 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 405936 (F2) Unknown 100 100 156393 (F9) Unknown 100 100 34331	60.5% Good	Read 464 Write 172 Mixed 253 65% 296 MB/s	4K Read 24.1 4K Write 92.7 4K Mixed 10.9 100% 42.6 MB/s	DQ Read 32.6 DQ Write 112 DQ Mixed 8.96 25% 51.3 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 60.5% Great: 87%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 851GB free Firmware: CC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 112 99 44431520 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 433 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 77 60 50494641 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 4173 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 512 (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 77 54 387252247 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 142 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 81 81 38298 (C2) HDA temperature 23 46 55834574871 (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 -76922864268051 (F1) Unknown 100 253 4402076243 (F2) Unknown 100 253 38726462535	111% Outstanding	Read 201 Write 188 Mixed 172 140% 187 MB/s	4K Read 0.86 4K Write 1.87 4K Mixed 0.19 92% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 112%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$28 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 900GB free Firmware: MS2OA7L0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 142 142 70 (03) Spinup time 127 127 12896633013 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 4340 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 110 110 36 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 11949 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1768 (C0) Power-off retract count 96 96 5992 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 5992 (C2) HDA temperature 230 230 210454118426 (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 7	62.9% Good	Read 97.5 Write 122 Mixed 120 86% 113 MB/s	4K Read 0.04 4K Write 0.77 4K Mixed 0.1 27% 0.3 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 62.9% Great: 107%
WD My Passport 259F 1TB 11,016 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 178GB free, PID 259f Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	30.4% Below average	Read 63.5 Write 70.5 Mixed 64.5 86% 66.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 1.86 4K Mixed 0.23 73% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 30.4% Great: 45%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GB 31,785 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (17^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	76.9% Very good	MC Read 28.2 MC Write 29.9 MC Mixed 23.1 77% 27.1 GB/s	SC Read 16.9 SC Write 29.5 SC Mixed 25.4 68% 23.9 GB/s	Latency 65.8 61% 65.8 ns
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 76.9% Great: 119%

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Gaming 51%

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Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 44%

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Motherboard: Asrock Z170 Extreme4 - $210

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	370x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	362x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	96x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	153x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	146x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	79x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	45x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	34x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	30x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	81x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $30Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	37x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	34x

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Value: 89% - Excellent

Total price: $646

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16