ASRock FATAL1TY Z170 GAMING K4

Performance Results


Gaming 80% Battleship	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 64% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 95.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	79.7% 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	99.3% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	ASRock FATAL1TY Z170 GAMING K4 (all builds)
Memory	13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160413
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Feb 17 '17 at 19:05
Run Duration	115 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing as expected (56^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95.8% Outstanding	Memory 93.6 1-Core 142 2-Core 286 96% 174 Pts	4-Core 566 8-Core 565 76% 565 Pts	64-Core 564 35% 564 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 95.8% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4993) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 378.66 Performing below potential (61^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	79.7% Very good	Lighting 102 Reflection 110 Parallax 97.5 83% 103 fps	MRender 92.9 Gravity 96.5 Splatting 79.6 72% 89.7 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 79.7% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HFS500G32TND-N1A2A 500GB 1,191 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 173GB free Firmware: 30000P10 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 166 166 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 253 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 1997 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 170 (64) Unknown 100 100 807911 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3 (A9) Unknown 99 99 14 (AB) Unknown 253 253 0 (AC) Unknown 253 253 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 8 (AF) Unknown 253 253 0 (B0) Unknown 253 253 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 2 (B2) Unknown 100 100 27 (B3) Unknown 100 100 472 (B4) Unknown 100 100 13416 (B8) Unknown 253 253 0 (BB) vendor-specific 253 253 0 (BC) Unknown 253 253 0 (C2) HDA temperature 25 0 38657654809 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 253 253 0 (C4) Reallocation count 253 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 253 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 253 253 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 80 8 (D4) Unknown 253 253 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 901 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1080 (F2) Unknown 100 100 408 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 41146	90.2% Outstanding	Read 513 Write 331 Mixed 351 88% 399 MB/s	4K Read 36.1 4K Write 74.8 4K Mixed 23.3 124% 44.7 MB/s	DQ Read 350 DQ Write 232 DQ Mixed 23.9 90% 202 MB/s
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 90.2% Great: 118%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 65GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1913 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 562 (B1) Unknown 99 99 20 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 48 28 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 46 (F1) Unknown 99 99 20551462819	99.3% Outstanding	Read 515 Write 402 Mixed 417 99% 444 MB/s	4K Read 46.1 4K Write 99.9 4K Mixed 28.6 159% 58.2 MB/s	DQ Read 48.5 DQ Write 281 DQ Mixed 102 97% 144 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 99.3% Great: 134%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D240FSE.16FBD 2x8GB 8,162 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	85.2% Excellent	MC Read 31.1 MC Write 32.7 MC Mixed 25.9 85% 29.9 GB/s	SC Read 19.2 SC Write 33.3 SC Mixed 28.6 77% 27 GB/s	Latency 60.8 66% 60.8 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 85.2% Great: 90%

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Gaming 63%

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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	297x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	77x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	169x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	108x
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 $129Bench 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	41x
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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $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