Asrock Z170 Pro4

Performance Results


Gaming 64% Destroyer	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 52% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 96.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	61.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	87.2% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Asrock Z170 Pro4 (all builds)
Memory	5.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160922
Uptime	17 Days
Run Date	Mar 14 '17 at 10:46
Run Duration	137 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (78^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)	96.7% Outstanding	Memory 95.6 1-Core 143 2-Core 286 97% 175 Pts	4-Core 564 8-Core 565 76% 565 Pts	64-Core 567 35% 567 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 96.7% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Gigabyte(1458 366A) CLim: 1599 MHz, MLim: 1852 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 378.49 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	61.7% Good	Lighting 79.1 Reflection 77.6 Parallax 67.8 64% 74.8 fps	MRender 77.7 Gravity 71.5 Splatting 61.3 56% 70.2 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 61.7% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Trion 100 480GB-$139 1,753 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 162GB free Firmware: SAFM11.2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 6590 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 246 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 199 199 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 81 (C2) HDA temperature 66 47 227634053154	64.7% Good	Read 499 Write 260 Mixed 192 69% 317 MB/s	4K Read 30.4 4K Write 59.3 4K Mixed 7.29 87% 32.3 MB/s	DQ Read 29.7 DQ Write 182 DQ Mixed 35.6 48% 82.3 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 64.7% Great: 90%
SanDisk Extreme II 240GB-$110 3,009 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 75GB free (System drive) Firmware: R1311 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 17045 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1898 (A6) Unknown 100 100 9 (A7) Unknown 100 100 15 (A8) Unknown 100 100 208 (A9) Unknown 100 100 217 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 103 (AE) Unknown 100 100 206 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 66 49 210454052898 (D4) Unknown 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 811 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 25697 (F1) Unknown 253 253 13444 (F2) Unknown 253 253 23922 (F3) Unknown 100 100 0	87.2% Excellent	Read 493 Write 381 Mixed 438 97% 437 MB/s	4K Read 35.1 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 19.5 141% 57.6 MB/s	DQ Read 36.5 DQ Write 127 DQ Mixed 19.2 33% 60.9 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 87.2% Great: 109%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 99GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 170 4283 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4792 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 74 74 19060 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1886 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 176 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4615 (C2) HDA temperature 116 100 31 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	78.2% Very good	Read 159 Write 114 Mixed 114 96% 129 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.05 4K Mixed 0.31 118% 1.15 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 78.2% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Patriot PSD44G213381 2x4GB 1,250 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	83.6% Excellent	MC Read 30.5 MC Write 32.5 MC Mixed 24.6 83% 29.2 GB/s	SC Read 20 SC Write 32.3 SC Mixed 25.9 74% 26.1 GB/s	Latency 55.2 72% 55.2 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 83.6% Great: 90%

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Gaming 46%

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Desktop 83%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 37%

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Motherboard: Asrock Z170 Pro4 - $110

CPU
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	213x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	143x
Core i5-6500Intel $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	92x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	80x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	75x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	49x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	24x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	19x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $129Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	17x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	39x
BLS8G4D240FSB.16FBD 2x8GBCrucialBench 79%, 22,335 samples	16x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2133 C13 2x8GBCorsair $46Bench 69%, 47,721 samples	16x

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Value: 87% - Excellent

Total price: $450

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