Asrock Z170M Extreme4

Performance Results


Gaming 72% Battleship	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 57% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	80.9% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock Z170M Extreme4 (all builds)
Memory	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160125
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Mar 14 '17 at 21:32
Run Duration	238 Seconds
Run User	SAU-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing above expectations (69^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 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	84.5% Excellent	Memory 90 1-Core 117 2-Core 223 82% 143 Pts	4-Core 460 8-Core 444 61% 452 Pts	64-Core 458 28% 458 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 84.5% 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 4995) CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 378.78 Performing below potential (68^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	80.9% Excellent	Lighting 105 Reflection 110 Parallax 97.7 85% 104 fps	MRender 91.7 Gravity 97.1 Splatting 80.5 73% 89.7 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 80.9% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk S120G 86GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 60GB free Firmware: U210 Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	68.8% Good	Read 423 Write 401 Mixed 414 92% 413 MB/s	4K Read 19.8 4K Write 62.4 4K Mixed 4.81 69% 29 MB/s	DQ Read 106 DQ Write 267 DQ Mixed 26.1 66% 133 MB/s
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 68.8% Great: 72%
Samsung HD103SI 1TB-$89 48,059 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 458GB free Firmware: 1AG01113 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 99 0 (03) Spinup time 83 83 5990 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3497 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 253 253 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 10525 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 18887 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2283 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 99 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 2 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 74 63 437452826 (C2) HDA temperature 70 58 538116126 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 1286175 (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 100 100 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 99 16 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0	49.2% Average	Read 84.5 Write 87.1 Mixed 91.4 66% 87.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.25 4K Write 0.69 4K Mixed 0.41 68% 0.45 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 49.2% Great: 59%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 388GB free (System drive) Firmware: 15.0 Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 24% Great: 69%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 500GB 1,303 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 96GB free Firmware: 1.0. Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	48% Average	Read 75.2 Write 91.8 Mixed 83 63% 83.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 1.89 4K Mixed 0.43 100% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 48% Great: 174%
Lexar JumpDrive S73 USB 3.0 32GB-$15 655 User benchmarks, average bench 13% 29GB free, PID a205 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	15.8% Very poor	Read 37.4 Write 35.8 Mixed 29 43% 34 MB/s	4K Read 6.58 4K Write 0.34 4K Mixed 0.25 44% 2.39 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 15.8% Great: 16%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x8GB-$42 66,222 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	82.5% Excellent	MC Read 29.7 MC Write 31.7 MC Mixed 27.1 84% 29.5 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 30 SC Mixed 24.9 69% 24.2 GB/s	Latency 67.2 60% 67.2 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 82.5% Great: 88%

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Typical Z170M Extreme4 Builds (Compare 300 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

Motherboard: Asrock Z170M Extreme4

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	89x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	77x
Core i5-6500Intel $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	33x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	40x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	34x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	22x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	15x
Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBWD $74Bench 228%, 180,890 samples	12x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	11x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	16x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	13x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	13x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $455

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	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