Asrock Z170 Professional Gaming i7

Performance Results


Gaming 66% Battle cruiser	Desktop 103% UFO	Workstation 58% Gunboat


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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 97.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	60.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	208% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asrock Z170 Professional Gaming i7 (all builds)
Memory	14.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161118
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 28 '17 at 02:21
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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 i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	97.5% Outstanding	Memory 98.3 1-Core 147 2-Core 294 99% 180 Pts	4-Core 520 8-Core 817 82% 668 Pts	64-Core 816 50% 816 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 97.5% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Nvidia(10DE 1116) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 378.66 Performing below potential (75^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	60.8% Good	Lighting 77 Reflection 80.7 Parallax 72 63% 76.6 fps	MRender 78.4 Gravity 70.2 Splatting 63.7 57% 70.8 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 60.8% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung SM951 AHCI PCIe M.2 256GB-$223 7,621 User benchmarks, average bench 175% 183GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXW2500Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 14835 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2054 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 89 89 344 (AE) Unknown 99 99 219 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 907 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 50 39 50 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 99 99 88064 (F1) Unknown 99 99 29584 (F2) Unknown 99 99 13359	208% Outstanding	Read 1,764 Write 892 Mixed 1,257 288% 1,304 MB/s	4K Read 36 4K Write 145 4K Mixed 51.1 197% 77.4 MB/s	DQ Read 667 DQ Write 363 DQ Mixed 239 252% 423 MB/s
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 208% Great: 220%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 460GB free Firmware: CC46 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 205904568 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3342 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 73 60 21006006 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 10045 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2178 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 59 50 690290729 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 168 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 70 70 61166 (C2) HDA temperature 41 50 81604378665 (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 109139413961662 (F1) Unknown 100 253 7846360871 (F2) Unknown 100 253 22468472831	100% Outstanding	Read 181 Write 168 Mixed 155 126% 168 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 1.69 4K Mixed 0.19 77% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 112%
Samsung Spinpoint F1 1TB-$100 65,786 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 451GB free Firmware: 1AA01113 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 76 76 8170 (04) Start/Stop count 87 87 13345 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 41042 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 93 93 7121 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 64 52 606208036 (C2) HDA temperature 61 49 656539687 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 106588 (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 2 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0	50.9% Above average	Read 90.7 Write 86.2 Mixed 95.8 69% 90.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.81 4K Write 1.96 4K Mixed 0.47 122% 1.08 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 50.9% Great: 62%
Lexar JumpDrive P20 USB 3.0 64GB-$20 539 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 26GB free, PID a212 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	74% Very good	Read 262 Write 145 Mixed 182 233% 196 MB/s	4K Read 5.27 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.79 80% 2.35 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 74% Great: 95%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 2x8GB 9,254 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	MC Read 40.7 MC Write 41.4 MC Mixed 29.8 107% 37.3 GB/s	SC Read 24.5 SC Write 44.7 SC Mixed 31.5 96% 33.6 GB/s	Latency 44.5 90% 44.5 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 117%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 73%

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Motherboard: Asrock Z170 Professional Gaming i7

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	127x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	20x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	9x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	26x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	26x
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	12x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	17x
950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung $625Bench 223%, 54,978 samples	7x
950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBSamsung $250Bench 199%, 40,327 samples	5x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	11x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $40Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	9x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	8x

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Total price: $729

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	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) $30	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