Asrock Z170 Extreme4

Performance Results


Gaming 74% Battleship	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 59% 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	81.2% 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	129% 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.

Very high background CPU (37%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asrock Z170 Extreme4 (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160909
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	May 17 '17 at 17:09
Run Duration	527 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	37%

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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 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	86.6% Excellent	Memory 88.6 1-Core 127 2-Core 254 87% 156 Pts	4-Core 488 8-Core 493 66% 491 Pts	64-Core 492 30% 492 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 86.6% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8597) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.66 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	81.2% Excellent	Lighting 102 Reflection 111 Parallax 94.3 83% 102 fps	MRender 94.1 Gravity 92.1 Splatting 96 77% 94.1 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 81.2% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 600p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$49 58,154 User benchmarks, average bench 116% 11GB free (System drive) Firmware: PSF100C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	129% Outstanding	Read 1,270 Write 559 Mixed 810 194% 880 MB/s	4K Read 21.8 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 19.4 116% 50.2 MB/s	DQ Read 27.8 DQ Write 422 DQ Mixed 24.5 79% 158 MB/s
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 129% Great: 157%
Toshiba P300 1TB-$67 318,836 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 410GB free Firmware: MS2OA8J0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 143 143 67 (03) Spinup time 127 127 12896829620 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 957 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 113 113 35 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4960 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 49 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 962 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 962 (C2) HDA temperature 187 187 176095035424 (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 0	109% Outstanding	Read 200 Write 181 Mixed 170 138% 183 MB/s	4K Read 1.01 4K Write 1.67 4K Mixed 0.19 94% 0.96 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 107%
Hitachi HTS545050B9A300 500GB-$71 21,137 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 0GB free Firmware: PB4OC60F Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 76 76 122421281 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 147 147 90194313218 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1103 (05) Reallocated sector count 60 60 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 2388 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1076 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 193 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 14165 (C2) HDA temperature 157 157 180389281827 (C4) Reallocation count 57 57 2334 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 71 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0	45.8% Average	Read 80 Write 79.7 Mixed 73.5 58% 77.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.001 4K Write 1.42 4K Mixed 0.37 67% 0.59 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 45.8% Great: 45%
Generic- SD/MMC 8GB 19 User benchmarks, average bench 10% 0GB free, PID 8468 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	7.21% Terrible	Read 10.4 Write 6.89 Mixed 8.07 10% 8.45 MB/s	4K Read 2.77 4K Write 1.16 4K Mixed 0.96 82% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 7.21% Great: 16%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D240FSB.16FBD2 2x8GB 16,539 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	80.3% Excellent	MC Read 28.9 MC Write 30.7 MC Mixed 25.3 81% 28.3 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 32.1 SC Mixed 26.9 73% 25.6 GB/s	Latency 68.9 58% 68.9 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 80.3% Great: 91%

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Gaming 51%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 44%

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Motherboard: Asrock Z170 Extreme4 - $210

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	369x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	360x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	96x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	152x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	144x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	79x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	45x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	34x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	30x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	80x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	37x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	34x

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Value: 87% - Excellent

Total price: $659

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $274	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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