ASRock FATAL1TY Z170 GAMING K4

Performance Results


Gaming 66% Battle cruiser	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 53% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 91.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	67.9% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	66.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	ASRock FATAL1TY Z170 GAMING K4 (all builds)
Memory	6.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.5 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kolorów
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20151023
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 31 '17 at 18:06
Run Duration	173 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (62^nd 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, 4 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	91.5% Outstanding	Memory 94.2 1-Core 130 2-Core 259 90% 161 Pts	4-Core 513 8-Core 514 69% 513 Pts	64-Core 507 31% 507 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 91.5% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Gigabyte(1458 367C) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 385.41 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	67.9% Good	Lighting 88 Reflection 85.5 Parallax 76 72% 83.1 fps	MRender 80.4 Gravity 75.9 Splatting 68 60% 74.8 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 67.9% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 535 Series 120GB-$75 5,451 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 25GB free (System drive) Firmware: RG21 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1132 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1284 (AA) Unknown 89 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 63 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 26 100 55837589530 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 63 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 534876 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 46 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 89 100 0 (E9) Unknown 78 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 534876 (F2) Unknown 100 100 471613 (F9) Unknown 100 100 42990	66.9% Good	Read 503 Write 177 Mixed 210 65% 297 MB/s	4K Read 26.1 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 12.1 111% 47.9 MB/s	DQ Read 16.8 DQ Write 183 DQ Mixed 9.71 34% 69.9 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 66.9% Great: 87%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 117GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 141 140 3925 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1782 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 42 42 42857 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 805 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 82 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1699 (C2) HDA temperature 116 99 27 (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 4169 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	62% Good	Read 108 Write 108 Mixed 109 82% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.51 4K Mixed 0.38 87% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 62% Great: 69%
SanDisk Ultra Flair USB 3.0 32GB-$8 9,864 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 29GB free, PID 5591 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	16.9% Very poor	Read 35.8 Write 18.2 Mixed 23 30% 25.7 MB/s	4K Read 5.19 4K Write 2.12 4K Mixed 1.39 139% 2.9 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 16.9% Great: 39%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 3200 C16 Series 2x4GB 2,466 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2500 MHz Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	84.1% Excellent	MC Read 31.1 MC Write 33.8 MC Mixed 24.5 85% 29.8 GB/s	SC Read 16.3 SC Write 33.9 SC Mixed 24.5 71% 24.9 GB/s	Latency 59.2 68% 59.2 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 84.1% Great: 110%

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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	298x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	77x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	171x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	109x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	68x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	55x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	38x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	22x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	42x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	42x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	34x

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Value: 99% - Outstanding

Total price: $658

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