Asrock Z170 Extreme4

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 94%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 84%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 80%
Aircraft carrier
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 80.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics115% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive54.5% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardAsrock Z170 Extreme4  (all builds)
Memory9.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors,
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20160909
Uptime4.3 Days
Run DateSep 23 '17 at 05:58
Run Duration152 Seconds
Run User BHR-User
Background CPU 12%
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 PC Performing above expectations (64th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-6700-$180
CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (96th percentile)
80.3% Excellent
Memory 87.2
1-Core 112
2-Core 213
78% 137 Pts
4-Core 396
8-Core 638
63% 517 Pts
64-Core 635
39% 635 Pts
Poor: 60%
This bench: 80.3%
Great: 80%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400
EVGA(3842 6284) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 385.41
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
115% Outstanding
Lighting 162
Reflection 141
Parallax 129
132% 144 fps
MRender 112
Gravity 133
Splatting 107
95% 117 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 115%
Great: 110%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
PNY CS1311 960GB-$195
368GB free
Firmware: CS131122 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (18th percentile)
79.5% Very good
Read 506
Write 338
Mixed 336
87% 393 MB/s
4K Read 32.3
4K Write 61.2
4K Mixed 10.7
95% 34.7 MB/s
DQ Read 328
DQ Write 207
DQ Mixed 48.6
95% 195 MB/s
Poor: 75%
This bench: 79.5%
Great: 108%
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38
46GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 603ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing as expected (56th percentile)
54.5% Above average
Read 431
Write 113
Mixed 150
50% 231 MB/s
4K Read 19.6
4K Write 85.4
4K Mixed 12.8
91% 39.2 MB/s
DQ Read 77.4
DQ Write 107
DQ Mixed 30.4
40% 71.5 MB/s
Poor: 30%
This bench: 54.5%
Great: 73%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50
1.5TB free
Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing above expectations (71st percentile)
101% Outstanding
Read 192
Write 159
Mixed 161
128% 171 MB/s
4K Read 0.38
4K Write 1.4
4K Mixed 0.17
61% 0.65 MB/s
Poor: 51%
This bench: 101%
Great: 114%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing as expected (41st percentile)
72.4% Very good
MC Read 27.6
MC Write 28
MC Mixed 21.9
74% 25.8 GB/s
SC Read 15.6
SC Write 23.8
SC Mixed 23.2
60% 20.9 GB/s
Latency 70.3
57% 70.3 ns
Poor: 45%
This bench: 72.4%
Great: 87%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

Typical Z170 Extreme4 Builds (Compare 1,129 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 51%
Yacht
Desktop
Desktop 87%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 44%
Speed boat

Motherboard: Asrock Z170 Extreme4 - $210

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 89% - Excellent Total price: $644
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HDDRAMUSB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16
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