ASRock FATAL1TY Z170 GAMING K4

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 90.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	112% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (100%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	ASRock FATAL1TY Z170 GAMING K4 (all builds)
Memory	28.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors, 2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170712
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Oct 23 '17 at 05:53
Run Duration	141 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	100%

PC Performing above expectations (71^st 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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	90.7% Outstanding	Memory 93.3 1-Core 138 2-Core 244 90% 159 Pts	4-Core 475 8-Core 732 75% 603 Pts	64-Core 717 44% 717 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 90.7% Great: 90%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 270GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 10214 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 667 (B1) Unknown 98 98 34 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 52 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 306 (EB) Unknown 99 99 99 (F1) Unknown 99 99 35640051627	112% Outstanding	Read 508 Write 400 Mixed 413 98% 440 MB/s	4K Read 44 4K Write 89.6 4K Mixed 48.6 176% 60.8 MB/s	DQ Read 334 DQ Write 267 DQ Mixed 120 139% 240 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 134%
Toshiba E300 3TB-$116 1,216 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 3TB free Firmware: MZ6OACF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 145 145 79 (03) Spinup time 150 150 34381234577 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 186 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 138 138 33 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 135 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 35 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 256 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 256 (C2) HDA temperature 200 200 180389806110 (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 38	84.5% Excellent	Read 163 Write 132 Mixed 147 111% 147 MB/s	4K Read 0.96 4K Write 0.49 4K Mixed 0.19 70% 0.55 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 84.5% Great: 87%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 350GB free Firmware: 1AJ100E5 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 27 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 71 48 8873 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9324 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 23275 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 95 95 5461 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2467 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 5 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 62 163209412633 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 1 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 1 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 9 (DF) Load/unload retry count 95 95 5461 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 74 74 269753	75.2% Very good	Read 113 Write 149 Mixed 111 93% 124 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 1.62 4K Mixed 0.5 109% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 75.2% Great: 75%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 221GB free Firmware: 1AJ100E5 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 1 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 71 69 9063 (04) Start/Stop count 90 90 11022 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 22860 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 96 96 4953 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2386 (BF) G-sense error rate 20 20 812149 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 64 150324445210 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 1 (C8) Write error rate 1 1 92303 (DF) Load/unload retry count 96 96 4953 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 76 76 244825	59.6% Above average	Read 80.6 Write 127 Mixed 100 77% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 1.98 4K Mixed 0.45 105% 0.96 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 59.6% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2666 C15 4x8GB-$165 7,179 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	88.3% Excellent	MC Read 32.4 MC Write 33.9 MC Mixed 25.9 88% 30.7 GB/s	SC Read 20.9 SC Write 37.1 SC Mixed 31.2 85% 29.7 GB/s	Latency 61.4 65% 61.4 ns
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 88.3% Great: 118%

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Gaming 63%

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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	297x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	77x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	169x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	108x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	68x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	55x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	38x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	22x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	42x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	41x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	34x

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Value: 100% - Outstanding

Total price: $653

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