Asrock Z170 Extreme7+

Performance Results


Gaming 17% Surfboard	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (84th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 16 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 94.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	7.19% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	249% 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	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB 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 (40%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asrock Z170 Extreme7+ (all builds)
Memory	58 GB free of 64 GB @ 3.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170504
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 31 '17 at 21:38
Run Duration	165 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	40%

PC Performing above expectations (84^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94.1% Outstanding	Memory 96.8 1-Core 134 2-Core 268 93% 166 Pts	4-Core 493 8-Core 740 77% 617 Pts	64-Core 741 46% 741 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 94.1% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) 188,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% ASRock(1849 1912) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 21.20.16.4678 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.19% Terrible	Lighting 7.5 Reflection 11 Parallax 7.31 6% 8.62 fps	MRender 10.6 Gravity 6.47 Splatting 15.3 9% 10.8 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.19% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 500GB 13,939 User benchmarks, average bench 179% 407GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0.00 Max speed: Unknown Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	249% Outstanding	Read 2,644 Write 1,212 Mixed 1,693 407% 1,850 MB/s	4K Read 48.9 4K Write 139 4K Mixed 27.2 183% 71.8 MB/s	DQ Read 43.9 DQ Write 708 DQ Mixed 399 302% 384 MB/s
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 249% Great: 313%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 235GB free Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	327% Outstanding	Read 4,916 Write 1,016 Mixed 1,425 528% 2,453 MB/s	4K Read 53.1 4K Write 126 4K Mixed 51.3 213% 76.9 MB/s	DQ Read 35.1 DQ Write 141 DQ Mixed 22.2 36% 66.1 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 327% Great: 236%
Samsung SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 128GB 1,293 User benchmarks, average bench 211% 127GB free Firmware: CXZ7300Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	342% Outstanding	Read 4,941 Write 1,290 Mixed 1,906 588% 2,713 MB/s	4K Read 53.1 4K Write 161 4K Mixed 33.6 209% 82.6 MB/s	DQ Read 41.8 DQ Write 172 DQ Mixed 217 135% 144 MB/s
Poor: 133% ↑ This bench: 342% Great: 273%
SanDisk Ultra Fit USB 3.0 32GB-$16 13,359 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 25GB free, PID 5583 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	39.3% Below average	Read 135 Write 55.7 Mixed 63.5 94% 84.9 MB/s	4K Read 6.33 4K Write 1.96 4K Mixed 0.95 122% 3.08 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 39.3% Great: 38%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB-$351 1,197 User benchmarks, average bench 116% 4 of 4 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3333 MHz Performing below potential (17^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	90.2% Outstanding	MC Read 39 MC Write 28.7 MC Mixed 26.6 90% 31.4 GB/s	SC Read 22.7 SC Write 30.9 SC Mixed 31.7 81% 28.4 GB/s	Latency 51.2 78% 51.2 ns
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 90.2% Great: 172%

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Gaming 69%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 59%

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Motherboard: Asrock Z170 Extreme7+

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	125x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	24x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	20x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	21x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	17x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	17x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	11x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	10x
950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung $625Bench 223%, 54,978 samples	9x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x16GBCorsair $560Bench 84%, 34,441 samples	6x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 93%, 89,024 samples	6x
Fury DDR4 2666 C15 2x8GBHyperX $169Bench 83%, 37,519 samples	5x

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Value: 53% - Above average

Total price: $982

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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