ASRock Z170 GAMING K6

Performance Results


Gaming 130% UFO	Desktop 103% UFO	Workstation 103% UFO


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 97.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	132% 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 Drive	204% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	ASRock Z170 GAMING K6 (all builds)
Memory	13.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160122
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 31 '17 at 23:38
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	18%

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 i5-6600K-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	97.7% Outstanding	Memory 97.1 1-Core 146 2-Core 291 98% 178 Pts	4-Core 567 8-Core 569 76% 568 Pts	64-Core 568 35% 568 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 97.7% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85E4) CLim: 2088 MHz, MLim: 2817 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	132% Outstanding	Lighting 185 Reflection 206 Parallax 183 151% 191 fps	MRender 130 Gravity 175 Splatting 128 117% 144 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 132% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 158GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	204% Outstanding	Read 1,838 Write 1,051 Mixed 1,166 298% 1,351 MB/s	4K Read 36.5 4K Write 135 4K Mixed 25.1 159% 65.5 MB/s	DQ Read 498 DQ Write 419 DQ Mixed 196 218% 371 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 204% Great: 236%
Samsung 750 EVO 500GB 31,052 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 61GB free Firmware: MAT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2118 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 792 (B1) Unknown 98 98 6 (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 51 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 34 (F1) Unknown 99 99 4700277398	83.1% Excellent	Read 473 Write 264 Mixed 274 74% 337 MB/s	4K Read 29.6 4K Write 67.8 4K Mixed 29.4 118% 42.2 MB/s	DQ Read 354 DQ Write 188 DQ Mixed 67 104% 203 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 83.1% Great: 123%
PNY CS1311 240GB-$78 26,547 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 54GB free Firmware: CS131122 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2408 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 979 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 218 (AD) Unknown 100 100 786456 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 168 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850984990 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 88 (F1) Unknown 100 100 4261	78.6% Very good	Read 504 Write 346 Mixed 361 90% 404 MB/s	4K Read 24.3 4K Write 75.8 4K Mixed 9.64 89% 36.6 MB/s	DQ Read 302 DQ Write 243 DQ Mixed 46.3 96% 197 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 78.6% Great: 97%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2016)-$114 34,353 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2.5TB free Firmware: 0001 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 74 64 27948896 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 705 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 73 60 18431739 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 -97341138795736 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 417 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 65537 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 75 68 420675609 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 333 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 3607 (C2) HDA temperature 25 40 60129542169 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 85843511345362 (F1) Unknown 100 253 10554411367 (F2) Unknown 100 253 4415327772	88.4% Excellent	Read 157 Write 151 Mixed 129 109% 146 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 1.53 4K Mixed 0.24 72% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 88.4% Great: 105%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance RGB DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$171 37,802 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	98.1% Outstanding	MC Read 35.7 MC Write 38.9 MC Mixed 29.3 99% 34.6 GB/s	SC Read 21.9 SC Write 37.1 SC Mixed 29.7 84% 29.6 GB/s	Latency 50.1 80% 50.1 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 98.1% Great: 104%

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Gaming 69%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 58%

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Motherboard: ASRock Z170 GAMING K6 - $267

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	206x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	66x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	30x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	73x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	31x
GTX 980-TiNvidia $560Bench 79%, 214,030 samples	21x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	12x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	11x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	10x

RAM
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	27x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	22x
F4 DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 88%, 625 samples	11x

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Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $715

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 $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