Asrock Z170 Extreme4

Performance Results


Gaming 45% Yacht	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 36% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With 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 81.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	49.2% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	95.4% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asrock Z170 Extreme4 (all builds)
Memory	11.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20150701
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 20 '16 at 10:03
Run Duration	294 Seconds
Run User	MYS-User
Background CPU	14%

PC Performing above expectations (65^th 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 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	81.2% Excellent	Memory 84.8 1-Core 110 2-Core 223 78% 139 Pts	4-Core 448 8-Core 448 60% 448 Pts	64-Core 449 28% 449 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 81.2% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 290-$399 68,699 User benchmarks, average bench 46% Asus(1043 046E) ≥ 4GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 14.100.0.0 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	49.2% Average	Lighting 60.6 Reflection 55.2 Parallax 68.7 49% 61.5 fps	MRender 50.5 Gravity 53.1 Splatting 70.6 49% 58 fps
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 49.2% Great: 50%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Liteon LCH-256V2S-11 2.5 7mm 256GB 1,558 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 182GB free (System drive) Firmware: FC8110C Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 23 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 4 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 109 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1998 (F2) Unknown 100 100 808	95.4% Outstanding	Read 510 Write 341 Mixed 356 89% 402 MB/s	4K Read 30.7 4K Write 86.4 4K Mixed 37.3 140% 51.5 MB/s	DQ Read 236 DQ Write 264 DQ Mixed 83.1 109% 194 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 95.4% Great: 99%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 336GB free Firmware: CC27 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 127608368 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1826 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 60 60 1275781 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 1900 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 828 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 57 589037600 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 269 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 7826 (C2) HDA temperature 32 43 98784247840 (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 74131135529523 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3718169048 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2990013900	67.3% Good	Read 119 Write 116 Mixed 110 86% 115 MB/s	4K Read 0.78 4K Write 1.46 4K Mixed 0.29 92% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 67.3% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$24 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 262GB free Firmware: KC44 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 102 99 264 (03) Spinup time 100 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4849 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 4452871269 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2854 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1795 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 97 751630745914 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 52 588972064 (C2) HDA temperature 32 48 94489280544 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 33 30 264 (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 129750962015315 (F1) Unknown 100 253 762012512 (F2) Unknown 100 253 601167230	60.8% Good	Read 99.7 Write 112 Mixed 22.5 57% 78.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 1.04 4K Mixed 0.8 133% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 60.8% Great: 88%
Disk drive 750GB 42GB free, PID 0888 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	25.3% Poor	Read 59.2 Write 60.7 Mixed 10.9 51% 43.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.39 4K Write 1.09 4K Mixed 0.17 44% 0.55 MB/s

Kingmax USB2.0 FlashDisk 8GB 39 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 2GB free, PID 3255 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	5.86% Terrible	Read 22.1 Write 5.27 Mixed 7.79 12% 11.7 MB/s	4K Read 6.25 4K Write 0.009 4K Mixed 0.006 24% 2.09 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.86% Great: 7%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR4-3000 CL15 4GB 4x4GB 19 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (29^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	74.5% Very good	MC Read 26.7 MC Write 28.8 MC Mixed 25.4 77% 27 GB/s	SC Read 15 SC Write 26.3 SC Mixed 19.1 58% 20.1 GB/s	Latency 72.1 56% 72.1 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 74.5% Great: 112%

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Gaming 51%

Yacht

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 44%

Speed boat

Motherboard: Asrock Z170 Extreme4 - $210

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	370x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	360x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	96x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	152x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	145x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	79x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	45x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	34x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	30x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	80x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	37x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	34x

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Value: 89% - Excellent

Total price: $644

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