Asrock Z170M Extreme4

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 7% Tree trunk	Desktop 67% Battle cruiser	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	7.57% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
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 (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asrock Z170M Extreme4 (all builds)
Memory	4.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20161213
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 04 '18 at 22:17
Run Duration	129 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6500-$67 241,476 User benchmarks, average bench 64% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	74.7% Very good	Memory 84.6 1-Core 103 2-Core 204 75% 131 Pts	4-Core 374 8-Core 383 50% 378 Pts	64-Core 420 26% 420 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 74.7% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
ATI HD 4870 22,563 User benchmarks, average bench 9% PwrHis(1787 2273) 512MB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 8.970.100.1100 Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	7.57% Terrible	Lighting 9.6 Reflection 8.73 Parallax 6.62 8% 8.32 fps	MRender 7.33 Gravity 5.9 Splatting 11.5 7% 8.25 fps
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 7.57% Great: 12%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate ST31000340NS 1TB-$95 7,250 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 586GB free (System drive) Firmware: SN06 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 79 63 99450589 (03) Spinup time 99 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1949 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 67 60 460112098811 (09) Power-on hours count 77 77 20717 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 9 (0C) Power cycle count 99 37 1920 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295032846 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 39 610339717147 (C2) HDA temperature 27 61 73014444059 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 53 32 99450589 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	36.3% Below average	Read 62.2 Write 64.5 Mixed 64 48% 63.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.02 4K Write 0.21 4K Mixed 0.03 8% 0.09 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 36.3% Great: 60%
Samsung SP2504C 250GB-$29 14,402 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 21GB free Firmware: VT10 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 253 99 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 5888 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9774 (05) Reallocated sector count 253 253 0 (07) Seek error rate 253 253 0 (08) Seek timer performance 253 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 13834 (0A) Spinup retry count 253 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 253 2 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 3028 (BE) vendor-specific 172 76 22 (C2) HDA temperature 172 76 22 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 142024 (C4) Reallocation count 253 253 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 253 253 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 253 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 253 253 0	31.9% Below average	Read 61 Write 50.1 Mixed 36.1 36% 49.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.25 4K Write 1.39 4K Mixed 0.33 73% 0.66 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 31.9% Great: 38%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial Ballistix Sport DDR4 2400 C16 2x4GB-$35 843 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (14^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	44.2% Average	MC Read 16.1 MC Write 16.2 MC Mixed 13 43% 15.1 GB/s	SC Read 11.9 SC Write 13.9 SC Mixed 12.2 36% 12.7 GB/s	Latency 72.5 55% 72.5 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 44.2% Great: 87%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Typical Z170M Extreme4 Builds (Compare 300 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

Motherboard: Asrock Z170M Extreme4

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	89x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	77x
Core i5-6500Intel $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	33x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	40x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	34x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	22x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	15x
Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBWD $74Bench 228%, 180,890 samples	12x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	11x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	16x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	13x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $40Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	13x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $455

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 $15	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