Asrock Z170 Extreme4

Performance Results


Gaming 73% Battleship	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 56% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (39th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 61 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	96.6% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	92.6% 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	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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (65%). 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, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asrock Z170 Extreme4 (all builds)
Memory	3.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161122
Uptime	7.4 Days
Run Date	Apr 19 '18 at 18:01
Run Duration	260 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	65%

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PC Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7600K-$190 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	74.4% Very good	Memory 94.3 1-Core 118 2-Core 210 82% 141 Pts	4-Core 316 8-Core 318 42% 317 Pts	64-Core 340 21% 340 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 74.4% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 8592) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 391.1 Performing below potential (16^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	96.6% Outstanding	Lighting 122 Reflection 140 Parallax 119 99% 127 fps	MRender 112 Gravity 120 Splatting 104 91% 112 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 96.6% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ ARC 100 120GB-$82 4,735 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 15GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 0 0 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1330 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 522 (AB) Unknown 100 100 39990352 (AE) Unknown 100 100 27 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (D0) Spin buzz 100 100 129 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 1 (E9) Unknown 96 96 96 (F1) Unknown 100 100 4580 (F2) Unknown 100 100 4578 (F9) Unknown 100 100 297739092	92.6% Outstanding	Read 455 Write 364 Mixed 410 91% 410 MB/s	4K Read 27.4 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 22.6 129% 53.7 MB/s	DQ Read 300 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 70.2 123% 238 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 92.6% Great: 98%
Seagate Video SV35.6 Series 2TB-$121 12,330 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 985GB free Firmware: CV27 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 172723536 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4572 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 20008041 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 3293 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4393 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 92 92 8 (BE) vendor-specific 66 53 672596002 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1961 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 4574 (C2) HDA temperature 34 47 55834574882 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	76.8% Very good	Read 139 Write 129 Mixed 140 103% 136 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 1.52 4K Mixed 0.2 81% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 76.8% Great: 113%
SanDisk Cruzer Glide 16GB 33,521 User benchmarks, average bench 11% 15GB free, PID 5575 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	10.6% Very poor	Read 38.1 Write 8.91 Mixed 8.38 18% 18.4 MB/s	4K Read 4.03 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 1.04 74% 1.92 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 10.6% Great: 17%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x4GB-$67 46,617 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (20^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	63.1% Good	MC Read 24.8 MC Write 26.1 MC Mixed 20.3 68% 23.7 GB/s	SC Read 6.9 SC Write 12.8 SC Mixed 9.2 28% 9.63 GB/s	Latency 59 68% 59 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 63.1% Great: 81%

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

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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 $109Bench 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 $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	34x

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Value: 87% - Excellent

Total price: $659

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 $178	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