Asrock H170A-X1

Performance Results


Gaming 91% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 78% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 96.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	93.2% 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	82.7% 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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Motherboard	Asrock H170A-X1 (all builds)
Memory	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20161202
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 30 '18 at 22:36
Run Duration	135 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$242 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	96.3% Outstanding	Memory 91.6 1-Core 140 2-Core 280 94% 170 Pts	4-Core 545 8-Core 775 83% 660 Pts	64-Core 781 48% 781 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 96.3% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3701) CLim: 2126 MHz, MLim: 2024 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 397.31 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.2% Outstanding	Lighting 119 Reflection 129 Parallax 120 97% 123 fps	MRender 100 Gravity 108 Splatting 105 86% 104 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 93.2% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX100 250GB-$141 42,930 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 55GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 402 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1032 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 60 (A3) Unknown 100 100 31 (A4) Unknown 100 100 55185 (A5) Unknown 100 100 108 (A6) Unknown 100 100 11 (A7) Unknown 100 100 52 (A8) Unknown 100 100 2000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 3 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 10 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 23 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 35517 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 287476 (F2) Unknown 100 100 175651 (F5) Unknown 100 100 441480	82.7% Excellent	Read 520 Write 358 Mixed 425 96% 434 MB/s	4K Read 29.6 4K Write 99.3 4K Mixed 22.2 126% 50.4 MB/s	DQ Read 30.6 DQ Write 104 DQ Mixed 22 30% 52.2 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 82.7% Great: 103%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 425GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 172 168 2400 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2120 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2525 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1416 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 187 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1941 (C2) HDA temperature 118 107 25 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	81.5% Excellent	Read 148 Write 136 Mixed 128 103% 137 MB/s	4K Read 1.08 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.22 112% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 81.5% Great: 109%
Toshiba MK3256GSY 320GB-$90 1,632 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 298GB free Firmware: LH013C Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 1885 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 2876 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 2320 (0A) Spinup retry count 157 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2871 (B7) Unknown 100 100 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (B9) Unknown 100 100 65535 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 76 54 420872216 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 119 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 2162721 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 94 94 65455 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	54.3% Above average	Read 96.5 Write 92.6 Mixed 91.7 70% 93.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.33 93% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 54.3% Great: 52%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws 4 DDR4 2133 C15 2x8GB 4,421 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	74.4% Very good	MC Read 27.6 MC Write 28.2 MC Mixed 21.8 74% 25.9 GB/s	SC Read 17.9 SC Write 28.9 SC Mixed 25.6 69% 24.1 GB/s	Latency 64.8 62% 64.8 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 74.4% Great: 80%

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Gaming 41%

Speed boat

Desktop 74%

Battleship

Workstation 33%

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Motherboard: Asrock H170A-X1

CPU
Core i5-6500Intel $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	35x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	10x
Core i5-6600Intel $132Bench 68%, 80,688 samples	9x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	21x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	7x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	6x

SSD
SSD Plus 120GBSanDisk $42Bench 58%, 87,912 samples	4x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $129Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	4x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	4x

RAM
2400 C15 Series 2x4GBUnknownBench 74%, 4,971 samples	4x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	4x
HyperX DDR4 2133 C14 3x4GBKingstonBench 59%, 654 samples	4x

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Value: 88% - Excellent

Total price: $226

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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