Asrock Z170 Extreme4

Performance Results


Gaming 72% Battleship	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 59% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	80.2% 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	50.6% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock Z170 Extreme4 (all builds)
Memory	8.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161122
Uptime	4.3 Days
Run Date	Jul 12 '18 at 15:46
Run Duration	286 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing as expected (55^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, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	86% Excellent	Memory 92.7 1-Core 133 2-Core 273 92% 166 Pts	4-Core 444 8-Core 537 63% 490 Pts	64-Core 536 33% 536 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 86% Great: 85%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) 188,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% ASRock(1849 1912) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 23.20.16.4973 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.43% Terrible	Lighting 7.87 Reflection 11.1 Parallax 7.72 6% 8.89 fps	MRender 10.8 Gravity 6.77 Splatting 15.4 9% 11 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.43% Great: 6%
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 5173) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.36 Performing below potential (58^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	80.2% Excellent	Lighting 101 Reflection 113 Parallax 97 83% 104 fps	MRender 88.7 Gravity 92.9 Splatting 94.5 76% 92 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 80.2% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX200 240GB-$36 36,559 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 95GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU02.6 SusWrite @10s intervals: 234 81 52 52 47 52 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	50.6% Above average	Read 469 Write 400 Mixed 387 SusWrite 86.2 75% 336 MB/s	4K Read 13.4 4K Write 39.9 4K Mixed 24 72% 25.8 MB/s	DQ Read 33.6 DQ Write 128 DQ Mixed 50.1 47% 70.5 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 50.6% Great: 91%
Crucial MX100 256GB-$116 55,768 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 27GB free Firmware: MU01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 306 246 227 206 191 176 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	83.2% Excellent	Read 436 Write 319 Mixed 277 SusWrite 225 70% 315 MB/s	4K Read 28.6 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 40.6 156% 61.6 MB/s	DQ Read 31.6 DQ Write 146 DQ Mixed 45.4 48% 74.4 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 83.2% Great: 97%
Hitachi HDT721010SLA360 1TB-$497 27,212 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 635GB free Firmware: ST6OA31B SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 92 91 91 92 90 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	57.4% Above average	Read 109 Write 102 Mixed 54 SusWrite 91 65% 88.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.9 162% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 57.4% Great: 61%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 216GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 120 123 121 120 121 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	71.7% Very good	Read 129 Write 126 Mixed 80.8 SusWrite 121 84% 114 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.1 218% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 71.7% Great: 109%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 665GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 65 84 83 84 84 84 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	54.6% Above average	Read 109 Write 29.3 Mixed 70.2 SusWrite 80.6 54% 72.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.1 204% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 54.6% Great: 75%
Toshiba P300 2TB-$61 100,891 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 980GB free Firmware: MX4OACF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 163 164 166 166 165 166 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	96% Outstanding	Read 170 Write 170 Mixed 28.3 SusWrite 165 96% 133 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.7 166% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 96% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D240FSB.16FBD 2x8GB 22,335 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (38^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	78.8% Very good	MC Read 27 MC Write 29.5 MC Mixed 25.5 78% 27.3 GB/s	SC Read 18.9 SC Write 32.3 SC Mixed 26.8 74% 26 GB/s	Latency 62.6 64% 62.6 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 78.8% Great: 88%

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Gaming 51%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 44%

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Motherboard: Asrock Z170 Extreme4 - $210

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	369x
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	144x
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 $37Bench 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 $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