Asrock Z170 Extreme4

Performance Results


Gaming 55% Yacht	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 48% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	61.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	73.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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 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, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asrock Z170 Extreme4 (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180122
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Jul 20 '18 at 10:53
Run Duration	136 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	87.8% Excellent	Memory 91.6 1-Core 141 2-Core 249 91% 161 Pts	4-Core 452 8-Core 779 75% 616 Pts	64-Core 764 47% 764 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 87.8% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 390X-$340 26,573 User benchmarks, average bench 54% MSI(1462 2015) CLim: 1080 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 18.7.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	61.7% Good	Lighting 77.1 Reflection 64.2 Parallax 94 63% 78.4 fps	MRender 65 Gravity 64.5 Splatting 83.7 60% 71.1 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 61.7% Great: 57%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 120GB-$42 87,912 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 74GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z22000RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 201 205 210 208 210 210 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	73.2% Very good	Read 478 Write 201 Mixed 208 SusWrite 208 60% 274 MB/s	4K Read 27.4 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 13.1 116% 49.9 MB/s	DQ Read 175 DQ Write 202 DQ Mixed 80.8 91% 153 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 73.2% Great: 78%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 929GB free Firmware: CC34 SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 109 106 106 105 106 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	61.5% Good	Read 108 Write 101 Mixed 66 SusWrite 106 70% 95.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 1 171% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 61.5% Great: 68%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 723GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 183 184 185 186 188 185 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 187 Write 98.7 Mixed 77.3 SusWrite 185 100% 137 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 160% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GB-$42 131,007 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	40.4% Average	MC Read 14.2 MC Write 14 MC Mixed 10.7 37% 13 GB/s	SC Read 12.3 SC Write 14.7 SC Mixed 13.9 39% 13.6 GB/s	Latency 64.7 62% 64.7 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 40.4% Great: 95%

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

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Gaming 51%

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Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 44%

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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