ASRock FATAL1TY Z170 GAMING K4

Performance Results


Gaming 63% Destroyer	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 51% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 95.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	62.9% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	77.2% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	ASRock FATAL1TY Z170 GAMING K4 (all builds)
Memory	13.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180123
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Nov 16 '18 at 10:30
Run Duration	137 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing above expectations (79^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-$130 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95.3% Outstanding	Memory 92.6 1-Core 142 2-Core 286 96% 174 Pts	4-Core 565 8-Core 567 76% 566 Pts	64-Core 565 35% 565 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 95.3% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% EVGA(3842 3975) CLim: 1661 MHz, MLim: 1802 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 416.94 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	62.9% Good	Lighting 79.3 Reflection 81 Parallax 71.6 65% 77.3 fps	MRender 78 Gravity 73.4 Splatting 68.1 59% 73.2 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 62.9% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 330 Series 120GB-$188 11,188 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 24GB free (System drive) Firmware: 300i SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 101 99 100 98 104 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	77.2% Very good	Read 418 Write 111 Mixed 180 SusWrite 101 44% 203 MB/s	4K Read 35 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 37.2 161% 61.9 MB/s	DQ Read 138 DQ Write 116 DQ Mixed 129 96% 128 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 77.2% Great: 80%
Seagate ST3250410AS 250GB-$95 20,246 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 40GB free Firmware: 4.AAA SusWrite @10s intervals: 60 60 61 61 61 59 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	40.6% Average	Read 81.2 Write 84 Mixed 46.5 SusWrite 60.1 50% 67.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.9 153% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 40.6% Great: 54%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 669GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 84 109 110 111 111 111 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	67.1% Good	Read 128 Write 43 Mixed 69 SusWrite 106 64% 86.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1 199% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 67.1% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX2133C14D4/8G KHX2133C14/8G 16GB 1,977 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	71.2% Very good	MC Read 26.2 MC Write 27.1 MC Mixed 21.5 71% 24.9 GB/s	SC Read 16.5 SC Write 26.1 SC Mixed 22.1 62% 21.6 GB/s	Latency 62.9 64% 62.9 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 71.2% Great: 79%

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

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Gaming 62%

Destroyer

Desktop 83%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 49%

Yacht

Motherboard: ASRock FATAL1TY Z170 GAMING K4 - $300

CPU
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	340x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	298x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	78x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	172x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	111x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	68x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	55x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	38x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	22x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	43x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	42x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	34x

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Value: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $710

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16