ASRock FATAL1TY Z170 GAMING K4

Performance Results


Gaming 113% UFO	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 99% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 87.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	128% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	297% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (36%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	ASRock FATAL1TY Z170 GAMING K4 (all builds)
Memory	26.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161020
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	Dec 08 '18 at 20:36
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	36%

PC Performing above expectations (69^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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	87.5% Excellent	Memory 89.3 1-Core 141 2-Core 268 92% 166 Pts	4-Core 462 8-Core 741 74% 602 Pts	64-Core 778 48% 778 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 87.5% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% MSI(1462 360A) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2767 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 417.1 Performing below potential (76^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	128% Outstanding	Lighting 178 Reflection 188 Parallax 191 145% 186 fps	MRender 122 Gravity 180 Splatting 122 114% 141 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 128% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$139 63,520 User benchmarks, average bench 266% 332GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B6QCXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1211 1517 1507 1507 1468 1436 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	297% Outstanding	Read 2310 Write 1,713 Mixed 858 SusWrite 1441 352% 1,580 MB/s	4K Read 46.4 4K Write 133 4K Mixed 64.7 224% 81.3 MB/s	DQ Read 1,152 DQ Write 1,006 DQ Mixed 997 770% 1,052 MB/s
Poor: 159% ↑ This bench: 297% Great: 353%
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 38GB free Firmware: 605ABBF2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 157 152 166 158 160 161 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	81.3% Excellent	Read 314 Write 257 Mixed 258 SusWrite 159 55% 247 MB/s	4K Read 32.4 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 43.1 161% 60.8 MB/s	DQ Read 174 DQ Write 253 DQ Mixed 181 146% 203 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 81.3% Great: 85%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 160 160 161 160 161 160 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	92.5% Outstanding	Read 162 Write 153 Mixed 89 SusWrite 160 104% 141 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1.1 213% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 92.5% Great: 101%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 656GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 170 167 170 170 170 170 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 183 Write 158 Mixed 84.5 SusWrite 170 109% 149 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.2 236% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GB 76,101 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (15^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	69.6% Good	MC Read 25.5 MC Write 26.8 MC Mixed 20.9 70% 24.4 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 26 SC Mixed 22 62% 21.5 GB/s	Latency 68.1 59% 68.1 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 69.6% Great: 106%

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Gaming 63%

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Desktop 83%

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Workstation 50%

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Motherboard: ASRock FATAL1TY Z170 GAMING K4 - $300

CPU
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	337x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	297x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	77x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	169x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	108x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	68x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	55x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	38x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	22x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	42x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	41x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	34x

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Value: 100% - Outstanding

Total price: $653

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