ASRock FATAL1TY Z170 GAMING K4

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 123%
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Desktop
Desktop 102%
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Workstation
Workstation 107%
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PC StatusOverall this PC is performing way above expectations (87th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 13 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
ProcessorWith 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 90.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics133% 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 Drive387% 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.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
MotherboardASRock FATAL1TY Z170 GAMING K4  (all builds)
Memory12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180123
Uptime1.6 Days
Run DateDec 31 '18 at 18:38
Run Duration203 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU9%

 PC Performing way above expectations (87th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-7700K-$242
CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.65 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (91st percentile)
90.9% Outstanding
Memory 95.1
1-Core 148
2-Core 287
98% 177 Pts
4-Core 468
8-Core 707
73% 587 Pts
64-Core 798
49% 798 Pts
Poor: 71%
This bench: 90.9%
Great: 92%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485
CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 417.35
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
133% Outstanding
Lighting 187
Reflection 198
Parallax 180
153% 188 fps
MRender 127
Gravity 185
Splatting 131
120% 148 fps
Poor: 109%
This bench: 133%
Great: 133%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$170
232GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1B2QEXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 2016 2005 2004 2019 1963 1917 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (93rd percentile)
387% Outstanding
Read 2,699
Write 2,145
Mixed 1,161
SusWrite 1,987
447% 1,998 MB/s
4K Read 62
4K Write 197
4K Mixed 88
311% 116 MB/s
DQ Read 1,472
DQ Write 1327
DQ Mixed 1382
1,041% 1,394 MB/s
Poor: 195%
This bench: 387%
Great: 393%
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$115
115GB free
Firmware: EXM02B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 493 487 495 489 479 475 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
127% Outstanding
Read 519
Write 490
Mixed 373
SusWrite 487
105% 467 MB/s
4K Read 38.9
4K Write 133
4K Mixed 52.5
197% 74.8 MB/s
DQ Read 386
DQ Write 346
DQ Mixed 349
266% 360 MB/s
Poor: 71%
This bench: 127%
Great: 124%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$78
768GB free
Firmware: 80.00A80
SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 93 98 98 98 98 MB/s
Performing as expected (56th percentile)
67.7% Good
Read 139
Write 117
Mixed 87.5
SusWrite 96.5
81% 110 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 2.5
4K Mixed 1
191% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 40%
This bench: 67.7%
Great: 84%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GB-$42
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz
Performing way above expectations (89th percentile)
90.4% Outstanding
MC Read 33.9
MC Write 34.8
MC Mixed 26
90% 31.6 GB/s
SC Read 20.7
SC Write 36.8
SC Mixed 30.6
84% 29.4 GB/s
Latency 56.8
70% 56.8 ns
Poor: 56%
This bench: 90.4%
Great: 95%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Desktop
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Workstation
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Motherboard: ASRock FATAL1TY Z170 GAMING K4 - $300

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 100% - Outstanding Total price: $653
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