ASRock FATAL1TY Z170 GAMING K4

Performance Results


Gaming 126% UFO	Desktop 101% UFO	Workstation 109% UFO


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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 93%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	134% 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	282% 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	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.

High background CPU (28%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	ASRock FATAL1TY Z170 GAMING K4 (all builds)
Memory	8.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit Farben,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180123
Uptime	3 Days
Run Date	Feb 08 '19 at 21:21
Run Duration	196 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	28%

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 i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	93% Outstanding	Memory 93.2 1-Core 146 2-Core 277 96% 172 Pts	4-Core 499 8-Core 738 77% 618 Pts	64-Core 787 49% 787 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 93% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 3752) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 417.35 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	134% Outstanding	Lighting 190 Reflection 196 Parallax 191 155% 192 fps	MRender 128 Gravity 190 Splatting 126 119% 148 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 134% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$158 331,647 User benchmarks, average bench 297% 763GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1195 1107 1124 1129 1178 1115 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	282% Outstanding	Read 2,174 Write 1,501 Mixed 1,107 SusWrite 1,141 330% 1,481 MB/s	4K Read 55.2 4K Write 145 4K Mixed 83.1 267% 94.3 MB/s	DQ Read 996 DQ Write 881 DQ Mixed 930 700% 936 MB/s
Poor: 214% ↑ This bench: 282% Great: 372%
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 122GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 397 397 219 112 126 119 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 420 Write 362 Mixed 346 SusWrite 228 76% 339 MB/s	4K Read 41.9 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 58.5 197% 70.3 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 364 273% 365 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 133%
SanDisk X400 1TB-$310 2,086 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 211GB free Firmware: X4120000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 321 278 279 272 279 269 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	86.6% Excellent	Read 425 Write 363 Mixed 218 SusWrite 283 72% 322 MB/s	4K Read 27.7 4K Write 87 4K Mixed 30.8 128% 48.5 MB/s	DQ Read 345 DQ Write 271 DQ Mixed 202 180% 272 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 86.6% Great: 106%
Samsung Spinpoint F2 1TB-$60 32,476 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 1.5TB free Firmware: 1AG01118 SusWrite @10s intervals: 58 57 58 57 58 56 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	31.4% Below average	Read 51.8 Write 61.2 Mixed 39.5 SusWrite 57.4 39% 52.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 142% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 31.4% Great: 58%
Kingston HyperX Savage USB 3.1 512GB-$233 91 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 29GB free, PID 16b3 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 11 216 100 87 197 159 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	61.2% Good	Read 210 Write 116 Mixed 106 SusWrite 128 176% 140 MB/s	4K Read 2.4 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 1.1 70% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 61.2% Great: 98%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2666 C15 2x8GB-$169 37,519 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	88.9% Excellent	MC Read 33 MC Write 33.9 MC Mixed 26.4 89% 31.1 GB/s	SC Read 20.2 SC Write 36.5 SC Mixed 31 84% 29.2 GB/s	Latency 61.6 65% 61.6 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 88.9% Great: 97%

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

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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	298x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	77x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	171x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	109x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 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 $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	22x

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

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Value: 99% - Outstanding

Total price: $658

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