ASRock Z170 GAMING K6

Performance Results


Gaming 95% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 83% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (90th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 10 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 87.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	105% 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.
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.

Motherboard	ASRock Z170 GAMING K6 (all builds)
Memory	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160704
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 18 '19 at 05:47
Run Duration	130 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing way above expectations (90^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	87.9% Excellent	Memory 96.2 1-Core 131 2-Core 247 90% 158 Pts	4-Core 428 8-Core 724 70% 576 Pts	64-Core 729 45% 729 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 87.9% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon-VII-$841 13,762 User benchmarks, average bench 101% AMD(1002 081E) Ram: 16GB, Driver: 19.2.2 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Lighting 130 Reflection 97.4 Parallax 195 106% 141 fps	MRender 103 Gravity 142 Splatting 142 107% 129 fps
Poor: 91% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 10GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 455 Write 428 Mixed 351 92% 411 MB/s	4K Read 42.8 4K Write 125 4K Mixed 61.4 210% 76.5 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 362 272% 363 MB/s
Poor: 72% Great: 124%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 775GB free Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 425 461 458 440 441 438 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	126% Outstanding	Read 467 Write 440 Mixed 427 SusWrite 444 100% 444 MB/s	4K Read 38 4K Write 130 4K Mixed 61.1 204% 76.2 MB/s	DQ Read 388 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 364 274% 366 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 126% Great: 133%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB-$31 98,777 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2600 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	85.3% Excellent	MC Read 33.1 MC Write 33.1 MC Mixed 24.1 86% 30.1 GB/s	SC Read 20 SC Write 29.3 SC Mixed 25.4 71% 24.9 GB/s	Latency 53.2 75% 53.2 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 85.3% Great: 88%

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Gaming 69%

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Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

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Motherboard: ASRock Z170 GAMING K6 - $267

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	206x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	66x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	30x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	73x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	31x
GTX 980-TiNvidia $560Bench 79%, 214,030 samples	21x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	12x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	11x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	10x

RAM
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	27x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	22x
F4 DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 88%, 625 samples	11x

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Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $715

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