Asrock Z170A-X1

Performance Results


Gaming 113% UFO	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 101% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 87.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	129% 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	102% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock Z170A-X1 (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160122
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 12 '19 at 02:09
Run Duration	170 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	21%

PC Performing above expectations (74^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	87.2% Excellent	Memory 93.6 1-Core 139 2-Core 247 91% 160 Pts	4-Core 435 8-Core 774 73% 604 Pts	64-Core 772 48% 772 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 87.2% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6593) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 416.94 Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	129% Outstanding	Lighting 179 Reflection 202 Parallax 180 146% 187 fps	MRender 126 Gravity 179 Splatting 125 116% 143 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 129% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HFS250G32TND-N1A2A 250GB 5,131 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 55GB free (System drive) Firmware: 30000P10 SusWrite @10s intervals: 295 151 147 137 111 113 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 501 Write 460 Mixed 410 SusWrite 159 86% 383 MB/s	4K Read 37.5 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 52.6 182% 66.7 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 332 DQ Mixed 353 266% 355 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 106%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 17GB free Firmware: RVT01B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 516 Write 490 Mixed 464 109% 490 MB/s	4K Read 46.1 4K Write 131 4K Mixed 64.7 222% 80.5 MB/s	DQ Read 386 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 359 271% 363 MB/s
Poor: 74% Great: 129%
Seagate ST9160412AS 160GB-$24 2,432 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 51GB free Firmware: B006HPM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 67 63 66 66 67 67 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	39.4% Below average	Read 71 Write 68.2 Mixed 44.2 SusWrite 66 46% 62.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 146% 1 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 39.4% Great: 46%
Samsung HD254GJ 250GB 1,060 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 88GB free Firmware: 1AJ10002 SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 110 111 111 112 111 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	59% Above average	Read 98 Write 22.2 Mixed 59 SusWrite 107 53% 71.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 1 179% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 59% Great: 76%
Seagate BUP Slim BK 1TB 18,390 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 124GB free Firmware: 0302 SusWrite @10s intervals: 58 59 61 61 61 61 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	42.9% Average	Read 88.7 Write 66.5 Mixed 57.3 SusWrite 60.3 50% 68.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.9 162% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 42.9% Great: 63%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GB-$42 131,007 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	87.8% Excellent	MC Read 32.4 MC Write 34.1 MC Mixed 26.1 88% 30.9 GB/s	SC Read 20.3 SC Write 34.8 SC Mixed 28.6 80% 27.9 GB/s	Latency 60.8 66% 60.8 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 87.8% Great: 95%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Gaming 84%

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Desktop 85%

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Workstation 71%

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Motherboard: Asrock Z170A-X1

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	36x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	21x
Core i5-6500Intel $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	19x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	21x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	17x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	12x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	7x
WDS100T2B0A-00SM50 1TBWDCBench 98%, 74,123 samples	7x
OCZ TL100 240GBToshiba $56Bench 63%, 10,555 samples	5x

RAM
HyperX 2133 C14 2x8GBKingstonBench 68%, 49,673 samples	6x
CL16-16-16 D4-2400 2x8GBUnknownBench 71%, 17,846 samples	6x
CT16G4DFD8213.C16FAD 1x16GBCrucialBench 38%, 1,141 samples	6x

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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $608

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