Asrock Z170 Extreme4

Performance Results


Gaming 51% Yacht	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 44% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 89.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	51.7% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	113% 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.

Motherboard	Asrock Z170 Extreme4 (all builds)
Memory	13.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161122
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 25 '19 at 22:01
Run Duration	203 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing above expectations (81^st 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 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	89.9% Excellent	Memory 93.7 1-Core 132 2-Core 240 88% 155 Pts	4-Core 464 8-Core 719 73% 592 Pts	64-Core 717 44% 717 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 89.9% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 480-$75 261,163 User benchmarks, average bench 46% MSI(1462 3415) CLim: 1291 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 19.4.1 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	51.7% Above average	Lighting 64.5 Reflection 67.3 Parallax 90.6 52% 74.1 fps	MRender 66.5 Gravity 65.2 Splatting 54.7 50% 62.2 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 51.7% Great: 53%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 99GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 370 182 187 183 183 179 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Read 507 Write 416 Mixed 350 SusWrite 214 83% 372 MB/s	4K Read 45.9 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 61.4 208% 73.5 MB/s	DQ Read 368 DQ Write 318 DQ Mixed 337 254% 341 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 124%
SanDisk SSD Plus 120GB-$42 87,912 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 53GB free Firmware: Z22000RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 195 199 191 200 202 188 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	70.8% Very good	Read 442 Write 200 Mixed 196 SusWrite 196 57% 259 MB/s	4K Read 28.2 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 11.7 116% 50.1 MB/s	DQ Read 178 DQ Write 200 DQ Mixed 77.5 89% 152 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 70.8% Great: 78%
Samsung 850 EVO M.2 500GB 25,072 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 395GB free Firmware: EMT21B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 439 439 438 452 460 434 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	129% Outstanding	Read 507 Write 462 Mixed 355 SusWrite 444 99% 442 MB/s	4K Read 47.1 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 63.4 215% 76 MB/s	DQ Read 367 DQ Write 316 DQ Mixed 337 254% 340 MB/s
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 129% Great: 131%
Seagate ST9320423AS 320GB-$40 13,598 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 184GB free Firmware: 0002SDM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 76 78 77 78 79 75 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	46.5% Average	Read 84.8 Write 83.2 Mixed 43.6 SusWrite 77.1 53% 72.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.8 136% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 46.5% Great: 51%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$37 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (33^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	72.2% Very good	MC Read 28 MC Write 28.5 MC Mixed 20.8 74% 25.8 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 28.7 SC Mixed 11.7 55% 19.4 GB/s	Latency 60.5 66% 60.5 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 72.2% Great: 104%

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Gaming 51%

Yacht

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 44%

Speed boat

Motherboard: Asrock Z170 Extreme4 - $210

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	370x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	360x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	96x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	153x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	145x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	79x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	45x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	34x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	30x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $37Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	80x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	37x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	34x

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Value: 92% - Outstanding

Total price: $633

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16