ASRock FATAL1TY Z170 GAMING K4

Performance Results


Gaming 47% Yacht	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 41% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	54.2% 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	63.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	ASRock FATAL1TY Z170 GAMING K4 (all builds)
Memory	3.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160922
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 10 '19 at 06:48
Run Duration	151 Seconds
Run User	HRV-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing as expected (54^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700-$180 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	79.4% Very good	Memory 90.6 1-Core 113 2-Core 197 78% 133 Pts	4-Core 368 8-Core 627 60% 498 Pts	64-Core 637 39% 637 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 79.4% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 480-$75 261,163 User benchmarks, average bench 46% XFX(1682 9480) CLim: 1338 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.5.1 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	54.2% Above average	Lighting 67.4 Reflection 69.5 Parallax 95.6 55% 77.5 fps	MRender 70.1 Gravity 69.2 Splatting 57.1 53% 65.5 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 54.2% Great: 53%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 600p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 128GB-$98 11,843 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 63GB free (System drive) Firmware: PSF121C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 163 89 105 49 56 52 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	63.6% Good	Read 624 Write 321 Mixed 405 SusWrite 85.8 79% 359 MB/s	4K Read 32.9 4K Write 67.3 4K Mixed 14.8 104% 38.3 MB/s	DQ Read 141 DQ Write 9 DQ Mixed 177 103% 109 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 63.6% Great: 107%
WD Black 500GB (2012)-$47 20,548 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 376GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 175 175 176 174 176 176 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 182 Write 163 Mixed 105 SusWrite 176 115% 156 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1.1 227% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 105%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 526GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 119 122 120 122 120 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	68.1% Good	Read 116 Write 115 Mixed 79.5 SusWrite 120 79% 108 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.1 212% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 68.1% Great: 108%
WD Re 2TB (2012)-$29 5,893 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 540GB free Firmware: 01.01K02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 112 114 112 112 113 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	65.7% Good	Read 116 Write 101 Mixed 73.8 SusWrite 112 74% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 3.3 4K Mixed 1 201% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 65.7% Great: 90%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 2400 C12 2x4GB 1,396 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (31^st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	69.3% Good	MC Read 26.7 MC Write 26.4 MC Mixed 20 70% 24.4 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 25.4 SC Mixed 21.1 59% 20.7 GB/s	Latency 66.4 60% 66.4 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 69.3% Great: 90%

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Gaming 63%

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Desktop 83%

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Workstation 50%

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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