Asrock Z170 Extreme6

Performance Results


Gaming 73% Battleship	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 63% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 88.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	77.5% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	73.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asrock Z170 Extreme6 (all builds)
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180122
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 20 '19 at 06:37
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing above expectations (72^nd 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 (95^th percentile)	88.9% Excellent	Memory 93.9 1-Core 133 2-Core 254 90% 160 Pts	4-Core 451 8-Core 718 72% 584 Pts	64-Core 714 44% 714 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 88.9% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 1996) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 430.86 Performing below potential (49^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	77.5% Very good	Lighting 98 Reflection 106 Parallax 106 80% 103 fps	MRender 89.1 Gravity 94.3 Splatting 85.4 73% 89.6 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 77.5% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 120GB-$35 80,916 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 39GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C3J96R9 SusWrite @10s intervals: 220 63 60 56 53 55 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	73.6% Very good	Read 484 Write 345 Mixed 127 SusWrite 84.5 57% 260 MB/s	4K Read 29.9 4K Write 73 4K Mixed 36.7 131% 46.5 MB/s	DQ Read 293 DQ Write 93.5 DQ Mixed 166 130% 184 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 73.6% Great: 82%
Asrock RAM Disk 0GB 0GB free Firmware: 1.00 Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples		Read 8529 Write 8,828 Mixed 8,732 1,947% 8,696 MB/s	4K Read 710 4K Write 636 4K Mixed 663 2,263% 670 MB/s	DQ Read 1,711 DQ Write 1,589 DQ Mixed 1,628 1,228% 1,643 MB/s

WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 931GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 170 172 172 171 171 171 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 191 Write 168 Mixed 99.5 SusWrite 171 115% 157 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1.2 242% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS4G4D240FSA.8FARG 4x4GB 497 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2600 MHz Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	81.8% Excellent	MC Read 30 MC Write 31.7 MC Mixed 23.2 81% 28.3 GB/s	SC Read 19.7 SC Write 34.5 SC Mixed 27.7 78% 27.3 GB/s	Latency 59.9 67% 59.9 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 81.8% Great: 101%

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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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Typical Z170 Extreme6 Builds (Compare 180 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 68%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 57%

Gunboat

Motherboard: Asrock Z170 Extreme6 - $305

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	86x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	35x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	20x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	22x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	17x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	14x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	12x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	9x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	6x

RAM
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	7x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	6x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	5x

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Value: 99% - Outstanding

Total price: $743

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 $175	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16