Asrock Z170 Extreme4

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 14%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 80%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 13%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 81.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics5.23% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive192% 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.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
MotherboardAsrock Z170 Extreme4  (all builds)
Memory12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180122
Uptime0 Days
Run DateNov 22 '19 at 17:29
Run Duration130 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU5%

 PC Performing above expectations (68th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-6600-$132
CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
81.5% Excellent
Memory 94
1-Core 108
2-Core 216
80% 140 Pts
4-Core 395
8-Core 429
54% 412 Pts
64-Core 423
26% 423 Pts
Poor: 47%
This bench: 81.5%
Great: 77%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake)
ASRock(1849 1912) 1GB
Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 26.20.100.7262
Performing above expectations (73rd percentile)
5.23% Terrible
Lighting 7
Reflection 10.2
Parallax 7.38
6% 8.18 fps
MRender 11.7
Gravity 6.5
Splatting 0.09
4% 6.08 fps
Poor: 3%
This bench: 5.23%
Great: 6%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$46
64GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 575 424 433 427 421 331 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (18th percentile)
192% Outstanding
Read 934
Write 1,557
Mixed 932
SusWrite 435
218% 965 MB/s
4K Read 62.7
4K Write 118
4K Mixed 78.1
258% 86.3 MB/s
DQ Read 1,008
DQ Write 1,136
DQ Mixed 1,160
849% 1,102 MB/s
Poor: 152%
This bench: 192%
Great: 302%
Toshiba P300 3TB-$100
2TB free
Firmware: MX6OACF0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 184 174 178 175 178 174 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (87th percentile)
104% Outstanding
Read 185
Write 178
Mixed 21.9
SusWrite 177
101% 141 MB/s
4K Read 1.2
4K Write 2.1
4K Mixed 0.5
144% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 56%
This bench: 104%
Great: 108%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 2666 C15 4x4GB
4 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz
Performing as expected (60th percentile)
91.3% Outstanding
MC Read 33.1
MC Write 35.8
MC Mixed 28.3
93% 32.4 GB/s
SC Read 18.7
SC Write 36.9
SC Mixed 28.2
80% 27.9 GB/s
Latency 59.9
67% 59.9 ns
Poor: 74%
This bench: 91.3%
Great: 105%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Z170 Extreme4 Builds (Compare 1,129 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 51%
Yacht
Desktop
Desktop 87%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 44%
Speed boat

Motherboard: Asrock Z170 Extreme4 - $210

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 89% - Excellent Total price: $644
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HDDRAMUSB
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