Asrock Z170A-X1

Performance Results


Gaming 83% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 72% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 90.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	88.7% 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	57.9% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock Z170A-X1 (all builds)
Memory	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160122
Uptime	5.4 Days
Run Date	Dec 19 '16 at 07:31
Run Duration	139 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	15%

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PC Performing above expectations (76^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-$219 588,978 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 (98^th percentile)	90.8% Outstanding	Memory 93.5 1-Core 140 2-Core 269 93% 167 Pts	4-Core 475 8-Core 759 76% 617 Pts	64-Core 778 48% 778 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 90.8% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 85A0) CLim: 2126 MHz, MLim: 2102 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 376.9 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	88.7% Excellent	Lighting 110 Reflection 123 Parallax 103 90% 112 fps	MRender 104 Gravity 104 Splatting 109 87% 106 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 88.7% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 120GB-$42 87,912 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 35GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z22000RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 24 100 24 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 45 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 8 (A9) Unknown 100 100 14 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 4 (AE) Unknown 100 100 2 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 100 167503724580 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 500 (F1) Unknown 253 253 353 (F2) Unknown 253 253 342	57.9% Above average	Read 491 Write 200 Mixed 289 72% 327 MB/s	4K Read 22.6 4K Write 49.2 4K Mixed 3.73 65% 25.2 MB/s	DQ Read 168 DQ Write 203 DQ Mixed 3.69 53% 125 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 57.9% Great: 78%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$25 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 791GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 79 69 94347134 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 20 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 187322 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 49 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 20 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 72 471269404 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 20 (C2) HDA temperature 28 17 73014444060 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 13 5 94347134 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -128874788683727 (F1) Unknown 100 253 337874529 (F2) Unknown 100 253 7746772	101% Outstanding	Read 183 Write 168 Mixed 142 123% 164 MB/s	4K Read 0.94 4K Write 1.39 4K Mixed 0.34 103% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 112%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 320GB-$80 31,610 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 296GB free Firmware: 3.AAK Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 78 89157984 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4457 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 89 60 848884975 (09) Power-on hours count 29 29 62761 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4357 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 51 538443808 (C2) HDA temperature 32 49 68719476768 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 67 55 53452952 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	41.4% Average	Read 72.3 Write 71.6 Mixed 69 53% 71 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 1.79 4K Mixed 0.38 102% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 41.4% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown TEAMGROUP-UD4-2400 2x8GB 25,824 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	75.2% Very good	MC Read 28.2 MC Write 29.6 MC Mixed 20.9 75% 26.2 GB/s	SC Read 17.8 SC Write 29.3 SC Mixed 23 67% 23.4 GB/s	Latency 61 66% 61 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 75.2% Great: 88%

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Gaming 84%

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Desktop 85%

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Workstation 71%

Battleship

Motherboard: Asrock Z170A-X1

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $219Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	36x
Core i5-6600KIntel $122Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	22x
Core i5-6500Intel $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	19x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 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: 99% - Outstanding

Total price: $442

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $124	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16