Asrock Z170 Pro4S

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 58% Gunboat	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 45% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	76.9% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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 (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock Z170 Pro4S (all builds)
Memory	11.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180123
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Jan 15 '20 at 06:38
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	17%

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PC Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	76% Very good	Memory 77.7 1-Core 127 2-Core 93.3 65% 99.3 Pts	4-Core 427 8-Core 437 58% 432 Pts	64-Core 406 25% 406 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 76% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Zotac(19DA 1435) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.66 Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	76.9% Very good	Lighting 96 Reflection 105 Parallax 88.4 78% 96.6 fps	MRender 91.7 Gravity 88 Splatting 91.8 74% 90.5 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 76.9% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata SP550NS38 120GB 9GB free (System drive) Firmware: P0414B Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples		Read 466 Write 391 Mixed 368 306% 408 MB/s	4K Read 26 4K Write 95.1 4K Mixed 38.4 7,111% 53.2 MB/s	DQ Read 271 DQ Write 309 DQ Mixed 224 2,248% 268 MB/s

Hitachi HTS545050A7E680 500GB 66,048 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 43GB free Firmware: GG2OAF10 SusWrite @10s intervals: 63 62 64 67 66 65 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	45.5% Average	Read 94 Write 88.2 Mixed 34.3 SusWrite 64.6 51% 70.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.5 106% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 45.5% Great: 58%
Seagate ST3500321CS 500GB 602 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 6GB free Firmware: SC14 SusWrite @10s intervals: 46 47 49 47 51 49 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	25.5% Poor	Read 40.5 Write 38.8 Mixed 26 SusWrite 48.2 28% 38.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.4 79% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 25.5% Great: 47%
Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.C 1TB-$40 97,793 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 16GB free Firmware: JP4OA39C SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 109 116 93 82 101 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	62.2% Good	Read 114 Write 120 Mixed 57.5 SusWrite 102 72% 98.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 1 170% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 62.2% Great: 74%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 4x4GB 4,782 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	64% Good	MC Read 23.9 MC Write 25 MC Mixed 21.1 67% 23.3 GB/s	SC Read 11.1 SC Write 19.9 SC Mixed 18.8 47% 16.6 GB/s	Latency 84.9 47% 84.9 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 64% Great: 96%

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Gaming 50%

Yacht

Desktop 86%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 43%

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Motherboard: Asrock Z170 Pro4S - $130

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	255x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	223x
Core i5-6500Intel $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	121x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	117x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	97x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	71x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	32x
980 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $94Bench 251%, 262,559 samples	19x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	18x

RAM
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $40Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	37x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	24x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	19x

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Value: 84% - Excellent

Total price: $566

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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