Asrock Z170 Professional Gaming i7

Performance Results


Gaming 70% Battle cruiser	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 57% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (22nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 78 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 71.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	95.5% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Memory	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (23%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock Z170 Professional Gaming i7 (all builds)
Memory	42.6 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151228
Uptime	10.7 Days
Run Date	Jan 26 '20 at 17:03
Run Duration	153 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	23%

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PC Performing below expectations (22^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	71.5% Very good	Memory 75.7 1-Core 126 2-Core 227 80% 143 Pts	4-Core 373 8-Core 472 54% 422 Pts	64-Core 472 29% 472 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 71.5% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6180) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.66 Performing below potential (13^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	95.5% Outstanding	Lighting 124 Reflection 108 Parallax 115 101% 116 fps	MRender 102 Gravity 117 Splatting 93.5 84% 104 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 95.5% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 730 Series 480GB-$230 5,159 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 72GB free (System drive) Firmware: L2010420 SusWrite @10s intervals: 36 40 41 48 48 48 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 71% Great: 110%
Crucial M500 240GB-$73 31,779 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 145GB free Firmware: MU02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 158 165 170 189 185 188 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	64.7% Good	Read 324 Write 248 Mixed 247 SusWrite 176 56% 249 MB/s	4K Read 22.4 4K Write 69.7 4K Mixed 29.5 109% 40.5 MB/s	DQ Read 204 DQ Write 135 DQ Mixed 142 113% 160 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 64.7% Great: 91%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 63GB free Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 101 103 101 101 100 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	86.2% Excellent	Read 199 Write 145 Mixed 86.8 SusWrite 101 98% 133 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.8 155% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 86.2% Great: 112%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$67 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 490GB free Firmware: CC25 SusWrite @10s intervals: 152 164 164 181 181 185 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	92% Outstanding	Read 150 Write 125 Mixed 75.2 SusWrite 171 95% 130 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 92% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3000 C15 4x16GB 524 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 4 of 4 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	58.3% Above average	MC Read 21.5 MC Write 23 MC Mixed 19.5 61% 21.3 GB/s	SC Read 8.9 SC Write 16.3 SC Mixed 18 41% 14.4 GB/s	Latency 89 45% 89 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 58.3% Great: 125%

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

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 73%

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Motherboard: Asrock Z170 Professional Gaming i7

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	127x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	20x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	9x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	26x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	26x
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	12x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	17x
950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung $625Bench 223%, 54,978 samples	7x
950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBSamsung $250Bench 199%, 40,327 samples	5x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	11x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	9x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	8x

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Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $514

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 $163	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) $31	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