Asrock Z170 Extreme4

Performance Results


Gaming 91% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 73% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 96.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	90.3% 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.

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.

Motherboard	Asrock Z170 Extreme4 (all builds)
Memory	13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180122
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 04 '20 at 19:00
Run Duration	176 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing above expectations (79^th 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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	96.8% Outstanding	Memory 94.5 1-Core 146 2-Core 292 98% 178 Pts	4-Core 569 8-Core 584 77% 577 Pts	64-Core 581 36% 581 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 96.8% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX Vega-56-$170 92,053 User benchmarks, average bench 78% AMD(1002 6B76) CLim: 1590 MHz, MLim: 900 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 20.2.1 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	90.3% Outstanding	Lighting 110 Reflection 88.4 Parallax 155 89% 118 fps	MRender 88 Gravity 116 Splatting 126 92% 110 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 90.3% Great: 85%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 120GB-$42 87,912 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 10GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z22000RL Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 494 Write 190 Mixed 194 64% 292 MB/s	4K Read 28.7 4K Write 135 4K Mixed 14.2 133% 59.2 MB/s	DQ Read 166 DQ Write 202 DQ Mixed 78 88% 149 MB/s
Poor: 35% Great: 78%
Sandisk PLUS 1000GB 44,528 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 246GB free Firmware: UH4400RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 79 4.5 19 29 21 33 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	37.2% Below average	Read 464 Write 316 Mixed 179 SusWrite 30.7 54% 248 MB/s	4K Read 14.5 4K Write 13.5 4K Mixed 11 43% 13 MB/s	DQ Read 118 DQ Write 44.6 DQ Mixed 29.8 36% 64.1 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 37.2% Great: 58%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 438GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 129 128 129 129 128 130 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	73% Very good	Read 125 Write 131 Mixed 79.2 SusWrite 129 85% 116 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 164% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 73% Great: 69%
Seagate Expansion 1TB 60,540 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 551GB free Firmware: 9300 SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 103 106 105 112 113 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	54.1% Above average	Read 80.3 Write 120 Mixed 68.2 SusWrite 107 69% 94 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 4 4K Mixed 0.6 187% 1.9 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 54.1% Great: 66%
Generic Flash Disk 34GB 197 User benchmarks, average bench 4% 27GB free, PID 7777 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 5.7 6.3 6.2 6.3 6.2 6.3 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	3.81% Terrible	Read 14 Write 4.7 Mixed 5.2 SusWrite 6.1 9% 7.5 MB/s	4K Read 1.9 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 7% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 3.81% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB-$299 20,912 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	93.1% Outstanding	MC Read 34.4 MC Write 35.9 MC Mixed 28.4 94% 32.9 GB/s	SC Read 20.6 SC Write 37.2 SC Mixed 29.4 83% 29.1 GB/s	Latency 58.6 68% 58.6 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 93.1% Great: 91%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 44%

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Motherboard: Asrock Z170 Extreme4 - $210

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	370x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	360x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	96x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	152x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	145x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	79x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	45x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	34x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	30x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	80x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	37x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	34x

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Value: 87% - Excellent

Total price: $659

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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