Asrock H170A-X1/3.1

Performance Results


Gaming 93% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 80% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With 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 82.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	111% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	106% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.

High background CPU (29%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock H170A-X1/3.1 (all builds)
Memory	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180103
Uptime	1.3 Days
Run Date	Mar 01 '20 at 08:20
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	29%

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PC Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700-$167 256,717 User benchmarks, average bench 76% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	82.3% Excellent	Memory 91.6 1-Core 116 2-Core 231 83% 146 Pts	4-Core 394 8-Core 666 64% 530 Pts	64-Core 655 40% 655 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 82.3% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070S (Super)-$210 663,603 User benchmarks, average bench 115% MSI(1462 373E) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 442.50 Performing below potential (22^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	111% Outstanding	Lighting 145 Reflection 135 Parallax 136 118% 139 fps	MRender 174 Gravity 123 Splatting 98.7 104% 132 fps
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 123%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Spcc Solid State Disk 240GB 15,968 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 44GB free (System drive) Firmware: P0510E SusWrite @10s intervals: 411 196 84 85 85 86 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 504 Write 454 Mixed 406 SusWrite 158 85% 380 MB/s	4K Read 43 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 60 199% 70.3 MB/s	DQ Read 323 DQ Write 318 DQ Mixed 246 205% 296 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 99%
Spcc Solid State Disk 128GB 14,793 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 109GB free Firmware: CXM03D1Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 300 301 298 302 301 296 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	77.2% Very good	Read 462 Write 302 Mixed 267 SusWrite 300 74% 333 MB/s	4K Read 24.2 4K Write 66.9 4K Mixed 26.3 106% 39.1 MB/s	DQ Read 288 DQ Write 82.2 DQ Mixed 134 112% 168 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 77.2% Great: 93%
Spcc Solid State Disk 640GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 137GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 75 74 75 74 74 74 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	46.5% Average	Read 87 Write 102 Mixed 66.7 SusWrite 74.3 61% 82.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 0.9 183% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 46.5% Great: 51%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 210GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 137 137 138 138 139 138 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	94.6% Outstanding	Read 192 Write 185 Mixed 81.2 SusWrite 138 109% 149 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 158% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 94.6% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GB 5,589 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	76.8% Very good	MC Read 29.7 MC Write 30.5 MC Mixed 21.6 78% 27.3 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 28.1 SC Mixed 22.8 64% 22.5 GB/s	Latency 64.8 62% 64.8 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 76.8% Great: 90%

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

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Gaming 41%

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Desktop 75%

Battleship

Workstation 33%

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Motherboard: Asrock H170A-X1/3.1

CPU
Core i5-6500Intel $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	39x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	16x
Core i5-6600Intel $132Bench 68%, 80,688 samples	12x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	18x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	18x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	10x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	6x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	6x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $37Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	5x

RAM
HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GBKingstonBench 76%, 122,822 samples	6x
BLS8G4D240FSB.16FBD 2x8GBCrucialBench 79%, 22,335 samples	4x
CMU32GX4M4A2666C16 2x8GBCorsairBench 75%, 311 samples	4x

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Total price: $293

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $274	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 $183	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) $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