Asrock H170A-X1/3.1

Performance Results


Gaming 97% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 83% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 86.5%, 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	104% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). 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	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180103
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Mar 11 '20 at 20:45
Run Duration	155 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	15%

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PC Performing above expectations (61^st 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 (100^th percentile)	86.5% Excellent	Memory 93.8 1-Core 124 2-Core 243 87% 154 Pts	4-Core 427 8-Core 690 68% 558 Pts	64-Core 689 43% 689 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 86.5% 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 145 118% 142 fps	MRender 175 Gravity 122 Splatting 101 105% 133 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% 41GB free (System drive) Firmware: P0510E SusWrite @10s intervals: 397 205 91 85 85 72 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 498 Write 451 Mixed 384 SusWrite 156 83% 372 MB/s	4K Read 42 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 56.6 193% 68.5 MB/s	DQ Read 319 DQ Write 317 DQ Mixed 249 206% 295 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 99%
Spcc Solid State Disk 128GB 14,793 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 109GB free Firmware: CXM03D1Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 300 298 298 288 299 301 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	75.5% Very good	Read 460 Write 301 Mixed 293 SusWrite 297 76% 338 MB/s	4K Read 23.3 4K Write 65.4 4K Mixed 24.4 101% 37.7 MB/s	DQ Read 287 DQ Write 85.5 DQ Mixed 131 111% 168 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 75.5% Great: 93%
Spcc Solid State Disk 640GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 137GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 75 75 76 76 76 74 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	47.7% Average	Read 90 Write 85.3 Mixed 60.5 SusWrite 75.5 57% 77.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1 196% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 47.7% Great: 51%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 210GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 138 135 137 137 137 136 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	83% Excellent	Read 153 Write 162 Mixed 85.8 SusWrite 136 98% 134 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 83% 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 (50^th percentile)	77.2% Very good	MC Read 28.9 MC Write 30.2 MC Mixed 21.7 77% 26.9 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 29.7 SC Mixed 24.7 69% 24.2 GB/s	Latency 60.2 66% 60.2 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 77.2% 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 $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	6x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	6x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $38Bench 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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Value: 79% - Very good

Total price: $278

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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