Asrock Z170A-X1

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 91%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 89%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 72%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 83.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics107% 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 Drive56.6% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
MotherboardAsrock Z170A-X1  (all builds)
Memory10.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.8 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20161020
Uptime0.2 Days
Run DateApr 25 '20 at 00:00
Run Duration138 Seconds
Run User CAN-User
Background CPU8%

 PC Performing above expectations (62nd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-6600K-$81
CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (92nd percentile)
83.5% Excellent
Memory 94.1
1-Core 131
2-Core 225
87% 150 Pts
4-Core 415
8-Core 456
57% 435 Pts
64-Core 471
29% 471 Pts
Poor: 57%
This bench: 83.5%
Great: 85%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080S (Super)-$466
CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 3875 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 445.87
Performing below potential (1st percentile) - GPU OC Guide
107% Outstanding
Lighting 128
Reflection 146
Parallax 123
104% 132 fps
MRender 192
Gravity 149
Splatting 108
118% 150 fps
Poor: 116%
This bench: 107%
Great: 139%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$37
37GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 60AABBF0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 84 69 71 94 98 93 MB/s
Performing above expectations (60th percentile)
56.6% Above average
Read 258
Write 124
Mixed 180
SusWrite 84.7
36% 162 MB/s
4K Read 25
4K Write 88.9
4K Mixed 28.7
122% 47.5 MB/s
DQ Read 67.3
DQ Write 122
DQ Mixed 102
75% 96.9 MB/s
Poor: 30%
This bench: 56.6%
Great: 73%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35
880GB free
Firmware: 02.01A02
SusWrite @10s intervals: 172 182 184 182 184 182 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
113% Outstanding
Read 214
Write 168
Mixed 106
SusWrite 181
122% 167 MB/s
4K Read 1.3
4K Write 2.9
4K Mixed 1.2
241% 1.8 MB/s
Poor: 52%
This bench: 113%
Great: 109%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51
735GB free
Firmware: CC26
SusWrite @10s intervals: 157 165 163 165 163 164 MB/s
Performing as expected (55th percentile)
95.7% Outstanding
Read 171
Write 143
Mixed 79.3
SusWrite 163
102% 139 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 0.7
138% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 63%
This bench: 95.7%
Great: 114%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
G.SKILL Ripjaws 4 DDR4 2800 C16 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2800 MHz
Performing above expectations (66th percentile)
79.8% Very good
MC Read 30
MC Write 29.5
MC Mixed 24.8
80% 28.1 GB/s
SC Read 18.3
SC Write 28.4
SC Mixed 25.4
69% 24 GB/s
Latency 59.5
67% 59.5 ns
Poor: 51%
This bench: 79.8%
Great: 95%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Z170A-X1 Builds (Compare 118 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 84%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 85%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 71%
Battleship

Motherboard: Asrock Z170A-X1

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 68% - Good Total price: $608
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