ASRock Z170 GAMING K6

Performance Results


Gaming 82% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 71% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 87%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	91.5% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	72.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	ASRock Z170 GAMING K6 (all builds)
Memory	24.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20181018
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 20 '20 at 19:15
Run Duration	305 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing as expected (51^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$170 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	87% Excellent	Memory 89.3 1-Core 130 2-Core 251 88% 157 Pts	4-Core 457 8-Core 726 73% 592 Pts	64-Core 731 45% 731 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 87% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$278 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3302) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2189 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 442.92 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.5% Outstanding	Lighting 116 Reflection 119 Parallax 103 95% 113 fps	MRender 105 Gravity 103 Splatting 105 85% 104 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 91.5% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$140 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 610GB free Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 819 406 407 408 408 409 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 81% Great: 133%
Crucial M4 512GB-$74 4,600 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 340GB free (System drive) Firmware: 040H SusWrite @10s intervals: 222 208 255 214 215 254 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	72.4% Very good	Read 484 Write 245 Mixed 278 SusWrite 228 69% 309 MB/s	4K Read 20.3 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 25.3 117% 48.8 MB/s	DQ Read 120 DQ Write 64.3 DQ Mixed 51.6 49% 78.8 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 72.4% Great: 81%
Samsung 860 QVO 2TB-$200 28,979 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 2TB free Firmware: RVQ02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 484 489 478 476 479 479 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	120% Outstanding	Read 494 Write 456 Mixed 372 SusWrite 481 102% 451 MB/s	4K Read 31.7 4K Write 121 4K Mixed 50.1 176% 67.5 MB/s	DQ Read 387 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 361 272% 365 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 122%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$28 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 695GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 SusWrite @10s intervals: 176 161 145 138 135 130 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	86.1% Excellent	Read 153 Write 134 Mixed 41.3 SusWrite 147 86% 119 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.5 122% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 86.1% Great: 107%
Jmicron Generic DISK00 300GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 197GB free Firmware: 0103 SusWrite @10s intervals: 6.3 5.6 5.9 5.8 5.7 5.6 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	13.4% Very poor	Read 39.8 Write 40.4 Mixed 35.2 SusWrite 5.8 23% 30.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.2 221% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 13.4% Great: 48%
WD WD6000HLHX-01JJPV0 600GB 6,863 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 516GB free Firmware: 04.05G04 SusWrite @10s intervals: 135 134 132 132 134 135 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	79.3% Very good	Read 142 Write 122 Mixed 88 SusWrite 134 89% 122 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 3.3 4K Mixed 1.4 267% 1.97 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 79.3% Great: 80%
Jmicron Generic DISK01 300GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 279GB free Firmware: 0103 SusWrite @10s intervals: 6.2 5.6 5.9 5.8 5.7 5.6 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile)	12.9% Very poor	Read 38 Write 41 Mixed 34.8 SusWrite 5.8 22% 29.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.2 223% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 12.9% Great: 53%
WD My Book 1235 4TB 2,399 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 2TB free, PID 1235 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 10 10 10 10 10 11 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	15% Very poor	Read 35 Write 29.5 Mixed 29.7 SusWrite 10.5 34% 26.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1 119% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 15% Great: 59%
WD My Passport 0820 2TB 18,744 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 1.5TB free, PID 0820 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 11 11 10 11 11 11 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	13.1% Very poor	Read 35.5 Write 34.7 Mixed 27.1 SusWrite 10.6 35% 27 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 90% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 13.1% Great: 42%
WD Elements 500GB 10,869 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 393GB free, PID 1042 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 11 11 11 10 11 11 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	12.5% Very poor	Read 35.4 Write 32.9 Mixed 26 SusWrite 10.5 34% 26.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 80% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 12.5% Great: 41%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GB 92,468 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (24^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	74.4% Very good	MC Read 27.4 MC Write 28.2 MC Mixed 21.6 74% 25.7 GB/s	SC Read 19.1 SC Write 30.7 SC Mixed 25.8 72% 25.2 GB/s	Latency 68.2 59% 68.2 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 74.4% Great: 114%

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Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

Motherboard: ASRock Z170 GAMING K6 - $267

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	207x
Core i5-6600KIntel $113Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	66x
Core i7-6700Intel $170Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	31x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	73x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	31x
GTX 980-TiNvidia $560Bench 79%, 214,030 samples	21x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	12x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	11x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $84Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	10x

RAM
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $35Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	27x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	22x
F4 DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 88%, 625 samples	11x

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Value: 73% - Very good

Total price: $850

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16