Asrock H170A-X1/3.1

Performance Results


Gaming 103% UFO	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 80% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 83.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	123% 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	97.5% 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.

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Run History

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

Motherboard	Asrock H170A-X1/3.1 (all builds)
Memory	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151125
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 25 '20 at 02:23
Run Duration	124 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	30%

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PC Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600-$132 80,688 User benchmarks, average bench 68% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	83.8% Excellent	Memory 89.7 1-Core 112 2-Core 221 80% 141 Pts	4-Core 450 8-Core 455 60% 452 Pts	64-Core 448 28% 448 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 83.8% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070S (Super)-$210 663,603 User benchmarks, average bench 115% Gigabyte(1458 3FF5) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2175 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 451.48 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	123% Outstanding	Lighting 165 Reflection 153 Parallax 153 134% 157 fps	MRender 187 Gravity 140 Splatting 113 116% 147 fps
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 123%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 750 EVO 250GB-$55 75,831 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 57GB free (System drive) Firmware: MAT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 223 167 106 56 40 42 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	97.5% Outstanding	Read 474 Write 460 Mixed 310 SusWrite 106 75% 337 MB/s	4K Read 33 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 56.5 183% 67.8 MB/s	DQ Read 356 DQ Write 304 DQ Mixed 313 239% 324 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 97.5% Great: 114%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 73GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 124 127 127 112 106 107 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	80.5% Excellent	Read 163 Write 150 Mixed 95.2 SusWrite 117 97% 132 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.1 216% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 80.5% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CL16-16-16 D4-2400 2x8GB 17,846 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	71.8% Very good	MC Read 26.9 MC Write 27.9 MC Mixed 21.6 73% 25.5 GB/s	SC Read 15.8 SC Write 25.3 SC Mixed 21.6 60% 20.9 GB/s	Latency 67.6 59% 67.6 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 71.8% Great: 86%

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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 $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 $15	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