Asrock Z170 Extreme4

Performance Results


Gaming 21% Surfboard	Desktop 36% Jet ski	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (34th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 66 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With an extremely low single core score, this CPU can barely handle email and light web browsing. Finally, with a gaming score of 24.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very poor.
Graphics	78.6% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

Very high background CPU (100%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asrock Z170 Extreme4 (all builds)
Memory	4.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151123
Uptime	1.5 Days
Run Date	Jul 02 '20 at 23:57
Run Duration	203 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	100%

PC Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	24.2% Poor	Memory 21.6 1-Core 10.9 2-Core 98.8 21% 43.8 Pts	4-Core 150 8-Core 172 21% 161 Pts	64-Core 129 8% 129 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 24.2% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4996) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1582 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 446.14 Performing below potential (55^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	78.6% Very good	Lighting 98.8 Reflection 113 Parallax 98.3 80% 103 fps	MRender 92.3 Gravity 94.7 Splatting 88.7 75% 91.9 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 78.6% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 14GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 413 Write 307 Mixed 358 80% 359 MB/s	4K Read 28 4K Write 44.8 4K Mixed 25.1 98% 32.6 MB/s	DQ Read 373 DQ Write 321 DQ Mixed 333 253% 342 MB/s
Poor: 72% Great: 124%
Sandisk S3 1T00 1TB 12,396 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 45GB free Firmware: 401100RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 221 212 190 177 122 116 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	66.5% Good	Read 358 Write 377 Mixed 327 SusWrite 173 69% 309 MB/s	4K Read 21.4 4K Write 45.5 4K Mixed 23.3 86% 30.1 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 305 DQ Mixed 188 183% 290 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 66.5% Great: 118%
Seagate IronWolf 3TB (2016)-$114 4,022 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 1.5TB free Firmware: SC60 SusWrite @10s intervals: 151 152 155 155 155 156 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	78.3% Very good	Read 119 Write 123 Mixed 62.5 SusWrite 154 84% 115 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.9 166% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 78.3% Great: 104%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$50 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 175GB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 85 84 83 85 79 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	38.8% Below average	Read 49.7 Write 107 Mixed 30 SusWrite 83.9 49% 67.7 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 5.2 4K Mixed 1.9 353% 2.73 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 38.8% Great: 108%
WD Black 2.5" 750GB (2011)-$87 21,339 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 14GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 85 84 83 83 82 85 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	49.9% Average	Read 89.8 Write 91.9 Mixed 54.5 SusWrite 83.7 59% 80 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 168% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 49.9% Great: 71%
Seagate Expansion 2TB 49,966 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 513GB free Firmware: 9300 SusWrite @10s intervals: 124 125 125 125 125 127 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	63% Good	Read 94.3 Write 116 Mixed 63.4 SusWrite 125 73% 99.8 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.3 101% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 63% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$45 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Relative performance (0^th percentile)	32.9% Below average	MC Read 10.7 MC Write 15.1 MC Mixed 14.9 39% 13.6 GB/s	SC Read 4.3 SC Write 3.6 SC Mixed 1.1 9% 3 GB/s	Latency 309 13% 309 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 32.9% Great: 110%

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

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 44%

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Motherboard: Asrock Z170 Extreme4 - $210

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	370x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	360x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	96x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	152x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	145x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	79x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	45x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	34x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	30x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	80x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	37x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	34x

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Value: 89% - Excellent

Total price: $644

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