ASRock Z170 GAMING K6

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 94.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	83.6% 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.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	ASRock Z170 GAMING K6 (all builds)
Memory	13.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors, 3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160704
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 08 '17 at 06:10
Run Duration	235 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing as expected (55^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-$113 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94.9% Outstanding	Memory 94.5 1-Core 145 2-Core 290 97% 177 Pts	4-Core 546 8-Core 567 74% 557 Pts	64-Core 568 35% 568 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 94.9% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) CLim: 1680 MHz, MLim: 1977 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 378.66 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 43% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS1311 240GB-$78 26,547 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 67GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS131122 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 7083 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 510 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 174 (AD) Unknown 100 100 852005 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 60 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850984990 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 87 (F1) Unknown 100 100 9310	83.6% Excellent	Read 516 Write 357 Mixed 355 91% 410 MB/s	4K Read 33.4 4K Write 73.8 4K Mixed 10.4 103% 39.2 MB/s	DQ Read 313 DQ Write 239 DQ Mixed 32.3 90% 195 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 83.6% Great: 97%
Ocz-vertex PLUS R2 62GB 506 User benchmarks, average bench 22% 16GB free Firmware: 1.2 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 4 0 4 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 35382 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1179 (E8) Unknown 100 100 445759 (E9) Unknown 99 0 99	24.6% Poor	Read 172 Write 80.9 Mixed 112 27% 122 MB/s	4K Read 15.4 4K Write 16 4K Mixed 4.55 38% 12 MB/s	DQ Read 79 DQ Write 16.5 DQ Mixed 4.99 15% 33.5 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 24.6% Great: 27%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$39 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 52GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 168 2208 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1031 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 79 79 15531 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 757 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 224 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 849 (C2) HDA temperature 110 107 33 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	91.3% Outstanding	Read 166 Write 152 Mixed 141 115% 153 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 2.04 4K Mixed 0.22 87% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 91.3% Great: 108%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 19GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 3 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 71 48 9059 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7865 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 22979 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 252 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1666 (BF) G-sense error rate 99 99 11404 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 47 231928823842 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 7 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 1021 (DF) Load/unload retry count 252 252 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 8053	53.2% Above average	Read 72.8 Write 113 Mixed 106 74% 97 MB/s	4K Read 0.38 4K Write 1.92 4K Mixed 0.43 99% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 53.2% Great: 75%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$28 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 10GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 173 2233 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2925 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 67 67 24537 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1047 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 329 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2595 (C2) HDA temperature 111 107 32 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 199 66 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	71.3% Very good	Read 131 Write 117 Mixed 89.1 84% 113 MB/s	4K Read 0.94 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.28 103% 1.01 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 71.3% Great: 109%
WD WD5002AALX-00J37A0 500GB 10,663 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 1GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 193 174 179 (03) Spinup time 142 141 3858 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4346 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 7049 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4289 (C0) Power-off retract count 195 195 3843 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 502 (C2) HDA temperature 107 101 36 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 44 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 44 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 37	39.7% Below average	Read 72.4 Write 65.6 Mixed 66 51% 68 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 1.69 4K Mixed 0.42 108% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 39.7% Great: 72%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB-$31 98,777 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	75.6% Very good	MC Read 27.9 MC Write 28 MC Mixed 22.8 75% 26.2 GB/s	SC Read 18.6 SC Write 30.1 SC Mixed 23 68% 23.9 GB/s	Latency 58.4 68% 58.4 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 75.6% Great: 88%

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Gaming 69%

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Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

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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 $76Bench 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 $37Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	27x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 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: $852

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16