Asrock Z170 Pro4

Performance Results


Gaming 21% Surfboard	Desktop 39% Jet ski	Workstation 22% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (7th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 93 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 26.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very poor.
Graphics	73.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	48.2% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 (38%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asrock Z170 Pro4 (all builds)
Memory	9.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180123
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Sep 28 '20 at 04:21
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	38%

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PC Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6500-$67 241,476 User benchmarks, average bench 64% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	26.5% Poor	Memory 4.84 1-Core 94.1 2-Core 81.3 32% 60.1 Pts	4-Core 256 8-Core 388 40% 322 Pts	64-Core 379 24% 379 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 26.5% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6276) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 456.38 Performing below potential (16^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	73.7% Very good	Lighting 96.1 Reflection 101 Parallax 83 78% 93.3 fps	MRender 49.5 Gravity 88.8 Splatting 91.4 65% 76.6 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 73.7% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 154GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 276 310 261 208 230 235 MB/s Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	48.2% Average	Read 267 Write 260 Mixed 279 SusWrite 253 60% 265 MB/s	4K Read 6.8 4K Write 17.6 4K Mixed 16.3 40% 13.6 MB/s	DQ Read 211 DQ Write 188 DQ Mixed 177 139% 192 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 48.2% Great: 124%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 793GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 114 112 98 104 108 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	59.5% Above average	Read 99.9 Write 152 Mixed 67.5 SusWrite 107 78% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 1 178% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 59.5% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GB-$125 59,072 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Relative performance (0^th percentile)	22.2% Poor	MC Read 2.3 MC Write 5.6 MC Mixed 17.2 24% 8.37 GB/s	SC Read 4.3 SC Write 7.7 SC Mixed 4.9 16% 5.63 GB/s	Latency 455 9% 455 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 22.2% Great: 85%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Gaming 46%

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Desktop 83%

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Workstation 37%

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Motherboard: Asrock Z170 Pro4 - $110

CPU
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	214x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	143x
Core i5-6500Intel $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	92x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	80x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	75x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	49x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	24x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	20x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	17x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	39x
BLS8G4D240FSB.16FBD 2x8GBCrucialBench 79%, 22,335 samples	16x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2133 C13 2x8GBCorsair $46Bench 69%, 47,721 samples	16x

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Value: 84% - Excellent

Total price: $499

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $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 $40	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