ASRock Z170 GAMING K6

Performance Results


Gaming 74% Battleship	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 65% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 90%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	77% 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	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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	ASRock Z170 GAMING K6 (all builds)
Memory	17.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161118
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Dec 08 '20 at 12:16
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	BIH-User
Background CPU	17%

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PC Performing as expected (49^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$241 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	90% Excellent	Memory 94.9 1-Core 130 2-Core 245 89% 157 Pts	4-Core 458 8-Core 761 74% 609 Pts	64-Core 768 48% 768 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 90% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 871C) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 457.30 Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	77% Very good	Lighting 94.1 Reflection 105 Parallax 97.1 77% 98.8 fps	MRender 94.9 Gravity 94.7 Splatting 95.1 78% 94.9 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 77% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 480GB-$175 24,007 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 13GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C3FD6SD Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 360 Write 374 Mixed 293 76% 342 MB/s	4K Read 29.3 4K Write 80.8 4K Mixed 38.7 137% 49.6 MB/s	DQ Read 240 DQ Write 224 DQ Mixed 108 115% 191 MB/s
Poor: 50% Great: 92%
Jmicron 240GB 84 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 63GB free Firmware: 8101 SusWrite @10s intervals: 41 42 42 41 35 36 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	18.6% Very poor	Read 41.5 Write 41.8 Mixed 41.2 SusWrite 39.4 9% 41 MB/s	4K Read 13.5 4K Write 14.2 4K Mixed 13 45% 13.6 MB/s	DQ Read 15.7 DQ Write 16.3 DQ Mixed 15.2 12% 15.7 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 18.6% Great: 69%
WD Green 1TB (2010)-$139 139,542 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 53GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 50 52 53 57 57 55 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	33.2% Below average	Read 61.5 Write 53.7 Mixed 38.5 SusWrite 53.9 38% 51.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.5 113% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 33.2% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 3000 C15 2x16GB 10,048 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	92.8% Outstanding	MC Read 35.9 MC Write 35.1 MC Mixed 28 94% 33 GB/s	SC Read 19.9 SC Write 35.2 SC Mixed 28.2 79% 27.8 GB/s	Latency 57.5 70% 57.5 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 92.8% Great: 109%

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

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Typical Z170 Gaming K6 Builds (Compare 369 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 69%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 58%

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Motherboard: ASRock Z170 GAMING K6 - $267

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	206x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	66x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	30x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	73x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 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 $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	11x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	10x

RAM
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	27x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	22x
F4 DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 88%, 625 samples	11x

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Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $715

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 $178	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