Asrock H170A-X1/3.1

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 76% Battleship	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 67% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 76%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	101% 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.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asrock H170A-X1/3.1 (all builds)
Memory	11.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160520
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 18 '21 at 19:37
Run Duration	124 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700-$180 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	76% Very good	Memory 85.6 1-Core 122 2-Core 209 80% 139 Pts	4-Core 358 8-Core 649 60% 503 Pts	64-Core 647 40% 647 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 76% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3060-$255 447,556 User benchmarks, average bench 100% Asus(1043 87F3) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2167 MHz, MLim: 3825 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 461.92 Performing below potential (62^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	101% Outstanding	Lighting 133 Reflection 119 Parallax 117 109% 123 fps	MRender 136 Gravity 105 Splatting 88 87% 110 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata Ultimate SU800 256GB-$54 40,725 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 8GB free (System drive) Firmware: P0801A Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 497 Write 427 Mixed 386 97% 437 MB/s	4K Read 32.8 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 48.2 170% 64.1 MB/s	DQ Read 255 DQ Write 325 DQ Mixed 139 147% 240 MB/s
Poor: 60% Great: 118%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC25 SusWrite @10s intervals: 191 198 193 200 197 200 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Read 197 Write 151 Mixed 85.9 SusWrite 196 115% 157 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F4-2400C15-8GVR Samsung M378A1K43CB2-CTD 16GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	70.3% Very good	MC Read 27.5 MC Write 27 MC Mixed 20 71% 24.8 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 26.4 SC Mixed 21.5 61% 21.3 GB/s	Latency 71.5 56% 71.5 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 70.3% Great: 72%

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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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Typical H170A-X1/3.1 Builds (Compare 105 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 41%

Speed boat

Desktop 75%

Battleship

Workstation 33%

Sail boat

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 $146Bench 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 $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	6x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	6x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $38Bench 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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Value: 79% - Very good

Total price: $278

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16