Asrock H170A-X1/3.1

Performance Results


Gaming 30% Raft	Desktop 70% Battleship	Workstation 25% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (17th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 83 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 a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 60.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	42.4% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	43.6% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (26%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asrock H170A-X1/3.1 (all builds)
Memory	3.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180103
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 05 '21 at 01:38
Run Duration	127 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	26%

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PC Performing way below expectations (17^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 below expectations (27^th percentile)	60.6% Good	Memory 65.5 1-Core 101 2-Core 188 66% 118 Pts	4-Core 318 8-Core 343 44% 330 Pts	64-Core 371 23% 371 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 60.6% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 480-$75 261,163 User benchmarks, average bench 46% XFX(1682 9480) CLim: 1288 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 20.10.35.02 Performing below potential (31^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	42.4% Average	Lighting 50.7 Reflection 60.2 Parallax 82.9 41% 64.6 fps	MRender 63.1 Gravity 59.6 Splatting 44.7 44% 55.8 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 42.4% Great: 53%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 169GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0004 SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 82 76 88 80 81 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	43.6% Average	Read 378 Write 87.2 Mixed 138 SusWrite 82 37% 171 MB/s	4K Read 23.8 4K Write 51.4 4K Mixed 3.7 68% 26.3 MB/s	DQ Read 132 DQ Write 85.7 DQ Mixed 115 84% 111 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 43.6% Great: 100%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 137GB free Firmware: 1H17 SusWrite @10s intervals: 64 34 31 37 31 29 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	13% Very poor	Read 7.2 Write 15.5 Mixed 39.5 SusWrite 37.6 19% 25 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.7 123% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 13% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS4G4D240FSC.8FARG 2x4GB 729 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	57.6% Above average	MC Read 20.8 MC Write 23.5 MC Mixed 17.7 59% 20.7 GB/s	SC Read 13.6 SC Write 21.8 SC Mixed 17.6 50% 17.7 GB/s	Latency 112 36% 112 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 57.6% Great: 89%

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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 41%

Speed boat

Desktop 75%

Battleship

Workstation 33%

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Motherboard: Asrock H170A-X1/3.1

CPU
Core i5-6500Intel $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	40x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	16x
Core i5-6600Intel $139Bench 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 $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	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) $32	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