Asrock Z370 Professional Gaming i7

Performance Results


Gaming 12% Tree trunk	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 11% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 90.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	6.74% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	165% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	48GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 48GB 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.

Motherboard	Asrock Z370 Professional Gaming i7 (all builds)
Memory	33.7 GB free of 48 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20181019
Uptime	2.4 Days
Run Date	Jun 01 '21 at 16:56
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	17%

PC Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-8700K-$186 746,287 User benchmarks, average bench 88% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	90.4% Outstanding	Memory 88.3 1-Core 136 2-Core 257 89% 160 Pts	4-Core 497 8-Core 838 81% 668 Pts	64-Core 1,102 68% 1,102 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 90.4% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel UHD Graphics 630 (Desktop Coffee Lake i5 i7) 147,588 User benchmarks, average bench 5% ASRock(1849 3E92) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 27.20.100.8682 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	6.74% Terrible	Lighting 7.6 Reflection 9.4 Parallax 8.9 6% 8.63 fps	MRender 8.1 Gravity 7.6 Splatting 11.9 8% 9.2 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.74% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 139GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 686 359 395 377 411 407 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	165% Outstanding	Read 1,966 Write 1,596 Mixed 723 SusWrite 439 262% 1,181 MB/s	4K Read 49.9 4K Write 70.3 4K Mixed 48.2 175% 56.1 MB/s	DQ Read 49.9 DQ Write 191 DQ Mixed 64.9 66% 102 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 165% Great: 254%
WD Purple Surveillance 8TB (2017)-$221 256 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 3TB free Firmware: 80.H0A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 146 143 145 144 144 148 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	79% Very good	Read 130 Write 135 Mixed 68.2 SusWrite 145 87% 120 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 1.2 216% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 79% Great: 100%
WD WD6NPURX-64JC5Y0 6TB 63 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 5TB free Firmware: 01.008N0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 155 156 157 159 160 157 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	91.1% Outstanding	Read 160 Write 161 Mixed 87.1 SusWrite 157 104% 141 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 1 190% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 91.1% Great: 100%
Kingston DataTraveler 102 8GB 298 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 7GB free, PID 162d Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 4.6 3.7 3.6 2.7 3.3 2.7 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	5.8% Terrible	Read 21.9 Write 5.7 Mixed 1.7 SusWrite 3.4 8% 8.18 MB/s	4K Read 8 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 30% 2.67 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.8% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 3x16GB 207 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 3 of 4 slots used 48GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (19^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	48% Average	MC Read 17.1 MC Write 16.8 MC Mixed 14 46% 16 GB/s	SC Read 13.3 SC Write 17.4 SC Mixed 18 46% 16.2 GB/s	Latency 69.3 58% 69.3 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 48% Great: 103%

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Gaming 112%

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Desktop 96%

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Workstation 103%

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Motherboard: Asrock Z370 Professional Gaming i7

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $186Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	171x
Core i7-8086KIntel $399Bench 91%, 38,086 samples	19x
Core i9-9900KIntel $410Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	9x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	37x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	27x
UHD Graphics 630 (Desktop Coffee Lake i5 i7)IntelBench 5%, 147,588 samples	20x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	18x
WDS100T1X0E-00AFY0 1TBBench 430%, 44,185 samples	12x
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $107Bench 394%, 276,089 samples	12x

RAM
F4 DDR4 4266 C19 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 93%, 3,530 samples	17x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	9x
HyperX DDR4 4266 C19 2x8GBKingstonBench 98%, 520 samples	7x

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Value: 77% - Very good

Total price: $761

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 $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 $45	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