Asrock Z170A-X1/3.1

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 19% Surfboard	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 15% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	23.9% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
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.

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Motherboard	Asrock Z170A-X1/3.1 (all builds)
Memory	5.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160714
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 18 '21 at 00:37
Run Duration	169 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	26%

PC Performing above expectations (74^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 above expectations (100^th percentile)	78.7% Very good	Memory 84.1 1-Core 105 2-Core 210 76% 133 Pts	4-Core 425 8-Core 421 57% 423 Pts	64-Core 425 26% 425 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 78.7% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R7 370-$153 39,178 User benchmarks, average bench 21% MSI(1462 2015) CLim: 1075 MHz, MLim: 1450 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 21.5.2 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	23.9% Poor	Lighting 29.4 Reflection 39.8 Parallax 38.8 24% 36 fps	MRender 33.3 Gravity 27.7 Splatting 27.1 24% 29.4 fps
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 23.9% Great: 23%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 153GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 62 88 88 91 95 88 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	73.9% Very good	Read 172 Write 149 Mixed 77.5 SusWrite 85.4 89% 121 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.7 142% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 73.9% Great: 112%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 500GB-$49 47,332 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 96GB free Firmware: 0006HPM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 75 78 77 78 77 78 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	45% Average	Read 79.6 Write 73.2 Mixed 44 SusWrite 77.1 50% 68.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.7 125% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 45% Great: 58%
Seagate BUP Slim SL 1.5TB 1,258 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 1TB free Firmware: 0302 SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 116 114 115 114 115 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	64.7% Good	Read 112 Write 80.9 Mixed 66.6 SusWrite 113 68% 93.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 4.1 4K Mixed 0.9 201% 1.87 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 64.7% Great: 65%
Toshiba MQ04ABF100 1TB 179,769 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 931GB free Firmware: JU0G0A SusWrite @10s intervals: 116 120 120 130 119 88 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	70.4% Very good	Read 130 Write 16.5 Mixed 40.4 SusWrite 116 55% 75.7 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 0.2 4K Mixed 0.6 112% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 70.4% Great: 79%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR4-2400 CL16 8GB 1x8GB 2,022 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	44.1% Average	MC Read 16.6 MC Write 16.4 MC Mixed 12.1 43% 15 GB/s	SC Read 12.5 SC Write 13.7 SC Mixed 12.5 37% 12.9 GB/s	Latency 73.3 54% 73.3 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 44.1% Great: 47%

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Gaming 68%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 86%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 57%

Gunboat

Motherboard: Asrock Z170A-X1/3.1

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	67x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	58x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	43x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	51x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	24x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	19x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	15x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	11x
MX500 1TBCrucial $66Bench 106%, 202,785 samples	11x

RAM
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	12x
CL15-15-15 D4-2133 2x8GBUnknownBench 68%, 1,169 samples	11x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	9x

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Value: 102% - Outstanding

Total price: $423

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $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