ASRock FATAL1TY Z170 GAMING K4

Performance Results


Gaming 32% Sail boat	Desktop 53% Yacht	Workstation 28% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (32nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 68 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 below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 39.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics	66.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	166% 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	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.

Run History

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

Motherboard	ASRock FATAL1TY Z170 GAMING K4 (all builds)
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160706
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 11 '21 at 17:25
Run Duration	173 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$130 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	39.6% Below average	Memory 16.7 1-Core 90.5 2-Core 161 44% 89.5 Pts	4-Core 351 8-Core 391 49% 371 Pts	64-Core 306 19% 306 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 39.6% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Asus(1043 8546) CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 471.96 Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	66.2% Good	Lighting 80.3 Reflection 99 Parallax 88.5 65% 89.3 fps	MRender 89.4 Gravity 83.5 Splatting 77.7 68% 83.5 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 66.2% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial P5 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$83 1,098 User benchmarks, average bench 219% 145GB free (System drive) Firmware: P4CR311 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 560 833 765 662 175 236 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	166% Outstanding	Read 1,362 Write 1,090 Mixed 895 SusWrite 538 217% 971 MB/s	4K Read 35.1 4K Write 80.7 4K Mixed 42.9 151% 52.9 MB/s	DQ Read 726 DQ Write 727 DQ Mixed 790 576% 748 MB/s
Poor: 130% ↑ This bench: 166% Great: 280%
Transcend SSD340 128GB-$88 2,082 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 65GB free Firmware: SVN059 SusWrite @10s intervals: 127 130 120 138 140 130 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	58.2% Above average	Read 381 Write 151 Mixed 124 SusWrite 131 43% 197 MB/s	4K Read 18.2 4K Write 37 4K Mixed 26.4 81% 27.2 MB/s	DQ Read 254 DQ Write 168 DQ Mixed 117 113% 180 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 58.2% Great: 84%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 457GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 105 101 124 125 116 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	67.9% Good	Read 126 Write 124 Mixed 72 SusWrite 111 79% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.9 154% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 67.9% Great: 69%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC47 SusWrite @10s intervals: 123 135 139 152 178 156 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	84.8% Excellent	Read 148 Write 132 Mixed 74 SusWrite 147 92% 126 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.7 127% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 84.8% Great: 114%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 1TB 6,017 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 661GB free, PID a007 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 92 102 101 112 113 106 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	40% Below average	Read 79.9 Write 96.7 Mixed 36.7 SusWrite 104 109% 79.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.5 80% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 40% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$56 346,786 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	61.9% Good	MC Read 25.8 MC Write 27.1 MC Mixed 20.2 70% 24.4 GB/s	SC Read 10 SC Write 15.6 SC Mixed 13 37% 12.9 GB/s	Latency 346 12% 346 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 61.9% Great: 110%

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Gaming 63%

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Desktop 83%

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Workstation 50%

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Motherboard: ASRock FATAL1TY Z170 GAMING K4 - $300

CPU
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	339x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	298x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	78x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	172x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	111x
GTX 1080Nvidia $265Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	68x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	55x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	38x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	22x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	42x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	42x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	34x

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Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $702

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