ASRock FATAL1TY Z170 GAMING K4

Performance Results


Gaming 171% UFO	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 165% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 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 95.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	182% is a record breaking 3D score, it's almost off the scale. This GPU can handle all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	139% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU. CPU throttled at 99% by Windows. Ensure maximum processor state is set to 100% via Settings > System > Power & sleep > Additional power settings > Change plan settings > Change advanced power settings > Processor power management > Maximum processor state.

Run History

23 months ago, 23 months ago, 23 months ago.

Motherboard	ASRock FATAL1TY Z170 GAMING K4 (all builds)
Memory	26.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.5 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180123
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 26 '22 at 20:40
Run Duration	139 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	21%
CPU Throttled	99%

PC Performing as expected (45^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel 0000 456 User benchmarks, average bench 90% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.1 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	95.4% Outstanding	Memory 87.6 1-Core 138 2-Core 276 92% 167 Pts	4-Core 552 8-Core 1,100 97% 826 Pts	64-Core 1,093 68% 1,093 Pts
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 95.4% Great: 104%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel UHD Graphics 630 506,702 User benchmarks, average bench 5% ASRock(1849 3E9B) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 30.0.101.1960 Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	5.1% Terrible	Lighting 7.6 Reflection 10.3 Parallax 8.8 6% 8.9 fps	MRender 11.7 Gravity 1 Splatting 0.2 3% 4.3 fps
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 5.1% Great: 6%
Nvidia RTX 2080-Ti-$441 357,946 User benchmarks, average bench 156% Gigabyte(1458 37A9) CLim: 2190 MHz, MLim: 3600 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 512.95 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	182% Outstanding	Lighting 260 Reflection 222 Parallax 268 212% 250 fps	MRender 282 Gravity 232 Splatting 184 185% 233 fps
Poor: 128% ↑ This bench: 182% Great: 174%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force NVMe PCIe M.2 480GB 36,473 User benchmarks, average bench 198% 90GB free (System drive) Firmware: ECFM12.3 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 570 471 342 329 180 409 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	139% Outstanding	Read 625 Write 861 Mixed 459 SusWrite 383 131% 582 MB/s	4K Read 34.9 4K Write 142 4K Mixed 37.6 176% 71.6 MB/s	DQ Read 833 DQ Write 888 DQ Mixed 386 421% 702 MB/s
Poor: 125% ↑ This bench: 139% Great: 262%
CT2000BX500SSD1 2TB 12,882 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 550GB free Firmware: M6CR030 SusWrite @10s intervals: 313 430 425 376 190 415 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)	56.7% Above average	Read 507 Write 416 Mixed 32.3 SusWrite 358 73% 328 MB/s	4K Read 18 4K Write 22.6 4K Mixed 0.5 40% 13.7 MB/s	DQ Read 146 DQ Write 29.2 DQ Mixed 0.4 23% 58.5 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 56.7% Great: 99%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 3600 C17 2x16GB 5,282 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2533 MHz Performing below potential (24^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	86.1% Excellent	MC Read 32.8 MC Write 33.7 MC Mixed 25.3 87% 30.6 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 35.5 SC Mixed 27.3 77% 27 GB/s	Latency 69.9 57% 69.9 ns
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 86.1% Great: 135%

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Motherboard: ASRock FATAL1TY Z170 GAMING K4 - $300

CPU
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	338x
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	171x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	110x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	68x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	55x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	38x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	22x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	42x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	42x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	34x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $707

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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