Asrock H170A-X1

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 76% Battleship	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 59% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (40th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 60 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. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 72.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	111% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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	Windows 10 is the most recent version of Windows, and the best to date in our opinion.

High background CPU (30%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asrock H170A-X1 (all builds)
Memory	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151125
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 23 '22 at 22:22
Run Duration	146 Seconds
Run User	HRV-User
Background CPU	30%

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PC Performing below expectations (40^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-$180 227,742 User benchmarks, average bench 71% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	72.7% Very good	Memory 78.4 1-Core 92.8 2-Core 200 71% 124 Pts	4-Core 389 8-Core 384 53% 386 Pts	64-Core 396 26% 396 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 72.7% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$450 475,843 User benchmarks, average bench 106% Gigabyte(1458 37AD) CLim: 2190 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 496.76 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	111% Outstanding	Lighting 136 Reflection 120 Parallax 137 110% 131 fps	MRender 180 Gravity 131 Splatting 110 112% 140 fps
Poor: 94% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 117%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$111 67,510 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 21GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential bench incomplete		Read 422 Write 408 Mixed 337 87% 389 MB/s	4K Read 37.9 4K Write 81.7 4K Mixed 49.2 164% 56.3 MB/s	DQ Read 355 DQ Write 305 DQ Mixed 315 240% 325 MB/s
Poor: 66% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$33 1,067,465 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 240GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 130 133 132 131 131 134 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	78% Very good	Read 140 Write 145 Mixed 72.5 SusWrite 132 90% 122 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 141% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 78% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x8GB 16,208 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	40.1% Average	MC Read 14.5 MC Write 14.3 MC Mixed 11.7 39% 13.5 GB/s	SC Read 12.3 SC Write 13 SC Mixed 13.2 37% 12.8 GB/s	Latency 83.7 48% 83.7 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 40.1% Great: 91%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds.

SkillBench Score 52: 5R 8G 3B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware.

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
52%	47%	34	110	7	60	23.8"	1920 1080	DELD082 DELL SE2416H

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Gaming 46%

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Desktop 79%

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Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: Asrock H170A-X1

CPU
Core i5-6500Intel $180Bench 71%, 227,742 samples	96x
Core i5-6600KIntel $209Bench 80%, 367,403 samples	33x
Core i5-6600Intel $246Bench 74%, 85,666 samples	25x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $290Bench 57%, 1,449,936 samples	39x
GTX 1070Nvidia $138Bench 80%, 1,295,591 samples	29x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $155Bench 31%, 967,143 samples	22x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 715,782 samples	12x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 105%, 890,237 samples	12x
Premier SP550 240GBAdata $74Bench 78%, 29,329 samples	11x

RAM
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,919 samples	10x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x4GBHyperX $67Bench 70%, 42,361 samples	9x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2666 C15 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 76%, 18,782 samples	8x

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Value: 54% - Above average

Total price: $675

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $280	Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $400	Crucial MX500 250GB $45
Intel Core i5-12400F $170	Nvidia RTX 3070 $500	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $111
Intel Core i7-12700K $380	Nvidia RTX 3050 $250	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $33	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $69	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $68	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $71	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $470	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16