Asrock H170A-X1

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 74%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 74%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 58%
Gunboat
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 72.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics109% 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.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
High background CPU (30%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardAsrock H170A-X1  (all builds)
Memory11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20151125
Uptime0 Days
Run DateJun 23 '22 at 22:22
Run Duration146 Seconds
Run User HRV-User
Background CPU 30%
Watch Gameplay: 2070 + 9600K How to compare your gameplay

 PC Performing as expected (50th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-6500-$67
CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (93rd percentile)
72.1% Very good
Memory 78.4
1-Core 103
2-Core 202
72% 128 Pts
4-Core 376
8-Core 401
52% 389 Pts
64-Core 405
25% 405 Pts
Poor: 43%
This bench: 72.1%
Great: 73%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200
CLim: 2190 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 496.76
Performing way above expectations (86th percentile)
109% Outstanding
Lighting 136
Reflection 120
Parallax 137
111% 131 fps
MRender 180
Gravity 131
Splatting 110
111% 140 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 109%
Great: 112%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$80
21GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EMT02B6Q
Relative performance n/a - sequential test 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: 64% Great: 115%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39
240GB free
Firmware: CC43
SusWrite @10s intervals: 130 133 132 131 131 134 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (20th 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: 60%
This bench: 78%
Great: 113%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing below potential (3rd 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: 49%
This bench: 40.1%
Great: 89%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical H170A-X1 Builds (Compare 102 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 41%
Speed boat
Desktop
Desktop 74%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 33%
Sail boat

Motherboard: Asrock H170A-X1

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 88% - Excellent Total price: $226
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HDDRAMUSB
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