Asrock Z170A-X1

Performance Results


Gaming 72% Battleship	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 62% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	81.2% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	69.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock Z170A-X1 (all builds)
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151125
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 20 '17 at 18:01
Run Duration	176 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	17%

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PC Performing as expected (51^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$170 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	85.5% Excellent	Memory 90.8 1-Core 124 2-Core 243 86% 153 Pts	4-Core 432 8-Core 703 70% 568 Pts	64-Core 708 44% 708 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 85.5% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$278 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 36FC) CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 387.92 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	81.2% Excellent	Lighting 103 Reflection 112 Parallax 94.5 84% 103 fps	MRender 93.3 Gravity 89.4 Splatting 94.5 76% 92.4 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 81.2% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Spcc Solid State Disk 240GB 15,968 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 85GB free (System drive) Firmware: V2.7 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1616 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 354 (A1) Unknown 100 100 0 (A4) Unknown 100 100 21523 (A5) Unknown 100 100 13 (A6) Unknown 100 100 3 (A7) Unknown 100 100 11 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 47 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 2104 (F2) Unknown 100 100 1304 (F3) Unknown 100 100 0 (F4) Unknown 100 100 0 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 0 (FB) Unknown 100 100 0 (FC) Unknown 100 100 0 (FD) Unknown 100 100 0 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	69.3% Good	Read 495 Write 379 Mixed 425 96% 433 MB/s	4K Read 26.2 4K Write 70.5 4K Mixed 2.8 81% 33.2 MB/s	DQ Read 26.9 DQ Write 175 DQ Mixed 2.65 31% 68.1 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 69.3% Great: 99%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$39 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 725GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 172 2225 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 352 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 1769 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 350 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 9 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 342 (C2) HDA temperature 116 107 27 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	98.5% Outstanding	Read 180 Write 163 Mixed 160 126% 168 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 2.59 4K Mixed 0.27 108% 1.19 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 98.5% Great: 108%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$55 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 195GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 1 (03) Spinup time 163 160 6850 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3408 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 82 82 13348 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3397 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 29 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 143 143 172882 (C2) HDA temperature 124 107 26 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 13	36.1% Below average	Read 74.6 Write 51 Mixed 50.7 44% 58.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.37 4K Write 0.85 4K Mixed 0.22 56% 0.48 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 36.1% Great: 67%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$72 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 164GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 106 100 7700 (04) Start/Stop count 84 84 16642 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 75 75 18874 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 92 92 8038 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 59 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 72 72 385197 (C2) HDA temperature 118 101 29 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	34.8% Below average	Read 60.1 Write 61.1 Mixed 55.6 44% 58.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.35 4K Write 1.36 4K Mixed 0.25 68% 0.65 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 34.8% Great: 57%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CL16-16-16 D4-2400 2x8GB 17,846 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	69.3% Good	MC Read 26.3 MC Write 27.2 MC Mixed 19.6 70% 24.4 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 25.9 SC Mixed 20.3 59% 20.7 GB/s	Latency 66.1 60% 66.1 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 69.3% Great: 86%

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Gaming 84%

Aircraft carrier

Desktop 85%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 71%

Battleship

Motherboard: Asrock Z170A-X1

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	37x
Core i5-6600KIntel $113Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	22x
Core i5-6500Intel $60Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	19x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	21x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	17x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	13x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	7x
WDS100T2B0A-00SM50 1TBWDCBench 98%, 74,123 samples	7x
OCZ TL100 240GBToshiba $56Bench 63%, 10,555 samples	5x

RAM
HyperX 2133 C14 2x8GBKingstonBench 68%, 49,673 samples	6x
CL16-16-16 D4-2400 2x8GBUnknownBench 71%, 17,846 samples	6x
CT16G4DFD8213.C16FAD 1x16GBCrucialBench 38%, 1,141 samples	6x

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Value: 103% - Outstanding

Total price: $393

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16