ASRock Z170 GAMING K6

Performance Results


Gaming 52% Yacht	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 44% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 94.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	52.7% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	102% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	ASRock Z170 GAMING K6 (all builds)
Memory	5.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161118
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Oct 22 '17 at 13:45
Run Duration	131 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700-$167 256,717 User benchmarks, average bench 76% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94.8% Outstanding	Memory 95.4 1-Core 134 2-Core 261 92% 163 Pts	4-Core 511 8-Core 711 77% 611 Pts	64-Core 714 44% 714 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 94.8% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 480-$75 261,163 User benchmarks, average bench 46% Sapphire(174B E347) Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 22.19.659.1 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	52.7% Above average	Lighting 67.2 Reflection 65 Parallax 79.6 55% 70.6 fps	MRender 65.4 Gravity 63.3 Splatting 52.7 49% 60.5 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 52.7% Great: 53%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$125 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 105GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 9891 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2587 (B1) Unknown 99 99 43 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 64 45 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 1 (EB) Unknown 99 99 302 (F1) Unknown 99 99 19475160885	102% Outstanding	Read 512 Write 478 Mixed 503 111% 498 MB/s	4K Read 29.3 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 24.9 133% 53.5 MB/s	DQ Read 302 DQ Write 295 DQ Mixed 131 144% 243 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 124%
Toshiba P300 1TB-$45 318,836 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 813GB free Firmware: MS2OA8J0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 140 140 75 (03) Spinup time 124 124 12896960697 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1339 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 115 115 34 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 6448 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 836 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 1748 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 1748 (C2) HDA temperature 157 157 210454642726 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	98.2% Outstanding	Read 169 Write 174 Mixed 162 126% 168 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 1.82 4K Mixed 0.21 88% 0.92 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 98.2% Great: 107%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 280GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 169 2266 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6667 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 78 78 16512 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3098 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 696 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5970 (C2) HDA temperature 108 97 35 (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	79.3% Very good	Read 148 Write 129 Mixed 131 102% 136 MB/s	4K Read 1.31 4K Write 2.01 4K Mixed 0.25 120% 1.19 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 79.3% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2666 C15 2x4GB-$47 29,751 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	50.7% Above average	MC Read 18.4 MC Write 17.7 MC Mixed 13.1 47% 16.4 GB/s	SC Read 16.5 SC Write 19.3 SC Mixed 17.1 50% 17.6 GB/s	Latency 55.8 72% 55.8 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 50.7% Great: 98%

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Gaming 69%

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Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

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Motherboard: ASRock Z170 GAMING K6 - $267

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	206x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	66x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	30x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	73x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	31x
GTX 980-TiNvidia $560Bench 79%, 214,030 samples	21x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	12x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	11x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	10x

RAM
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	27x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	22x
F4 DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 88%, 625 samples	11x

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Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $715

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 $40	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