ASRock Z170 GAMING K6

Performance Results


Gaming 64% Destroyer	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 54% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	69.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	63.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

17 months ago, 16 months ago.

Motherboard	ASRock Z170 GAMING K6 (all builds)
Memory	26.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20181018
Uptime	6.5 Days
Run Date	Feb 04 '23 at 19:37
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing as expected (52^nd 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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	84.1% Excellent	Memory 94.6 1-Core 125 2-Core 233 86% 151 Pts	4-Core 397 8-Core 588 61% 493 Pts	64-Core 542 34% 542 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 84.1% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Nvidia(10DE 1151) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 528.24 Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	69.2% Good	Lighting 86.2 Reflection 99.8 Parallax 83.9 70% 90 fps	MRender 87.7 Gravity 84.6 Splatting 76.3 67% 82.9 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 69.2% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Vertex 3 120GB-$42 25,948 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 29GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 98 103 106 105 101 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	63.3% Good	Read 327 Write 133 Mixed 192 SusWrite 103 42% 189 MB/s	4K Read 28.1 4K Write 70.4 4K Mixed 32.7 122% 43.7 MB/s	DQ Read 152 DQ Write 138 DQ Mixed 138 105% 143 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 63.3% Great: 82%
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$129 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 43GB free Firmware: EXM01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 443 454 459 461 463 465 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 496 Write 472 Mixed 375 SusWrite 457 101% 450 MB/s	4K Read 31.2 4K Write 77.7 4K Mixed 42.7 143% 50.5 MB/s	DQ Read 386 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 351 267% 361 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 124%
Seagate ST32000641AS 2TB-$169 8,506 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 147GB free Firmware: CC13 SusWrite @10s intervals: 92 86 86 90 85 89 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	52.5% Above average	Read 95 Write 95.6 Mixed 60.5 SusWrite 87.8 62% 84.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.9 156% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 52.5% Great: 73%
SAMSUNG HN-M101MBB 1TB 50 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 141GB free, PID 55aa Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 55 71 71 71 71 71 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	38.7% Below average	Read 152 Write 13.4 Mixed 38.3 SusWrite 68.4 73% 68.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.5 37% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 38.7% Great: 40%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 3000 C15 2x16GB 6,687 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	97.5% Outstanding	MC Read 36.8 MC Write 37.3 MC Mixed 29.2 98% 34.4 GB/s	SC Read 21.4 SC Write 40 SC Mixed 31.4 88% 30.9 GB/s	Latency 58.1 69% 58.1 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 97.5% Great: 106%

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

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Gaming 69%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 58%

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Motherboard: ASRock Z170 GAMING K6 - $267

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	206x
Core i5-6600KIntel $113Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	66x
Core i7-6700Intel $170Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	31x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	73x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 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 $84Bench 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 $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	22x
F4 DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 88%, 625 samples	11x

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER

Value: 73% - Very good

Total price: $851

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $159	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	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 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	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