Asrock Z170 Extreme6

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 115% UFO	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 95% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 83%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	144% 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	Although 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.

Run History

14 months ago, 13 months ago, 13 months ago.

Motherboard	Asrock Z170 Extreme6 (all builds)
Memory	10.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colori
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20181018
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	Feb 07 '23 at 14:15
Run Duration	126 Seconds
Run User	ITA-User
Background CPU	30%

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PC Performing as expected (49^th 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-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	83% Excellent	Memory 90.8 1-Core 126 2-Core 234 85% 150 Pts	4-Core 406 8-Core 586 62% 496 Pts	64-Core 588 36% 588 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 83% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3070-$400 619,642 User benchmarks, average bench 148% Zotac(19DA 2617) CLim: 2160 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 527.37 Performing below potential (25^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	144% Outstanding	Lighting 210 Reflection 203 Parallax 189 171% 200 fps	MRender 180 Gravity 148 Splatting 132 123% 154 fps
Poor: 135% ↑ This bench: 144% Great: 158%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250 40,327 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 21GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,790 Write 872 Mixed 604 238% 1,089 MB/s	4K Read 40.5 4K Write 90.1 4K Mixed 47 169% 59.2 MB/s	DQ Read 868 DQ Write 285 DQ Mixed 362 323% 505 MB/s
Poor: 131% Great: 243%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$30 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 719GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 SusWrite @10s intervals: 181 163 174 175 176 175 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 182 Write 151 Mixed 37 SusWrite 174 98% 136 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.7 146% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$65 6,723 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (21^st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	70.4% Very good	MC Read 26.5 MC Write 26.7 MC Mixed 20.4 70% 24.5 GB/s	SC Read 16.4 SC Write 28 SC Mixed 22.2 63% 22.2 GB/s	Latency 66.1 61% 66.1 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 70.4% Great: 105%

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Typical Z170 Extreme6 Builds (Compare 179 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 68%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 57%

Gunboat

Motherboard: Asrock Z170 Extreme6 - $305

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	86x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	35x
Core i7-7700KIntel $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	20x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	22x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	17x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	14x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	12x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $129Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	9x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	6x

RAM
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $40Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	7x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	6x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	5x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $766

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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