ASRock FATAL1TY Z170 GAMING K4

Performance Results


Gaming 46% Yacht	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 38% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	50.3% 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	306% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

Motherboard	ASRock FATAL1TY Z170 GAMING K4 (all builds)
Memory	10.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.8 GHz
Display	Χρώματα 2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180123
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 16 '23 at 10:15
Run Duration	220 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing as expected (54^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$122 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	75.6% Very good	Memory 88.9 1-Core 119 2-Core 235 83% 148 Pts	4-Core 356 8-Core 389 49% 372 Pts	64-Core 456 28% 456 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 75.6% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 580-$120 360,351 User benchmarks, average bench 52% Gigabyte(1458 22F1) CLim: 1365 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 23.4.1 Performing below potential (37^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	50.3% Above average	Lighting 63.2 Reflection 60.7 Parallax 86.6 52% 70.2 fps	MRender 61.2 Gravity 73.3 Splatting 46.2 48% 60.2 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 50.3% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Black SN850X NVMe PCIe M.2 2TB-$140 26,880 User benchmarks, average bench 513% 1.5TB free (System drive) Firmware: 620311WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1596 1741 1749 2104 2108 2087 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	306% Outstanding	Read 2,372 Write 2,136 Mixed 2,047 SusWrite 1,897 475% 2,113 MB/s	4K Read 54.5 4K Write 98.7 4K Mixed 46.3 194% 66.5 MB/s	DQ Read 1105 DQ Write 543 DQ Mixed 834 616% 827 MB/s
Poor: 283% ↑ This bench: 306% Great: 685%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$75 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 233GB free Firmware: EXT0AB0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 382 259 258 259 259 260 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 469 Write 454 Mixed 384 SusWrite 280 89% 397 MB/s	4K Read 38.1 4K Write 76.5 4K Mixed 48.1 160% 54.2 MB/s	DQ Read 376 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 227 207% 316 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 118%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$37 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1TB free Firmware: CC28 SusWrite @10s intervals: 159 164 163 162 164 163 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	85.6% Excellent	Read 134 Write 138 Mixed 72.8 SusWrite 162 93% 127 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 7.3 4K Mixed 1.1 282% 3 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 85.6% Great: 114%
SanDisk Cruzer Glide 3.0 32GB 4,247 User benchmarks, average bench 19% 19GB free, PID 5597 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 7.5 14 13 13 14 14 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	35.3% Below average	Read 210 Write 26.2 Mixed 28.7 SusWrite 12.7 62% 69.3 MB/s	4K Read 9.3 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 1.8 96% 3.7 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 35.3% Great: 27%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2800 C16 4x4GB 138 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2800 MHz Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	91.5% Outstanding	MC Read 32.2 MC Write 37.6 MC Mixed 28.3 93% 32.7 GB/s	SC Read 19.2 SC Write 37.7 SC Mixed 27.7 81% 28.2 GB/s	Latency 68.6 58% 68.6 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 91.5% Great: 98%

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Desktop 83%

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Workstation 50%

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Motherboard: ASRock FATAL1TY Z170 GAMING K4 - $300

CPU
Core i5-6600KIntel $122Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	344x
Core i7-6700KIntel $219Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	300x
Core i7-6700Intel $219Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	78x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	174x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	113x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	69x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	56x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	39x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	23x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	43x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	43x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	35x

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Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $694

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $124	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	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