Asrock Z170 Gaming K4/D3

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 79%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 88%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 67%
Battle cruiser
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing below expectations (39th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 61 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
ProcessorWith 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 80.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics97.7% 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 Drive178% 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.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
High background CPU (25%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardAsrock Z170 Gaming K4/D3  (all builds)
Memory10.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180123
Uptime0.3 Days
Run DateApr 17 '23 at 22:00
Run Duration137 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 25%
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 PC Performing below expectations (39th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-7700K-$230
CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg)
Performing below expectations (26th percentile)
80.9% Excellent
Memory 79.3
1-Core 132
2-Core 261
86% 158 Pts
4-Core 450
8-Core 610
67% 530 Pts
64-Core 668
41% 668 Pts
Poor: 71%
This bench: 80.9%
Great: 92%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400
Gigabyte(1458 3774) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 531.61
Performing below potential (21st percentile) - GPU OC Guide
97.7% Outstanding
Lighting 121
Reflection 135
Parallax 123
99% 127 fps
MRender 113
Gravity 125
Splatting 112
95% 117 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 97.7%
Great: 110%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB
94GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 4L7QCXB7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 391 221 189 183 210 212 MB/s
Performing as expected (52nd percentile)
178% Outstanding
Read 1,625
Write 1,094
Mixed 716
SusWrite 234
203% 917 MB/s
4K Read 45.8
4K Write 102
4K Mixed 63.8
205% 70.7 MB/s
DQ Read 960
DQ Write 609
DQ Mixed 854
618% 808 MB/s
Poor: 106%
This bench: 178%
Great: 236%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85
2TB free
Firmware: 80.00A80
SusWrite @10s intervals: 129 143 136 145 145 145 MB/s
Performing above expectations (68th percentile)
89.7% Excellent
Read 172
Write 159
Mixed 88.6
SusWrite 140
103% 140 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 2.9
4K Mixed 1.1
218% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 49%
This bench: 89.7%
Great: 101%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37
363GB free
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 150 160 156 163 164 166 MB/s
Performing as expected (46th percentile)
82.2% Excellent
Read 126
Write 112
Mixed 96.6
SusWrite 160
91% 124 MB/s
4K Read 1.3
4K Write 2.5
4K Mixed 1.2
234% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 52%
This bench: 82.2%
Great: 109%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
G.SKILL TridentX DDR3 1600 C7 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz
Performing below expectations (21st percentile)
47.6% Average
MC Read 16.6
MC Write 17.1
MC Mixed 15.2
47% 16.3 GB/s
SC Read 12.6
SC Write 16.9
SC Mixed 15.7
43% 15.1 GB/s
Latency 81.9
49% 81.9 ns
Poor: 34%
This bench: 47.6%
Great: 75%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Z170 Gaming K4/D3 Builds (Compare 65 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 48%
Yacht
Desktop
Desktop 87%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 41%
Speed boat

Motherboard: Asrock Z170 Gaming K4/D3

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 98% - Outstanding Total price: $371
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