Asrock Z170 Professional Gaming i7

Performance Results


Gaming 189% UFO	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 161% UFO


PC Status	Overall 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.
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 81.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	238% is a record breaking 3D score, it's almost off the scale. This GPU can handle all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	177% 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.

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Motherboard	Asrock Z170 Professional Gaming i7 (all builds)
Memory	9.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	5120 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180123
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Jun 25 '23 at 12:51
Run Duration	224 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	23%

PC Performing below expectations (39^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	81.5% Excellent	Memory 90.8 1-Core 119 2-Core 223 82% 144 Pts	4-Core 390 8-Core 621 62% 505 Pts	64-Core 683 42% 683 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 81.5% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 4070-Ti-$651 46,082 User benchmarks, average bench 240% Nvidia(10DE 17AF) ≥ 4GB CLim: 3105 MHz, MLim: 5250 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 536.23 Performing below potential (36^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	238% Outstanding	Lighting 344 Reflection 312 Parallax 355 280% 337 fps	MRender 478 Gravity 299 Splatting 214 257% 330 fps
Poor: 208% ↑ This bench: 238% Great: 256%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250 40,327 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 74GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 583 542 443 344 364 306 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	177% Outstanding	Read 1823 Write 801 Mixed 598 SusWrite 430 200% 913 MB/s	4K Read 38.2 4K Write 94.3 4K Mixed 46.9 168% 59.8 MB/s	DQ Read 904 DQ Write 281 DQ Mixed 377 334% 521 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 177% Great: 243%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 113GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 267 265 269 273 275 272 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	85.2% Excellent	Read 344 Write 270 Mixed 284 SusWrite 270 66% 292 MB/s	4K Read 35.2 4K Write 67.5 4K Mixed 43.5 145% 48.7 MB/s	DQ Read 240 DQ Write 197 DQ Mixed 164 138% 200 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 85.2% Great: 118%
XPG GAMMIX S11 Pro 1TB 16,136 User benchmarks, average bench 283% 457GB free Firmware: 42A4SANA SusWrite @10s intervals: 1201 976 458 1082 968 953 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	256% Outstanding	Read 2,291 Write 1,764 Mixed 261 SusWrite 940 290% 1,314 MB/s	4K Read 49.1 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 66.5 217% 74.5 MB/s	DQ Read 988 DQ Write 794 DQ Mixed 574 516% 785 MB/s
Poor: 185% ↑ This bench: 256% Great: 373%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1.5TB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 97 100 99 100 101 100 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	57.4% Above average	Read 100 Write 103 Mixed 87.3 SusWrite 99.6 72% 97.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 147% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 57.4% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$57 31,641 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (26^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	71.8% Very good	MC Read 27.2 MC Write 27.6 MC Mixed 20.4 72% 25.1 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 28.6 SC Mixed 21.6 65% 22.6 GB/s	Latency 66.2 60% 66.2 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 71.8% Great: 107%

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

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 73%

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Motherboard: Asrock Z170 Professional Gaming i7

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	127x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	20x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	9x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	26x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	26x
RTX 3080Nvidia $625Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	12x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	17x
950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung $625Bench 223%, 54,978 samples	7x
950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBSamsung $250Bench 199%, 40,327 samples	5x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	11x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	9x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	8x

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Value: 70% - Good

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 $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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