Asrock Z170 Gaming-ITX/ac

Performance Results


Gaming 18% Surfboard	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 91.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	7.28% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	329% 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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 6 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asrock Z170 Gaming-ITX/ac (all builds)
Memory	13.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	Χρώματα 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20160930
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 20 '17 at 07:03
Run Duration	139 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700-$180 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.9% Outstanding	Memory 96.4 1-Core 128 2-Core 248 89% 157 Pts	4-Core 474 8-Core 660 71% 567 Pts	64-Core 661 41% 661 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 91.9% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) 188,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% ASRock(1849 1912) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 21.20.16.4565 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.28% Terrible	Lighting 7.6 Reflection 10.9 Parallax 7.41 6% 8.64 fps	MRender 10.7 Gravity 6.53 Splatting 15.6 9% 10.9 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.28% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 12TB 267 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 6TB free Firmware: 1.0. Max speed: Unknown Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	97.2% Outstanding	Read 773 Write 584 Mixed 351 126% 569 MB/s	4K Read 44.4 4K Write 25.4 4K Mixed 3.93 86% 24.6 MB/s	DQ Read 167 DQ Write 169 DQ Mixed 23.4 57% 120 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 97.2% Great: 188%
Samsung 850 Pro 1TB-$210 25,365 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 701GB free Firmware: 0 Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	98.1% Outstanding	Read 539 Write 506 Mixed 519 116% 521 MB/s	4K Read 25.5 4K Write 52.3 4K Mixed 33.1 109% 37 MB/s	DQ Read 313 DQ Write 212 DQ Mixed 140 138% 222 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 98.1% Great: 124%
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$139 63,520 User benchmarks, average bench 266% 119GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B6Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	329% Outstanding	Read 2,969 Write 1,823 Mixed 1,851 489% 2,214 MB/s	4K Read 53.1 4K Write 134 4K Mixed 68.6 240% 85.3 MB/s	DQ Read 822 DQ Write 291 DQ Mixed 204 243% 439 MB/s
Poor: 159% ↑ This bench: 329% Great: 353%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$40 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	MC Read 40 MC Write 39.9 MC Mixed 30.6 105% 36.8 GB/s	SC Read 22.6 SC Write 44.2 SC Mixed 33.1 95% 33.3 GB/s	Latency 52.7 76% 52.7 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 110%

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Motherboard: Asrock Z170 Gaming-ITX/ac

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	83x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	45x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	20x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $265Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	23x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	21x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	20x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	14x
980 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $94Bench 251%, 262,559 samples	9x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	8x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	16x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	11x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBG.SKILLBench 89%, 92,468 samples	10x

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Value: 85% - Excellent

Total price: $582

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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