Asrock Z170 OC Formula

Performance Results


Gaming 79% Battleship	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 70% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	88.3% 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 Drive	211% 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.

Very high background CPU (34%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asrock Z170 OC Formula (all builds)
Memory	13.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170711
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 21 '18 at 13:48
Run Duration	370 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	34%

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PC Performing above expectations (66^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-$170 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	84.1% Excellent	Memory 93.5 1-Core 114 2-Core 224 82% 144 Pts	4-Core 402 8-Core 725 68% 564 Pts	64-Core 721 45% 721 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 84.1% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$278 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8599) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 390.65 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	88.3% Excellent	Lighting 111 Reflection 118 Parallax 100 91% 110 fps	MRender 97.4 Gravity 102 Splatting 105 84% 102 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 88.3% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung SM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$69 12,601 User benchmarks, average bench 205% 237GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXW7300Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	211% Outstanding	Read 1,744 Write 1,247 Mixed 1,358 322% 1,450 MB/s	4K Read 44.5 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 54.2 198% 71.1 MB/s	DQ Read 45.9 DQ Write 137 DQ Mixed 31.2 41% 71.5 MB/s
Poor: 136% ↑ This bench: 211% Great: 262%
Hitachi HDS722020ALA330 2TB-$71 17,356 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2TB free Firmware: JKAOA28A Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 99 99 65537 (02) Throughput performance 134 134 96 (03) Spinup time 123 123 55876715030 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 15106 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 112 112 39 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 47023 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3282 (C0) Power-off retract count 86 86 17806 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 86 86 17806 (C2) HDA temperature 176 176 244814053410 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 1 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 3879	70.8% Very good	Read 118 Write 129 Mixed 111 90% 119 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 1.32 4K Mixed 0.4 100% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 70.8% Great: 69%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB 8,189 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 919GB free Firmware: CC97 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 112 99 44799496 (03) Spinup time 92 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 89 89 11784 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 63 56 21485673757 (09) Power-on hours count 66 66 30622 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2768 (B7) Unknown 52 52 48 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 53 1614933197365 (BD) vendor-specific 92 92 8 (BE) vendor-specific 72 43 30535581724 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 919 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 93 93 14382 (C2) HDA temperature 28 57 38654705692 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 16 5 44799496 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 1 106950 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -42601780587448 (F1) Unknown 100 253 81637679 (F2) Unknown 100 253 4024463220	56.6% Above average	Read 96.5 Write 101 Mixed 96.2 74% 97.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 0.93 4K Mixed 0.11 48% 0.5 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 56.6% Great: 74%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 2TB-$105 4,536 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 724GB free Firmware: 1AN10003 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 6316 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 61 61 12012 (04) Start/Stop count 88 88 12182 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 15924 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 252 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1441 (BF) G-sense error rate 89 89 120770 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 49 261993922589 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 5 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 142 (DF) Load/unload retry count 252 252 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 28 28 735756	35.7% Below average	Read 64.2 Write 59.9 Mixed 85.2 53% 69.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.71 4K Mixed 0.31 87% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 35.7% Great: 59%
Samsung M3 Portable 2TB 1,824 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 494GB free Firmware: 1402 Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	23.8% Poor	Read 40.6 Write 41.4 Mixed 38.9 30% 40.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 2.95 4K Mixed 0.25 101% 1.22 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 23.8% Great: 67%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$49 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 29GB free Firmware: CC51 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 164914944 (03) Spinup time 92 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 10018 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 8610529329 (09) Power-on hours count 67 67 29194 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2879 (B7) Unknown 72 72 28 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 63 253406937218 (BD) vendor-specific 96 96 4 (BE) vendor-specific 72 41 155089567772 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1138 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 69 69 62077 (C2) HDA temperature 28 59 -140737488355300 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 16 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 16 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 199 95 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -110067126878388 (F1) Unknown 100 253 52659800042 (F2) Unknown 100 253 100409443411	51.1% Above average	Read 81.3 Write 96.9 Mixed 87.5 67% 88.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.27 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.15 44% 0.44 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 51.1% Great: 96%
WDC WD10 EACS-00D6B1 1TB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 931GB free, PID 0539 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	41.3% Average	Read 93 Write 96.7 Mixed 83.6 117% 91.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 2.14 4K Mixed 0.3 85% 1.02 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 41.3% Great: 41%
ST4000DM 000-1F2168 4TB 108 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 529GB free, PID 0539 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	55.2% Above average	Read 137 Write 141 Mixed 113 166% 130 MB/s	4K Read 0.34 4K Write 1.47 4K Mixed 0.16 56% 0.66 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 55.2% Great: 59%
Hitachi HTS545050B9A300 500GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 466GB free, PID 0539 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	31.9% Below average	Read 77.2 Write 75 Mixed 61.4 90% 71.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.39 4K Mixed 0.37 62% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 31.9% Great: 32%
KINGSTON SH103S3240G 240GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 153% 223GB free, PID 0539 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	143% Outstanding	Read 131 Write 125 Mixed 126 164% 127 MB/s	4K Read 19 4K Write 30.1 4K Mixed 10.2 1,441% 19.8 MB/s	DQ Read 19.6 DQ Write 33.3 DQ Mixed 9.81 1,537% 20.9 MB/s
Poor: 143% ↑ This bench: 143% Great: 162%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GB-$42 131,007 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	88% Excellent	MC Read 33.6 MC Write 34.5 MC Mixed 26.4 90% 31.5 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 33.5 SC Mixed 25.2 73% 25.5 GB/s	Latency 60.9 66% 60.9 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 88% Great: 95%

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

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Desktop 90%

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Workstation 73%

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Motherboard: Asrock Z170 OC Formula

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	54x
Core i7-7700KIntel $249Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	14x
Core i5-6600KIntel $113Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	9x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	12x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	11x
GTX 980-TiNvidia $560Bench 79%, 214,030 samples	6x

SSD
950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung $330Bench 223%, 54,978 samples	5x
980 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 251%, 262,559 samples	5x
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 96%, 217,115 samples	4x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	4x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 4x8GBCorsair $90Bench 85%, 8,498 samples	4x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x16GBCorsair $74Bench 76%, 29,684 samples	4x

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Value: 72% - Very good

Total price: $743

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $170	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $122	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $28	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