Asrock Z170M Extreme4

Performance Results


Gaming 12% Tree trunk	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 11% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 77.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	6.83% 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	89.9% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asrock Z170M Extreme4 (all builds)
Memory	11.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161213
Uptime	2.2 Days
Run Date	Mar 14 '18 at 01:57
Run Duration	275 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7500-$89 149,467 User benchmarks, average bench 67% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	77.6% Very good	Memory 80.8 1-Core 116 2-Core 223 78% 140 Pts	4-Core 429 8-Core 434 58% 432 Pts	64-Core 440 27% 440 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 77.6% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake) 153,031 User benchmarks, average bench 5% ASRock(1849 5912) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 21.20.16.4839 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	6.83% Terrible	Lighting 7.17 Reflection 10.8 Parallax 6.94 6% 8.29 fps	MRender 9.38 Gravity 6.07 Splatting 14.9 9% 10.1 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.83% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ ARC 100 240GB-$120 11,799 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 74GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 0 0 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 21382 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 791 (AB) Unknown 100 100 79723344 (AE) Unknown 100 100 128 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (D0) Spin buzz 100 100 388 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 1 (E9) Unknown 88 88 88 (F1) Unknown 100 100 17713 (F2) Unknown 100 100 15398 (F9) Unknown 100 100 781558903	89.9% Excellent	Read 462 Write 420 Mixed 436 98% 439 MB/s	4K Read 24.8 4K Write 100 4K Mixed 27.1 126% 50.8 MB/s	DQ Read 25.1 DQ Write 341 DQ Mixed 74.5 90% 147 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 89.9% Great: 101%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 84GB free Firmware: CC25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 227705136 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 283 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 62521600 (09) Power-on hours count 78 78 19681 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 95 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 96 96 4 (BE) vendor-specific 62 52 689700902 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 21 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 41 41 119231 (C2) HDA temperature 38 48 73014444070 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -14297946115833 (F1) Unknown 100 253 21060968139 (F2) Unknown 100 253 215357919823	80.4% Excellent	Read 152 Write 128 Mixed 123 101% 134 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.15 63% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 80.4% Great: 113%
Mass Storage Device 8GB 289 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 7GB free, PID 125c Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	7.79% Terrible	Read 20.4 Write 5.48 Mixed 8.11 12% 11.3 MB/s	4K Read 4.44 4K Write 0.84 4K Mixed 0.6 66% 1.96 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 7.79% Great: 12%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F4-2400C15-4GRR 0420 F4-2400C15-4GRR 1315 BLS4G4D240FSE.8FBD 1315 BLS4G4D240FSE.8FBD 16GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	63.2% Good	MC Read 24.2 MC Write 23.1 MC Mixed 19.8 64% 22.4 GB/s	SC Read 14.5 SC Write 21.6 SC Mixed 20.7 54% 18.9 GB/s	Latency 79.1 51% 79.1 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 63.2% Great: 65%

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Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

Motherboard: Asrock Z170M Extreme4

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	89x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	77x
Core i5-6500Intel $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	33x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	40x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	34x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	22x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	15x
Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBWD $74Bench 228%, 180,890 samples	12x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	11x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	16x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	13x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $40Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	13x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $455

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $179	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