Asrock Z170 Gaming-ITX/ac

Performance Results


Gaming 74% Battleship	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 64% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 90.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	78.1% 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	140% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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 Gaming-ITX/ac (all builds)
Memory	29.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160413
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 31 '18 at 23:36
Run Duration	222 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	20%

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PC Performing as expected (59^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 way above expectations (97^th percentile)	90.2% Outstanding	Memory 92.7 1-Core 133 2-Core 268 91% 164 Pts	4-Core 472 8-Core 742 75% 607 Pts	64-Core 736 46% 736 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 90.2% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3301) CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing below potential (42^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	78.1% Very good	Lighting 98.2 Reflection 109 Parallax 92.3 80% 99.8 fps	MRender 91 Gravity 87.5 Splatting 93 74% 90.5 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 78.1% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung SM951 AHCI PCIe M.2 256GB-$223 7,621 User benchmarks, average bench 175% 6GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXW2500Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 7288 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1156 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 91 91 262 (AE) Unknown 99 99 29 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 771 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 44 18 56 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 99 99 67296 (F1) Unknown 99 99 15668 (F2) Unknown 99 99 13313	140% Outstanding	Read 1,925 Write 273 Mixed 487 192% 895 MB/s	4K Read 42.6 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 23.5 148% 55.9 MB/s	DQ Read 43.9 DQ Write 115 DQ Mixed 21.7 33% 60.1 MB/s
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 140% Great: 220%
Seagate BUP BK 4TB 13,353 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 3.5TB free Firmware: 0304 Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	56.4% Above average	Read 128 Write 67.1 Mixed 75.7 67% 90.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.84 4K Write 6.28 4K Mixed 0.45 201% 2.52 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 56.4% Great: 65%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$32 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 55GB free Firmware: 05.00K05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 219 217 9008 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9429 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 51 51 36369 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2554 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 201 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 9414 (C2) HDA temperature 115 92 35 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	56.9% Above average	Read 109 Write 89.1 Mixed 97.1 74% 98.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 2.11 4K Mixed 0.31 101% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 56.9% Great: 76%
WD 325AS External 500GB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 14% 405GB free, PID null Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	18.3% Very poor	Read 39.2 Write 39.9 Mixed 11.6 36% 30.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.24 4K Mixed 0.34 56% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 18.3% Great: 18%
Seagate USB 3.0 Cable 640GB 32 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 25GB free, PID 5030 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	24.8% Poor	Read 48.6 Write 66.5 Mixed 44.9 70% 53.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.39 4K Write 1.02 4K Mixed 0.15 41% 0.52 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 24.8% Great: 36%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x16GB 8,488 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 2 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	74.5% Very good	MC Read 27.3 MC Write 28.1 MC Mixed 21.9 74% 25.8 GB/s	SC Read 18.1 SC Write 30.1 SC Mixed 25.4 70% 24.5 GB/s	Latency 62.8 64% 62.8 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 74.5% Great: 89%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 72%

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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 $235Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	20x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 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 $90Bench 251%, 262,559 samples	9x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	8x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 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: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $517

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	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