Asrock Z370 Gaming K6

Performance Results


Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 19% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 104%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	9.02% 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	217% 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 (32%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asrock Z370 Gaming K6 (all builds)
Memory	10.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170828
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 24 '18 at 01:02
Run Duration	131 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	32%

PC Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-8600K-$173 264,837 User benchmarks, average bench 91% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Memory 97.8 1-Core 142 2-Core 190 86% 143 Pts	4-Core 594 8-Core 812 89% 703 Pts	64-Core 895 55% 895 Pts
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 101%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GTX 295 (SLI Disabled) 1,059 User benchmarks, average bench 12% XFX(1682 2505) 896MB Ram: 896MB, Driver: 342.1 Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	9.02% Terrible	Lighting 13.5 Reflection 4.58 Parallax 4.34 11% 7.47 fps	MRender 6.14 Gravity 8 Splatting 5.17 5% 6.44 fps
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 9.02% Great: 14%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 151GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	217% Outstanding	Read 1,990 Write 1,194 Mixed 1,190 322% 1,458 MB/s	4K Read 55.6 4K Write 129 4K Mixed 28.7 190% 71.2 MB/s	DQ Read 58.1 DQ Write 360 DQ Mixed 193 154% 204 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 217% Great: 236%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2TB free Firmware: CC9F Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 210031632 (03) Spinup time 93 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1241 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 60 60 1249805 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1602 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 207 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 30065229831 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 38 52129038371 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 109 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 9293 (C2) HDA temperature 35 62 55834574883 (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 99230924407472 (F1) Unknown 100 253 22052162263704 (F2) Unknown 100 253 45994811835	96.2% Outstanding	Read 169 Write 166 Mixed 158 124% 164 MB/s	4K Read 1.08 4K Write 1.02 4K Mixed 0.24 91% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 96.2% Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 890GB free Firmware: CC61 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 68429920 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4869 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 56288474504 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 17811 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3851 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 94 4295032840 (BD) vendor-specific 97 97 3 (BE) vendor-specific 67 56 555745313 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 589 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 5031 (C2) HDA temperature 33 44 21474836513 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 62543313781980 (F1) Unknown 100 253 50550847810 (F2) Unknown 100 253 537519702251	90.3% Outstanding	Read 172 Write 142 Mixed 143 115% 153 MB/s	4K Read 0.59 4K Write 1.49 4K Mixed 0.18 72% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 90.3% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3600 C19 2x8GB 245 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3733 MHz Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	MC Read 44.8 MC Write 43.7 MC Mixed 32.2 115% 40.2 GB/s	SC Read 15.3 SC Write 24.9 SC Mixed 27.7 65% 22.6 GB/s	Latency 46.8 86% 46.8 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 125%

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Gaming 111%

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Desktop 95%

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Workstation 102%

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Motherboard: Asrock Z370 Gaming K6

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $186Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	561x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	151x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	47x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	126x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	108x
RTX 3080Nvidia $625Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	61x

SSD
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	39x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	34x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	31x

RAM
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	51x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	37x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	33x

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Value: 79% - Very good

Total price: $750

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