Asrock Z170 Professional Gaming i7

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 94.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	259% 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.

Motherboard	Asrock Z170 Professional Gaming i7 (all builds)
Memory	28.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.6 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors, 3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180123
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 21 '18 at 21:16
Run Duration	260 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing above expectations (65^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 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94.3% Outstanding	Memory 96.3 1-Core 150 2-Core 299 100% 181 Pts	4-Core 496 8-Core 824 81% 660 Pts	64-Core 824 51% 824 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 94.3% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6696) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 398.11 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 109% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Pro 256GB-$190 73,119 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 191GB free Firmware: DXM06B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 99 0 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 41336 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 753 (B1) Unknown 98 98 60 (B3) Unknown 100 99 0 (B5) Unknown 100 99 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 99 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 48 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 1 1 192628 (EB) Unknown 99 99 300 (F1) Unknown 99 99 23339230257	85.7% Excellent	Read 380 Write 389 Mixed 385 86% 385 MB/s	4K Read 32.3 4K Write 76.9 4K Mixed 27.1 124% 45.4 MB/s	DQ Read 234 DQ Write 194 DQ Mixed 76.4 95% 168 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 85.7% Great: 116%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 56GB free Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	264% Outstanding	Read 2,732 Write 1,257 Mixed 1,398 394% 1,795 MB/s	4K Read 57.1 4K Write 134 4K Mixed 44.2 214% 78.5 MB/s	DQ Read 375 DQ Write 280 DQ Mixed 144 158% 267 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 264% Great: 236%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 49GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	259% Outstanding	Read 2,632 Write 1,244 Mixed 1,340 382% 1,739 MB/s	4K Read 56.6 4K Write 130 4K Mixed 45.4 213% 77.3 MB/s	DQ Read 359 DQ Write 269 DQ Mixed 139 151% 256 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 259% Great: 236%
SanDisk Ultra II 240GB-$40 53,931 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 28GB free Firmware: X41320RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4000 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 42 (A5) Unknown 100 100 19726580 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 30 (A8) Unknown 100 100 17 (A9) Unknown 100 100 274 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 8 (AE) Unknown 100 100 30 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 68 52 223339872288 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 296370438414 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 1960 (EA) Unknown 100 100 2511 (F1) Unknown 253 253 2284 (F2) Unknown 253 253 12860 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	58.2% Above average	Read 318 Write 144 Mixed 180 47% 214 MB/s	4K Read 31.1 4K Write 57.1 4K Mixed 15.7 98% 34.6 MB/s	DQ Read 242 DQ Write 134 DQ Mixed 46 72% 141 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 58.2% Great: 101%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 172GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 184 177 7800 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3960 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 14953 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 151 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 117 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 176 176 73296 (C2) HDA temperature 119 99 33 (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	82.9% Excellent	Read 157 Write 131 Mixed 154 112% 148 MB/s	4K Read 1.64 4K Write 2.03 4K Mixed 0.46 157% 1.38 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 82.9% Great: 101%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 172GB free Firmware: 05.00K05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 223 218 8833 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7996 (05) Reallocated sector count 132 132 539 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 11 11 65698 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2280 (C0) Power-off retract count 198 198 1629 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 7964 (C2) HDA temperature 115 97 35 (C4) Reallocation count 1 1 523 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 194 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 194 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 1 0	82.2% Excellent	Read 146 Write 141 Mixed 138 106% 141 MB/s	4K Read 1.36 4K Write 2.05 4K Mixed 0.56 157% 1.32 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 82.2% Great: 76%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 172GB free Firmware: 05.00K05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 232 223 8391 (04) Start/Stop count 90 90 10271 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 24 24 55690 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2068 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 1484 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 10031 (C2) HDA temperature 115 97 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	91.2% Outstanding	Read 157 Write 160 Mixed 85.8 99% 134 MB/s	4K Read 2.78 4K Write 3.88 4K Mixed 0.52 245% 2.39 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 91.2% Great: 76%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 172GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 181 178 5950 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9257 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 59 59 30140 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 331 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 196 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 170 170 92692 (C2) HDA temperature 121 99 29 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	57.6% Above average	Read 110 Write 88.7 Mixed 150 89% 116 MB/s	4K Read 2.98 4K Write 4.31 4K Mixed 0.33 241% 2.54 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 57.6% Great: 83%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3600 C17 4x8GB 410 User benchmarks, average bench 101% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3600 MHz Performing below potential (31^st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	91.4% Outstanding	MC Read 40 MC Write 30.2 MC Mixed 25.6 91% 31.9 GB/s	SC Read 22.8 SC Write 32.5 SC Mixed 31.3 82% 28.9 GB/s	Latency 52.9 76% 52.9 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 91.4% Great: 134%

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Motherboard: Asrock Z170 Professional Gaming i7

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	127x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	20x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	9x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	26x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	26x
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	12x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	17x
950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung $625Bench 223%, 54,978 samples	7x
950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBSamsung $250Bench 199%, 40,327 samples	5x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	11x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $40Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	9x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	8x

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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $729

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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