Asrock Z170 Extreme4

Performance Results


Gaming 82% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 69% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 92.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	86.3% 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	56.7% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

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Run History

Motherboard	Asrock Z170 Extreme4 (all builds)
Memory	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150701
Uptime	1.5 Days
Run Date	Jul 12 '18 at 13:57
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	NZL-User
Background CPU	25%

PC Performing above expectations (62^nd 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 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	92.6% Outstanding	Memory 93.1 1-Core 127 2-Core 255 89% 158 Pts	4-Core 501 8-Core 689 75% 595 Pts	64-Core 700 43% 700 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 92.6% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Gigabyte(1458 36B6) CLim: 1544 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 398.36 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	86.3% Excellent	Lighting 112 Reflection 113 Parallax 99.6 91% 108 fps	MRender 94 Gravity 101 Splatting 87.7 76% 94.1 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 86.3% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX200 240GB-$36 36,559 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 182GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01.6 SusWrite @10s intervals: 248 54 53 54 53 52 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	56.7% Above average	Read 452 Write 425 Mixed 373 SusWrite 85.7 75% 334 MB/s	4K Read 27.3 4K Write 25.9 4K Mixed 22.5 84% 25.2 MB/s	DQ Read 294 DQ Write 52.2 DQ Mixed 77.8 82% 141 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 56.7% Great: 91%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 591GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 134 134 132 131 133 133 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	87.6% Excellent	Read 172 Write 142 Mixed 93.5 SusWrite 133 99% 135 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1.2 234% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 87.6% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS4G4D240FSB.8FARG 4x4GB 285 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	80.6% Excellent	MC Read 29.5 MC Write 30.9 MC Mixed 23.6 80% 28 GB/s	SC Read 19.3 SC Write 32.6 SC Mixed 27.6 76% 26.5 GB/s	Latency 61.8 65% 61.8 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 80.6% Great: 101%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Typical Z170 Extreme4 Builds (Compare 1,129 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 51%

Yacht

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 44%

Speed boat

Motherboard: Asrock Z170 Extreme4 - $210

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	370x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	360x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	96x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	152x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	145x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	79x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	45x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	34x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	30x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	80x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	37x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	34x

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Value: 87% - Excellent

Total price: $659

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 $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 $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