Asrock Z170A-X1/3.1

Performance Results


Gaming 88% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 70% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 89.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	96.6% 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	91.3% 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.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock Z170A-X1/3.1 (all builds)
Memory	13.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160714
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 07 '16 at 12:07
Run Duration	140 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	89.7% Excellent	Memory 92.4 1-Core 136 2-Core 267 92% 165 Pts	4-Core 498 8-Core 526 68% 512 Pts	64-Core 524 32% 524 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 89.7% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3304) Driver: nvd3dumx Ver. 21.21.13.7306 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	96.6% Outstanding	Lighting 121 Reflection 127 Parallax 121 99% 123 fps	MRender 112 Gravity 112 Splatting 112 92% 112 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 96.6% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Mushkin ECO2 SMI 512GB-$80 1,273 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 370GB free (System drive) Firmware: N1007C Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2711 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 22 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 100 (A3) Unknown 100 100 55 (A4) Unknown 100 100 25725 (A5) Unknown 100 100 51 (A6) Unknown 100 100 3 (A7) Unknown 100 100 12 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 5 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 4824 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 132025 (F2) Unknown 100 100 168053 (F5) Unknown 100 100 205800	91.3% Outstanding	Read 517 Write 246 Mixed 333 80% 366 MB/s	4K Read 27.8 4K Write 121 4K Mixed 32.1 147% 60.3 MB/s	DQ Read 275 DQ Write 234 DQ Mixed 61.8 99% 190 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 91.3% Great: 97%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 707GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 253 175 1025 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 450 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 49 49 37255 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 274 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 151 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 175 175 77841 (C2) HDA temperature 115 110 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 8 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	50.7% Above average	Read 92.9 Write 83.9 Mixed 79 64% 85.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.23 4K Write 0.85 4K Mixed 0.13 40% 0.4 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 50.7% Great: 67%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 641GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 150 16 (03) Spinup time 253 167 983 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 622 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 45 45 40617 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 231 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 135 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 173 173 82406 (C2) HDA temperature 117 102 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 200 199 0	40.7% Average	Read 69.9 Write 72 Mixed 73.2 54% 71.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.12 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.11 31% 0.31 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 40.7% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB-$40 98,777 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	70.1% Very good	MC Read 25.6 MC Write 27.5 MC Mixed 20.2 70% 24.4 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 27 SC Mixed 21 62% 21.7 GB/s	Latency 63.3 63% 63.3 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 70.1% Great: 88%

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Typical Z170A-X1/3.1 Builds (Compare 290 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 68%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 86%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 57%

Gunboat

Motherboard: Asrock Z170A-X1/3.1

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	67x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	58x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	43x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	51x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	24x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	19x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	15x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $129Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	11x
MX500 1TBCrucial $66Bench 106%, 202,785 samples	11x

RAM
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $40Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	12x
CL15-15-15 D4-2133 2x8GBUnknownBench 68%, 1,169 samples	11x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	9x

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Value: 100% - Outstanding

Total price: $432

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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