Asrock Z170A-X1/3.1

Performance Results


Gaming 86% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 70% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (40th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 60 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 84.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	101% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	71.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asrock Z170A-X1/3.1 (all builds)
Memory	55 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161020
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Aug 07 '18 at 17:58
Run Duration	166 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	13%

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PC Performing as expected (40^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	84.9% Excellent	Memory 90.2 1-Core 132 2-Core 246 88% 156 Pts	4-Core 438 8-Core 571 64% 505 Pts	64-Core 534 33% 534 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 84.9% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Zotac(19DA 1451) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing below potential (42^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	101% Outstanding	Lighting 129 Reflection 143 Parallax 132 105% 135 fps	MRender 112 Gravity 125 Splatting 105 93% 114 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Z400s 256GB-$221 10,770 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 72GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z2333000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 261 292 304 310 308 302 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	71.6% Very good	Read 439 Write 277 Mixed 205 SusWrite 296 68% 304 MB/s	4K Read 23 4K Write 82.4 4K Mixed 14 96% 39.8 MB/s	DQ Read 98 DQ Write 268 DQ Mixed 22.4 63% 129 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 71.6% Great: 84%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$50 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 151GB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 141 144 144 144 140 143 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	74.3% Very good	Read 116 Write 107 Mixed 21.2 SusWrite 143 70% 96.8 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.7 160% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 74.3% Great: 108%
MD4000GBDS 4TB 192 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2TB free Firmware: KF06 SusWrite @10s intervals: 116 121 123 124 123 122 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	62.1% Good	Read 94.5 Write 79.5 Mixed 55.3 SusWrite 122 64% 87.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 3.1 4K Mixed 1 202% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 62.1% Great: 93%
MD4000GBDS 4TB 192 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 744GB free Firmware: KF06 SusWrite @10s intervals: 143 146 147 144 147 148 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	66.9% Good	Read 87 Write 87.8 Mixed 62.5 SusWrite 146 70% 95.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 187% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 66.9% Great: 93%
Generic STORAGE DEVICE 16GB 172 User benchmarks, average bench 10% 15GB free, PID 0716 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 35 36 36 36 37 36 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	24% Poor	Read 31.5 Write 31.5 Mixed 8.5 SusWrite 35.9 36% 26.9 MB/s	4K Read 4.8 4K Write 3.4 4K Mixed 3.6 256% 3.93 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 24% Great: 17%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CT16G4DFD824A.C16FBR 1315 CT16G4DFD824A.M16FH 1315 CT16G4DFD824A.C16FBR 1315 CT16G4DFD824A.M16FH 64GB 2400, 2400, 2400, 2400 MHz 16384, 16384, 16384, 16384 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	67.8% Good	MC Read 17.6 MC Write 28.3 MC Mixed 23.1 66% 23 GB/s	SC Read 18.1 SC Write 27.9 SC Mixed 26.2 69% 24.1 GB/s	Latency 67 60% 67 ns

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

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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 $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	11x
MX500 1TBCrucial $66Bench 106%, 202,785 samples	11x

RAM
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 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: 102% - Outstanding

Total price: $423

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