Asrock Z170 Extreme4

Performance Results


Gaming 97% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 105% UFO	Workstation 83% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 101%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	91.7% 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	333% 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.

Motherboard	Asrock Z170 Extreme4 (all builds)
Memory	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180122
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 21 '19 at 23:29
Run Duration	233 Seconds
Run User	LVA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (69^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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Memory 96.9 1-Core 145 2-Core 290 98% 177 Pts	4-Core 562 8-Core 803 86% 682 Pts	64-Core 795 49% 795 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 101% 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 36CB) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1555 MHz, MLim: 1802 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 436.30 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	91.7% Outstanding	Lighting 119 Reflection 121 Parallax 108 97% 116 fps	MRender 99.5 Gravity 106 Splatting 93.9 81% 99.9 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 91.7% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 367,854 User benchmarks, average bench 276% 320GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1061 813 808 806 809 807 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	333% Outstanding	Read 2682 Write 2,446 Mixed 1,812 SusWrite 851 435% 1,948 MB/s	4K Read 74.6 4K Write 193 4K Mixed 104 348% 124 MB/s	DQ Read 1,574 DQ Write 1,367 DQ Mixed 1,450 1,093% 1,464 MB/s
Poor: 178% ↑ This bench: 333% Great: 355%
Transcend SSD370S 512GB-$209 3,350 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 213GB free Firmware: N1114H SusWrite @10s intervals: 434 435 433 434 435 434 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 516 Write 431 Mixed 308 SusWrite 434 95% 422 MB/s	4K Read 29.7 4K Write 121 4K Mixed 44.9 167% 65.3 MB/s	DQ Read 274 DQ Write 290 DQ Mixed 197 172% 254 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 111%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 149 157 156 156 156 157 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	89.3% Excellent	Read 156 Write 105 Mixed 79 SusWrite 155 91% 124 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 89.3% Great: 114%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 5GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 3.9 3.1 3.6 1.4 5.5 3.8 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	37% Below average	Read 125 Write 63 Mixed 66 SusWrite 3.5 48% 64.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1.2 209% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 37% Great: 75%
SanDisk Cruzer Fit 16GB 8,778 User benchmarks, average bench 9% 1GB free, PID 5571 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 3.6 4 4.1 4.8 4.3 4.1 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	7.09% Terrible	Read 21.2 Write 13 Mixed 16.3 SusWrite 4.1 17% 13.6 MB/s	4K Read 5.4 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 2.3 119% 2.77 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 7.09% Great: 13%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2800 C14 2x8GB 859 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2929 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	99.8% Outstanding	MC Read 37.6 MC Write 37.3 MC Mixed 30.2 100% 35 GB/s	SC Read 22.3 SC Write 40.1 SC Mixed 31.4 89% 31.3 GB/s	Latency 50.5 79% 50.5 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 99.8% Great: 102%

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

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Gaming 51%

Yacht

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 44%

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Motherboard: Asrock Z170 Extreme4 - $210

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	369x
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	144x
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 $37Bench 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 $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