Asrock Z170M Pro4S

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 92%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 88%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 70%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 84.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics112% 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.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.
MotherboardAsrock Z170M Pro4S  (all builds)
Memory13.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 8.1
BIOS Date20160517
Uptime0 Days
Run DateJul 31 '18 at 03:14
Run Duration152 Seconds
Run User AUS-User
Background CPU10%
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 PC Performing as expected (56th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-6600-$132
CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
84.1% Excellent
Memory 91.5
1-Core 116
2-Core 233
83% 147 Pts
4-Core 459
8-Core 367
58% 413 Pts
64-Core 450
28% 450 Pts
Poor: 47%
This bench: 84.1%
Great: 77%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400
MSI(1462 3367) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.36
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
112% Outstanding
Lighting 150
Reflection 158
Parallax 136
122% 148 fps
MRender 119
Gravity 141
Splatting 115
101% 125 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 112%
Great: 110%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35
5GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 605ABBF2
Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete
Read 296
Write 260
Mixed 255
60% 270 MB/s
4K Read 29.7
4K Write 103
4K Mixed 34.6
144% 55.7 MB/s
DQ Read 213
DQ Write 144
DQ Mixed 182
135% 180 MB/s
Poor: 41% Great: 85%
WD Blue 3D 250GB-$31
180GB free
Firmware: X61130WD
SusWrite @10s intervals: 267 206 207 201 201 199 MB/s
Performing above expectations (74th percentile)
94.6% Outstanding
Read 444
Write 409
Mixed 312
SusWrite 214
77% 345 MB/s
4K Read 28.8
4K Write 120
4K Mixed 39.7
158% 62.9 MB/s
DQ Read 377
DQ Write 325
DQ Mixed 278
228% 327 MB/s
Poor: 62%
This bench: 94.6%
Great: 105%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70
11GB free
Firmware: JC4B
SusWrite @10s intervals: 66 64 68 64 69 73 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (7th percentile)
35.6% Below average
Read 56.5
Write 59.5
Mixed 53.8
SusWrite 67.3
44% 59.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.4
4K Write 1.3
4K Mixed 0.7
118% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 34%
This bench: 35.6%
Great: 68%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3333 C16 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing below potential (3rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
42.4% Average
MC Read 14.6
MC Write 14.9
MC Mixed 11.9
39% 13.8 GB/s
SC Read 13.2
SC Write 15.1
SC Mixed 13.5
40% 13.9 GB/s
Latency 65
62% 65 ns
Poor: 59%
This bench: 42.4%
Great: 112%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Z170M Pro4S Builds (Compare 325 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 47%
Yacht
Desktop
Desktop 83%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 38%
Jet ski

Motherboard: Asrock Z170M Pro4S - $130

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 87% - Excellent Total price: $472
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