Asrock Z170 Extreme4

Performance Results


Gaming 88% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 77% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 92.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	89.6% 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	180% 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.

Very high background CPU (45%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock Z170 Extreme4 (all builds)
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.5 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180122
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Aug 12 '18 at 16:24
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	45%

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PC Performing above expectations (72^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	92.9% Outstanding	Memory 97.8 1-Core 140 2-Core 276 96% 171 Pts	4-Core 474 8-Core 774 76% 624 Pts	64-Core 772 48% 772 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 92.9% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Zotac(19DA 1445) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2126 MHz, MLim: 2314 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.82 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	89.6% Excellent	Lighting 111 Reflection 124 Parallax 105 90% 113 fps	MRender 110 Gravity 105 Splatting 109 89% 108 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 89.6% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB 99,566 User benchmarks, average bench 177% 166GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXB7401Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 483 332 332 332 332 331 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	180% Outstanding	Read 1,313 Write 1,126 Mixed 698 SusWrite 357 194% 874 MB/s	4K Read 34.7 4K Write 136 4K Mixed 52.4 192% 74.4 MB/s	DQ Read 1,120 DQ Write 990 DQ Mixed 922 728% 1,011 MB/s
Poor: 106% ↑ This bench: 180% Great: 236%
Crucial MX300 525GB-$150 105,037 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 234GB free Firmware: M0CR060 SusWrite @10s intervals: 364 345 237 246 233 217 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	84.3% Excellent	Read 401 Write 346 Mixed 357 SusWrite 274 77% 345 MB/s	4K Read 18.4 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 35.5 128% 52.1 MB/s	DQ Read 300 DQ Write 244 DQ Mixed 286 210% 277 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 84.3% Great: 99%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: HP51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 155 160 163 162 160 164 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	89.5% Excellent	Read 152 Write 130 Mixed 72.5 SusWrite 161 94% 129 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 138% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 89.5% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 78.CAGQA.4040B 2x8GB 22 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3467 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	108% Outstanding	MC Read 40.2 MC Write 43.1 MC Mixed 29.9 108% 37.7 GB/s	SC Read 23.5 SC Write 45.1 SC Mixed 34.4 98% 34.3 GB/s	Latency 46.9 85% 46.9 ns
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 108%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 44%

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Motherboard: Asrock Z170 Extreme4 - $210

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	370x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 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 $90Bench 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 $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	34x

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Value: 90% - Outstanding

Total price: $640

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $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