ASRock Z170 GAMING K6

Performance Results


Gaming 73% Battleship	Desktop 104% UFO	Workstation 59% Gunboat


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 100%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	67% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	47.1% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	ASRock Z170 GAMING K6 (all builds)
Memory	6.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160204
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Oct 22 '16 at 02:58
Run Duration	226 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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, 4 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	Memory 96.3 1-Core 150 2-Core 301 100% 182 Pts	4-Core 601 8-Core 600 80% 601 Pts	64-Core 601 37% 601 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% EVGA(3842 2985) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvd3dumx Ver. 21.21.13.7306 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	67% Good	Lighting 85 Reflection 89.5 Parallax 76.4 69% 83.6 fps	MRender 82.9 Gravity 78.9 Splatting 70.7 63% 77.5 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 67% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250 40,327 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 128GB free Firmware: 1B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	207% Outstanding	Read 2,072 Write 906 Mixed 1,127 300% 1,368 MB/s	4K Read 53 4K Write 186 4K Mixed 31.8 219% 90.1 MB/s	DQ Read 54.4 DQ Write 209 DQ Mixed 31.3 53% 98.1 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 207% Great: 243%
Crucial C300-CTFDDAC128MAG 128GB 2,094 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 108GB free Firmware: 0006 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th 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 4764 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2322 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 17 (AE) Unknown 100 100 1 (B5) Unknown 100 100 983550656692 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 170 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (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 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0	56.2% Above average	Read 356 Write 141 Mixed 202 51% 233 MB/s	4K Read 30 4K Write 85.3 4K Mixed 3.52 95% 39.6 MB/s	DQ Read 209 DQ Write 131 DQ Mixed 3.61 48% 115 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 56.2% Great: 62%
Intel 530 Series 180GB 4,011 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 86GB free (System drive) Firmware: DC32 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 2 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 130867653510466 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 878 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 1 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 25 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 33 36 60131901473 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 25 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 77520 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 57 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 77520 (F2) Unknown 100 100 106542 (F9) Unknown 100 100 5731	47.1% Average	Read 458 Write 114 Mixed 179 54% 250 MB/s	4K Read 22.8 4K Write 12.7 4K Mixed 14.7 60% 16.7 MB/s	DQ Read 118 DQ Write 48.8 DQ Mixed 14.1 29% 60.4 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 47.1% Great: 82%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 888GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 170 2233 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 577 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1327 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 564 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 49 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 527 (C2) HDA temperature 111 108 32 (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 200 200 0	112% Outstanding	Read 197 Write 192 Mixed 173 141% 187 MB/s	4K Read 1.25 4K Write 2.61 4K Mixed 0.36 141% 1.41 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 109%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 500GB-$80 27,325 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 201GB free Firmware: SD1A Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 91598098 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3532 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 34912037 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 6181 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 6 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3134 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 8590065666 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 63 555352097 (C2) HDA temperature 33 40 68719476769 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 28 18 91598098 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	48.8% Average	Read 86.2 Write 83.8 Mixed 81.8 63% 83.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.69 4K Mixed 0.46 108% 0.92 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 48.8% Great: 59%
WD WD3000GLFS-01F8U0 300GB 3,689 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 175GB free Firmware: 03.03V01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 200 199 2966 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3166 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 5874 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2898 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 69 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3166 (C2) HDA temperature 114 107 33 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	61.9% Good	Read 111 Write 104 Mixed 99.5 79% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.76 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 0.56 143% 1.31 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 61.9% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR4 2800 2OZ 2x4GB 969 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2700 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	92.4% Outstanding	MC Read 34.2 MC Write 36.3 MC Mixed 26.5 92% 32.3 GB/s	SC Read 21.7 SC Write 38.2 SC Mixed 27.2 83% 29 GB/s	Latency 52.9 76% 52.9 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 92.4% Great: 90%

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Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

Motherboard: ASRock Z170 GAMING K6 - $267

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	204x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	66x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	30x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	73x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	31x
GTX 980-TiNvidia $560Bench 79%, 214,030 samples	21x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	12x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	11x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	10x

RAM
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $37Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	27x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	22x
F4 DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 88%, 625 samples	11x

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Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $716

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