Asrock Z170 Pro4S

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU, SSD
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With 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 86.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 10 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

High background CPU (27%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock Z170 Pro4S (all builds)
Memory	13.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20150821
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 04 '20 at 16:28
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	27%

PC Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$113 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	86.7% Excellent	Memory 93 1-Core 119 2-Core 234 84% 148 Pts	4-Core 465 8-Core 467 62% 466 Pts	64-Core 466 29% 466 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 86.7% Great: 85%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adat SU650 240GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 3GB free (System drive) Firmware: V8X0 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 373 Write 101 Mixed 71.1 39% 182 MB/s	4K Read 24.3 4K Write 68.2 4K Mixed 24.4 104% 39 MB/s	DQ Read 111 DQ Write 124 DQ Mixed 181 118% 138 MB/s
Poor: 33% Great: 89%
Kingston A400 120GB-$26 166,392 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 2GB free Firmware: SBFK Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 299 Write 102 Mixed 276 50% 226 MB/s	4K Read 27.9 4K Write 97.7 4K Mixed 22.2 122% 49.3 MB/s	DQ Read 164 DQ Write 308 DQ Mixed 134 131% 202 MB/s
Poor: 33% Great: 85%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$39 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 1GB free Firmware: 01.0 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 88.7 Write 89.9 Mixed 69.9 62% 82.8 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1 204% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 52% Great: 109%
WD WD5000LPLX-00ZNT 500GB 25 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 9GB free Firmware: 01.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 75 74 74 73 76 78 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	43.8% Average	Read 77.2 Write 78.1 Mixed 49.7 SusWrite 74.9 51% 70 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.9 168% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 43.8% Great: 83%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX2400C15/8G KHX2400C15D4/8G 16GB 1,141 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 2400, 2400 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	84% Excellent	MC Read 30.6 MC Write 32.8 MC Mixed 25.6 85% 29.7 GB/s	SC Read 18.8 SC Write 33.2 SC Mixed 25.6 74% 25.9 GB/s	Latency 62.2 64% 62.2 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 84% Great: 87%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Typical Z170 Pro4S Builds (Compare 881 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 50%

Yacht

Desktop 86%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 43%

Speed boat

Motherboard: Asrock Z170 Pro4S - $130

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	257x
Core i5-6600KIntel $113Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	224x
Core i5-6500Intel $60Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	124x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	117x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	99x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	72x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	32x
980 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 251%, 262,559 samples	19x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	18x

RAM
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	37x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	24x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	19x

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Value: 87% - Excellent

Total price: $547

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $170	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16