Asrock Z170A-X1/3.1

Performance Results


Gaming 93% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 72% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	107% 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.
Boot Drive	54% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

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Motherboard	Asrock Z170A-X1/3.1 (all builds)
Memory	11 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151125
Uptime	1.5 Days
Run Date	Jun 26 '17 at 03:53
Run Duration	132 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	31%

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PC Performing above expectations (63^rd 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-$130 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	84.8% Excellent	Memory 95.3 1-Core 120 2-Core 240 86% 152 Pts	4-Core 429 8-Core 436 58% 432 Pts	64-Core 392 24% 392 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 84.8% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6183) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 372.70 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Lighting 140 Reflection 153 Parallax 128 114% 140 fps	MRender 115 Gravity 136 Splatting 111 98% 121 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ INTREPID 3700 240GB 129 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 25GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.5.0.7 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 167 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 146 (64) Unknown 100 100 440800 (AB) Unknown 77 0 2617 (AE) Unknown 21 100 32 (B8) Unknown 22 100 775 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 44 52 3414828 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 0 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 0 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 0 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 677 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 882 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 170474758 (CD) Thermal asperity rate(TAR) 100 100 10000 (CE) Flying height 0 100 0 (CF) Spin high current 2 100 67 (D0) Spin buzz 0 100 6 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (D3) Unknown 100 100 0 (D4) Unknown 100 100 4 (D5) Unknown 100 100 2 (D6) Unknown 100 100 2 (DD) G-sense error rate 100 100 80 (DE) Loaded hours 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 1 100 1 (E9) Unknown 100 0 100 (F9) Unknown 100 100 1345 (FB) Unknown 100 100 1038	54% Above average	Read 335 Write 146 Mixed 167 47% 216 MB/s	4K Read 16.1 4K Write 52.6 4K Mixed 17.6 75% 28.7 MB/s	DQ Read 292 DQ Write 118 DQ Mixed 72.6 89% 161 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 54% Great: 88%
Hitachi HUA722020ALA331 2TB 22,636 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 1.5TB free Firmware: JKAOA3NH Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 14 (02) Throughput performance 130 130 111 (03) Spinup time 116 116 51580240494 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 301 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 121 121 35 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 38380 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 185 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 326 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 326 (C2) HDA temperature 214 214 244814118940 (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 200 200 0	62.5% Good	Read 110 Write 108 Mixed 111 83% 110 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 1.42 4K Mixed 0.41 103% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 62.5% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB 15,285 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	91.9% Outstanding	MC Read 32.8 MC Write 35.6 MC Mixed 29.8 94% 32.7 GB/s	SC Read 18.9 SC Write 32.3 SC Mixed 29.5 77% 26.9 GB/s	Latency 56.1 71% 56.1 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 91.9% Great: 110%

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Gaming 68%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 86%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 57%

Gunboat

Motherboard: Asrock Z170A-X1/3.1

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	67x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	58x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	43x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	51x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	24x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	19x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	15x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	11x
MX500 1TBCrucial $66Bench 106%, 202,785 samples	11x

RAM
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	12x
CL15-15-15 D4-2133 2x8GBUnknownBench 68%, 1,169 samples	11x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	9x

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Value: 102% - Outstanding

Total price: $423

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