ASRock FATAL1TY Z170 GAMING K4

Performance Results


Gaming 109% UFO	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 95% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 91.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	118% 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	383% 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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	ASRock FATAL1TY Z170 GAMING K4 (all builds)
Memory	10.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180123
Uptime	3.6 Days
Run Date	Apr 21 '19 at 08:06
Run Duration	215 Seconds
Run User	SVN-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing as expected (59^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$241 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	91.6% Outstanding	Memory 90.6 1-Core 143 2-Core 285 95% 173 Pts	4-Core 498 8-Core 783 79% 640 Pts	64-Core 778 48% 778 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 91.6% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Nvidia(10DE 120F) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 425.31 Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	118% Outstanding	Lighting 161 Reflection 178 Parallax 155 131% 165 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 163 Splatting 117 107% 132 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$170 93,447 User benchmarks, average bench 322% 342GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1452 1746 1821 1886 1938 1962 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	383% Outstanding	Read 2,800 Write 2,038 Mixed 1302 SusWrite 1,801 443% 1,985 MB/s	4K Read 60.3 4K Write 215 4K Mixed 89.4 320% 122 MB/s	DQ Read 1,478 DQ Write 1,352 DQ Mixed 1,419 1,064% 1,416 MB/s
Poor: 195% ↑ This bench: 383% Great: 393%
Crucial BX100 500GB-$49 13,478 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 227GB free Firmware: MU02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 356 417 428 432 435 434 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 512 Write 436 Mixed 333 SusWrite 417 95% 424 MB/s	4K Read 30.6 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 45.3 165% 63.4 MB/s	DQ Read 275 DQ Write 288 DQ Mixed 209 177% 257 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 108%
WD Blue 640GB (2008)-$33 94,563 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 196GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 84 84 84 86 85 86 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	49.4% Average	Read 87 Write 90.8 Mixed 63.7 SusWrite 84.8 60% 81.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.9 170% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 49.4% Great: 62%
WD Green 500GB (2009)-$23 63,281 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 11GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 48 48 48 49 49 49 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	37.3% Below average	Read 81 Write 80.5 Mixed 40 SusWrite 48.6 46% 62.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.7 145% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 37.3% Great: 54%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GB 20,001 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (23^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	67.6% Good	MC Read 25.2 MC Write 25.8 MC Mixed 19.3 67% 23.4 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 25.8 SC Mixed 22.1 61% 21.5 GB/s	Latency 66.3 60% 66.3 ns
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 67.6% Great: 95%

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Desktop 83%

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Workstation 50%

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Motherboard: ASRock FATAL1TY Z170 GAMING K4 - $300

CPU
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	337x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	298x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	77x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	171x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	109x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	68x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	55x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	38x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	22x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	42x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	42x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	34x

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Value: 99% - Outstanding

Total price: $658

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $179	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