ASRock FATAL1TY Z170 GAMING K4

Performance Results


Gaming 72% Battleship	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 63% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 86%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	80.9% 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	76.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	ASRock FATAL1TY Z170 GAMING K4 (all builds)
Memory	23.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161020
Uptime	5.2 Days
Run Date	Nov 25 '19 at 17:05
Run Duration	298 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing as expected (54^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	86% Excellent	Memory 90.6 1-Core 134 2-Core 249 89% 158 Pts	4-Core 438 8-Core 732 71% 585 Pts	64-Core 724 45% 724 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 86% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% MSI(1462 3235) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 441.12 Performing below potential (68^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	80.9% Excellent	Lighting 103 Reflection 111 Parallax 109 84% 108 fps	MRender 92.4 Gravity 95.6 Splatting 88.3 75% 92.1 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 80.9% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 98GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0DB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 173 109 110 111 115 111 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	76.2% Very good	Read 500 Write 372 Mixed 310 SusWrite 121 72% 326 MB/s	4K Read 41.7 4K Write 24.7 4K Mixed 29.9 115% 32.1 MB/s	DQ Read 377 DQ Write 248 DQ Mixed 162 162% 262 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 76.2% Great: 118%
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 241GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 388 364 390 424 411 394 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 498 Write 452 Mixed 435 SusWrite 395 100% 445 MB/s	4K Read 41.1 4K Write 77.2 4K Mixed 50.4 168% 56.2 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 340 DQ Mixed 349 265% 357 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 133%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$50 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 1TB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 183 193 182 191 187 173 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	97.4% Outstanding	Read 154 Write 196 Mixed 30 SusWrite 185 102% 141 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 5.2 4K Mixed 2 368% 2.8 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 97.4% Great: 108%
Asmt ASM1352R-PM 2TB 50 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 164GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 107 98 101 100 97 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	67.4% Good	Read 135 Write 137 Mixed 101 SusWrite 100 88% 118 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.6 116% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 67.4% Great: 105%
Asmt ASM1352R-PM 2TB 50 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 113GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 91 97 95 99 98 93 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	53% Above average	Read 89 Write 101 Mixed 77.7 SusWrite 95.5 67% 90.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.7 138% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 53% Great: 105%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GB 1,442 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (12^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	70.9% Very good	MC Read 26.4 MC Write 25.7 MC Mixed 21 70% 24.4 GB/s	SC Read 17.4 SC Write 29.3 SC Mixed 25.3 69% 24 GB/s	Latency 66.4 60% 66.4 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 70.9% Great: 112%

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Gaming 63%

Destroyer

Desktop 83%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 50%

Yacht

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	297x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	77x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	169x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	108x
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 $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	42x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	41x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	34x

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Value: 100% - Outstanding

Total price: $653

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