Asrock Z170M Pro4S

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 42% Speed boat	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 33% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	52.4% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
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.

Very high background CPU (35%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asrock Z170M Pro4S (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151105
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Mar 25 '17 at 09:51
Run Duration	261 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	35%

PC Performing above expectations (70^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-$130 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	76.6% Very good	Memory 89.8 1-Core 114 2-Core 227 81% 143 Pts	4-Core 367 8-Core 368 49% 368 Pts	64-Core 416 26% 416 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 76.6% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Asus(1043 8508) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 376.53 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	52.4% Above average	Lighting 65.3 Reflection 68.9 Parallax 61.2 53% 65.1 fps	MRender 72.3 Gravity 62.6 Splatting 55 51% 63.3 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 52.4% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 248GB free Firmware: 12.01C01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 172 6291 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3421 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 82 82 13528 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3378 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 328 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3423 (C2) HDA temperature 108 90 42 (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	43.7% Average	Read 82.5 Write 69.3 Mixed 75.8 57% 75.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.66 4K Write 2.03 4K Mixed 0.29 97% 0.99 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 43.7% Great: 69%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 93GB free Firmware: HP34 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 118729648 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3588 (05) Reallocated sector count 99 99 46 (07) Seek error rate 85 60 349753738 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 10877 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1609 (B4) Unknown 100 100 4242488444 (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 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 50 622395424 (C2) HDA temperature 32 50 77309411360 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 40 24 118729648 (C4) Reallocation count 99 99 46 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	64.7% Good	Read 113 Write 113 Mixed 107 84% 111 MB/s	4K Read 0.66 4K Write 1.79 4K Mixed 0.41 107% 0.96 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 64.7% Great: 70%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 80GB free Firmware: 19.01H19 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 136 134 4158 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 809 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4005 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 569 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 91 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 717 (C2) HDA temperature 107 87 36 (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 (F0) Head flying hours 96 96 3647 (F1) Unknown 200 200 6166238006 (F2) Unknown 200 200 7594625106	48.5% Average	Read 83.9 Write 85 Mixed 79.5 62% 82.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 1.57 4K Mixed 0.23 72% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 48.5% Great: 69%
Microsoft Virtual Disk 30GB 93 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 15GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	57.5% Above average	Read 140 Write 58.7 Mixed 81.7 70% 93.4 MB/s	4K Read 5.21 4K Write 2.14 4K Mixed 1.36 407% 2.9 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 57.5% Great: 58%
WD My Passport 071A 500GB 1,003 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 321GB free, PID 071a Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	17.1% Very poor	Read 37 Write 33.7 Mixed 34.2 44% 35 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 1.39 4K Mixed 0.15 54% 0.66 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 17.1% Great: 18%
SanDisk Ultra USB 3.0 32GB-$7 33,725 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 0GB free, PID 5581 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	39.9% Below average	Read 135 Write 54.7 Mixed 31.1 76% 73.8 MB/s	4K Read 6.82 4K Write 2.18 4K Mixed 1.28 143% 3.43 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 39.9% Great: 38%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$35 287,720 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (36^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	77% Very good	MC Read 28 MC Write 29.6 MC Mixed 24.3 78% 27.3 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 28.1 SC Mixed 25.4 66% 23.2 GB/s	Latency 67.6 59% 67.6 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 77% Great: 109%

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Typical Z170M Pro4S Builds (Compare 329 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 47%

Yacht

Desktop 83%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 38%

Jet ski

Motherboard: Asrock Z170M Pro4S - $130

CPU
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	97x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	69x
Core i5-6500Intel $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	52x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	39x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	23x
HD 530 (Desktop Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 188,220 samples	20x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	17x
850 EVO M.2 250GBSamsungBench 102%, 28,058 samples	10x
BX100 250GBCrucial $141Bench 87%, 42,930 samples	8x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	13x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2133 C13 2x8GBCorsair $46Bench 69%, 47,721 samples	13x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	12x

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Value: 86% - Excellent

Total price: $516

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16