ASRock FATAL1TY Z170 GAMING K4

Performance Results


Gaming 23% Surfboard	Desktop 63% Destroyer	Workstation 19% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 54.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	30.3% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	56% 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.

Very high background CPU (31%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	ASRock FATAL1TY Z170 GAMING K4 (all builds)
Memory	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170712
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 25 '17 at 20:22
Run Duration	120 Seconds
Run User	VNM-User
Background CPU	31%

PC Performing as expected (46^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel 0000 184 User benchmarks, average bench 74% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 1.6 GHz, turbo 2 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	54.6% Above average	Memory 71.3 1-Core 52.3 2-Core 114 49% 79.2 Pts	4-Core 206 8-Core 305 32% 255 Pts	64-Core 299 18% 299 Pts
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 54.6% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 270X-$199 77,943 User benchmarks, average bench 27% PowerColor(148C 2336) 2GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 22.19.662.4 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	30.3% Below average	Lighting 38.4 Reflection 34.3 Parallax 49.9 31% 40.9 fps	MRender 29.9 Gravity 31.3 Splatting 40 28% 33.8 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 30.3% Great: 29%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Transcend SSD370 128GB-$74 4,687 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 50GB free (System drive) Firmware: N1114H Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2652 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1032 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 42 (A3) Unknown 100 100 27 (A4) Unknown 100 100 173690 (A5) Unknown 100 100 218 (A6) Unknown 100 100 117 (A7) Unknown 100 100 171 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 95 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 719 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 154 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 42 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 499 (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 100 100 2 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 401205 (F2) Unknown 100 100 444949 (F5) Unknown 100 100 694760	56% Above average	Read 455 Write 149 Mixed 227 60% 277 MB/s	4K Read 21.6 4K Write 58.6 4K Mixed 15.9 84% 32.1 MB/s	DQ Read 23.7 DQ Write 147 DQ Mixed 16.2 33% 62.2 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 56% Great: 83%
Samsung HD322HJ 320GB-$44 40,147 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 33GB free Firmware: 1AC01110 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 94 94 2770 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4290 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 17782 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 68 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2808 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 51 589430818 (C2) HDA temperature 66 48 589430818 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 232208 (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 100 100 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 99 1 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0	42% Average	Read 72.5 Write 73.3 Mixed 72.8 55% 72.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 2.17 4K Mixed 0.34 96% 0.98 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 42% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Value DDR4 2133 C15 2x8GB 336 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	72.9% Very good	MC Read 27.3 MC Write 31.4 MC Mixed 24.2 79% 27.6 GB/s	SC Read 11 SC Write 21.7 SC Mixed 15.5 46% 16.1 GB/s	Latency 98.3 41% 98.3 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 72.9% Great: 78%

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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 $94Bench 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 $300	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