Asrock Z170A-X1

Performance Results


Gaming 50% Yacht	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 40% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	56.1% 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	77.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asrock Z170A-X1 (all builds)
Memory	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160308
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 17 '18 at 23:26
Run Duration	167 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing above expectations (75^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-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	80.8% Excellent	Memory 91.5 1-Core 110 2-Core 218 80% 140 Pts	4-Core 402 8-Core 428 55% 415 Pts	64-Core 426 26% 426 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 80.8% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% EVGA(3842 2978) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 390.65 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	56.1% Above average	Lighting 69.5 Reflection 76 Parallax 66 57% 70.5 fps	MRender 74.9 Gravity 66 Splatting 62.7 55% 67.8 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 56.1% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata Premier SP550 480GB-$129 8,505 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 53GB free Firmware: P0330AA Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^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 100 100 345 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 45 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 50 (A3) Unknown 100 100 517 (94) Unknown 100 100 13899 (95) Unknown 100 100 274 (96) Unknown 100 100 60 (97) Unknown 100 100 187 (A4) Unknown 100 100 7390 (A5) Unknown 100 100 16 (A6) Unknown 100 100 2 (A7) Unknown 100 100 5 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 19 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 34192706437142 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 44741 (F2) Unknown 100 100 36561 (F5) Unknown 100 100 87294 (F6) Unknown 100 100 55596 (F7) Unknown 100 100 0	77.6% Very good	Read 490 Write 245 Mixed 268 74% 335 MB/s	4K Read 31.1 4K Write 58.8 4K Mixed 24 109% 37.9 MB/s	DQ Read 297 DQ Write 170 DQ Mixed 46.7 85% 171 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 77.6% Great: 95%
Adata Premier SP550 240GB-$74 29,295 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 16GB free (System drive) Firmware: O1203AB Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^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 3088 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 79 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 25 (A3) Unknown 100 100 317 (94) Unknown 100 100 637981 (95) Unknown 100 100 8631 (96) Unknown 100 100 8610 (97) Unknown 100 100 8621 (A4) Unknown 100 100 106341 (A5) Unknown 100 100 134 (A6) Unknown 100 100 33 (A7) Unknown 100 100 83 (A9) Unknown 100 100 92 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 32 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 32006534397972 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1014884 (F2) Unknown 100 100 224211 (F5) Unknown 100 100 628076 (F6) Unknown 100 100 1275962 (F7) Unknown 100 100 0	77.1% Very good	Read 493 Write 258 Mixed 271 75% 341 MB/s	4K Read 31 4K Write 56.3 4K Mixed 22.9 106% 36.7 MB/s	DQ Read 278 DQ Write 168 DQ Mixed 14.5 67% 153 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 77.1% Great: 92%
Hitachi HUA723020ALA641 2TB-$78 30,011 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 678GB free Firmware: MK7OA840 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 133 133 90 (03) Spinup time 125 125 42982638065 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 11 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 123 123 31 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 193 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 4 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 11 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 11 (C2) HDA temperature 253 253 133144707090 (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	85.2% Excellent	Read 157 Write 140 Mixed 98.4 98% 132 MB/s	4K Read 0.94 4K Write 2.13 4K Mixed 0.47 131% 1.18 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 85.2% Great: 82%
Hitachi HUA723020ALA641 2TB-$78 30,011 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 671GB free Firmware: MK7OA840 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 135 135 86 (03) Spinup time 125 125 42982506995 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 910 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 123 123 31 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 11498 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 45 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 912 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 912 (C2) HDA temperature 253 253 227633397779 (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	89.7% Excellent	Read 170 Write 143 Mixed 122 108% 145 MB/s	4K Read 0.96 4K Write 2.21 4K Mixed 0.49 136% 1.22 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 89.7% Great: 82%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Value DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB 9,293 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	76% Very good	MC Read 27.6 MC Write 28.9 MC Mixed 23.8 76% 26.8 GB/s	SC Read 17.4 SC Write 29.5 SC Mixed 22.7 66% 23.2 GB/s	Latency 65 62% 65 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 76% Great: 87%

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Gaming 84%

Aircraft carrier

Desktop 85%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 71%

Battleship

Motherboard: Asrock Z170A-X1

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	36x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	21x
Core i5-6500Intel $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	19x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	21x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	17x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	12x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	7x
WDS100T2B0A-00SM50 1TBWDCBench 98%, 74,123 samples	7x
OCZ TL100 240GBToshiba $56Bench 63%, 10,555 samples	5x

RAM
HyperX 2133 C14 2x8GBKingstonBench 68%, 49,673 samples	6x
CL16-16-16 D4-2400 2x8GBUnknownBench 71%, 17,846 samples	6x
CT16G4DFD8213.C16FAD 1x16GBCrucialBench 38%, 1,141 samples	6x

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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $608

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 $15	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