Asrock Z170 Professional Gaming i7

Performance Results


Gaming 85% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 76% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (38th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 62 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 82.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	101% 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	174% 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	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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock Z170 Professional Gaming i7 (all builds)
Memory	23.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1600 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160204
Uptime	4.6 Days
Run Date	Mar 17 '19 at 19:19
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	13%

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PC Performing below expectations (38^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	82.5% Excellent	Memory 79.9 1-Core 136 2-Core 269 88% 162 Pts	4-Core 458 8-Core 747 74% 602 Pts	64-Core 756 47% 756 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 82.5% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6180) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 418.81 Performing below potential (51^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	101% Outstanding	Lighting 131 Reflection 145 Parallax 123 107% 133 fps	MRender 110 Gravity 127 Splatting 103 92% 113 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 61GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 310 268 275 271 286 269 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	174% Outstanding	Read 1,948 Write 731 Mixed 601 SusWrite 280 194% 890 MB/s	4K Read 36.8 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 49.3 174% 63.2 MB/s	DQ Read 896 DQ Write 259 DQ Mixed 438 359% 531 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 174% Great: 283%
Corsair Neutron GTX 120GB-$79 2,261 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 12GB free Firmware: M311 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 438 Write 309 Mixed 272 75% 340 MB/s	4K Read 24.3 4K Write 84.5 4K Mixed 28.5 118% 45.8 MB/s	DQ Read 348 DQ Write 316 DQ Mixed 237 204% 300 MB/s
Poor: 54% Great: 95%
Corsair Force 3 240GB-$232 6,637 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 111GB free Firmware: 5.03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 122 134 131 121 125 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	52.4% Above average	Read 131 Write 183 Mixed 165 SusWrite 125 34% 151 MB/s	4K Read 21.5 4K Write 69.6 4K Mixed 26.4 103% 39.2 MB/s	DQ Read 176 DQ Write 184 DQ Mixed 97.1 96% 152 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 52.4% Great: 67%
Seagate ST3250410AS 250GB-$95 20,246 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 115GB free Firmware: 3.AAA SusWrite @10s intervals: 68 68 69 69 69 69 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	40.5% Average	Read 72.5 Write 36.5 Mixed 41.5 SusWrite 68.4 40% 54.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.8 142% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 40.5% Great: 54%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GB 2,108 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	67.9% Good	MC Read 25.4 MC Write 25.6 MC Mixed 20.6 68% 23.9 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 26.7 SC Mixed 23.1 63% 21.9 GB/s	Latency 80.8 50% 80.8 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 67.9% Great: 115%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 73%

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Motherboard: Asrock Z170 Professional Gaming i7

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	127x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	20x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	9x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	26x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	26x
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	12x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	17x
950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung $625Bench 223%, 54,978 samples	7x
950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBSamsung $250Bench 199%, 40,327 samples	5x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	11x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $40Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	9x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	8x

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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $729

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $124	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	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) $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