Asrock H170A-X1/3.1

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 76% Battleship	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 64% Destroyer


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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	95.9% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock H170A-X1/3.1 (all builds)
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160520
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 18 '21 at 17:32
Run Duration	124 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	10%

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 i7-6700-$180 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	80.3% Excellent	Memory 85 1-Core 115 2-Core 220 80% 140 Pts	4-Core 408 8-Core 618 64% 513 Pts	64-Core 624 39% 624 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 80.3% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3060-$270 447,556 User benchmarks, average bench 100% Asus(1043 87F3) ≥ 4GB; ROG-STRIX-RTX3060-O12G-GAMING CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3750 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 461.92 Performing below potential (19^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	95.9% Outstanding	Lighting 125 Reflection 114 Parallax 116 102% 118 fps	MRender 130 Gravity 99.3 Splatting 86.8 84% 105 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 95.9% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata Ultimate SU800 256GB-$54 40,725 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 8GB free (System drive) Firmware: P0801A Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 474 Write 411 Mixed 203 80% 363 MB/s	4K Read 31.2 4K Write 58.1 4K Mixed 38.2 127% 42.5 MB/s	DQ Read 253 DQ Write 99.7 DQ Mixed 129 108% 161 MB/s
Poor: 60% Great: 118%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC25 SusWrite @10s intervals: 192 198 196 200 198 197 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Read 196 Write 189 Mixed 84.7 SusWrite 197 122% 167 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 137% 1 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F4-2400C15-8GVR Samsung M378A1K43CB2-CTD 16GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	69% Good	MC Read 26.1 MC Write 27.1 MC Mixed 19.7 69% 24.3 GB/s	SC Read 16.4 SC Write 26.5 SC Mixed 20.3 60% 21.1 GB/s	Latency 71.9 56% 71.9 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 69% Great: 72%

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Typical H170A-X1/3.1 Builds (Compare 104 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 41%

Speed boat

Desktop 75%

Battleship

Workstation 33%

Sail boat

Motherboard: Asrock H170A-X1/3.1

CPU
Core i5-6500Intel $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	39x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	16x
Core i5-6600Intel $132Bench 68%, 80,688 samples	12x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	18x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	18x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	10x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	6x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	6x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $37Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	5x

RAM
HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GBKingstonBench 76%, 122,822 samples	6x
BLS8G4D240FSB.16FBD 2x8GBCrucialBench 79%, 22,335 samples	4x
CMU32GX4M4A2666C16 2x8GBCorsairBench 75%, 311 samples	4x

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Total price: $293

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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