Asrock Z170A-X1/3.1

Performance Results


Gaming 70% Battleship	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 56% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 82.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	82.7% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	47.6% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asrock Z170A-X1/3.1 (all builds)
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1360 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161020
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Feb 17 '17 at 23:47
Run Duration	114 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	18%

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PC Performing above expectations (60^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 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	82.2% Excellent	Memory 89.6 1-Core 110 2-Core 222 80% 141 Pts	4-Core 430 8-Core 447 58% 439 Pts	64-Core 449 28% 449 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 82.2% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 5173) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.66 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	82.7% Excellent	Lighting 103 Reflection 116 Parallax 95.5 84% 105 fps	MRender 99 Gravity 98.1 Splatting 97.3 80% 98.1 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 82.7% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 120GB-$42 87,912 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 75GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z32080RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 100 2 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 6 (A5) Unknown 100 100 8591310865 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 6 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 61 55 193273528359 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 21475098629 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 38 (EA) Unknown 100 100 81 (F1) Unknown 253 253 57 (F2) Unknown 253 253 17 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	47.6% Average	Read 421 Write 133 Mixed 230 57% 261 MB/s	4K Read 21.3 4K Write 69.6 4K Mixed 4.5 75% 31.8 MB/s	DQ Read 19.4 DQ Write 67.6 DQ Mixed 6.86 16% 31.3 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 47.6% Great: 78%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 914GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 182 182 1866 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 6 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 6 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 68 505217054 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 4 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 5 (C2) HDA temperature 113 111 30 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	98.8% Outstanding	Read 167 Write 177 Mixed 158 126% 167 MB/s	4K Read 1.18 4K Write 2.63 4K Mixed 0.38 140% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 98.8% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (29^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	70.6% Very good	MC Read 26.3 MC Write 27.6 MC Mixed 21.3 72% 25.1 GB/s	SC Read 15.6 SC Write 25.1 SC Mixed 20.5 58% 20.4 GB/s	Latency 67.7 59% 67.7 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 70.6% Great: 104%

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

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Typical Z170A-X1/3.1 Builds (Compare 290 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 68%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 86%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 57%

Gunboat

Motherboard: Asrock Z170A-X1/3.1

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	67x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	58x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	43x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	51x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	24x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	19x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	15x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	11x
MX500 1TBCrucial $66Bench 106%, 202,785 samples	11x

RAM
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $40Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	12x
CL15-15-15 D4-2133 2x8GBUnknownBench 68%, 1,169 samples	11x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	9x

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Value: 100% - Outstanding

Total price: $432

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	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) $30	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