ASRock Z170 GAMING K6

Performance Results


Gaming 81% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 70% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 87.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	88.1% 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	101% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.

Very high background CPU (43%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	ASRock Z170 GAMING K6 (all builds)
Memory	24 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20181018
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 01 '21 at 23:02
Run Duration	149 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	43%

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PC Performing as expected (49^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-$163 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	87.4% Excellent	Memory 93.1 1-Core 132 2-Core 235 88% 153 Pts	4-Core 441 8-Core 702 70% 571 Pts	64-Core 724 45% 724 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 87.4% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$278 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Zotac(19DA 1435) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 461.40 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	88.1% Excellent	Lighting 112 Reflection 113 Parallax 103 91% 109 fps	MRender 96.8 Gravity 104 Splatting 100 82% 100 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 88.1% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Pro 1TB-$300 8,179 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 858GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVM02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 413 440 436 448 454 435 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 495 Write 448 Mixed 412 SusWrite 438 101% 448 MB/s	4K Read 42.4 4K Write 53.2 4K Mixed 38.8 142% 44.8 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 118 DQ Mixed 215 168% 239 MB/s
Poor: 85% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 132%
WDC WDS100T2B0A-00SM50 1TB 74,123 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 445GB free Firmware: 415020WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 196 208 204 208 209 204 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	74.9% Very good	Read 354 Write 340 Mixed 305 SusWrite 205 68% 301 MB/s	4K Read 36.9 4K Write 41.6 4K Mixed 38.4 127% 39 MB/s	DQ Read 280 DQ Write 104 DQ Mixed 185 139% 190 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 74.9% Great: 117%
SanDisk Ultra II 480GB-$39 62,883 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 414GB free Firmware: X41100RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 196 206 203 208 209 203 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	73.2% Very good	Read 353 Write 351 Mixed 271 SusWrite 204 66% 295 MB/s	4K Read 35.3 4K Write 43.2 4K Mixed 36.6 123% 38.4 MB/s	DQ Read 280 DQ Write 91.6 DQ Mixed 170 130% 181 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 73.2% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F4-3200C16-8GVRB 0420 F4-3200C16-8GVKB 0420 F4-3200C16-8GVRB 0420 F4-3200C16-8GVKB 32GB 14 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 3200, 3200, 3200, 3200 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	89.5% Excellent	MC Read 37 MC Write 32.2 MC Mixed 24.9 90% 31.4 GB/s	SC Read 21.6 SC Write 35.9 SC Mixed 30.7 84% 29.4 GB/s	Latency 62 64% 62 ns
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 89.5% Great: 96%

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Typical Z170 Gaming K6 Builds (Compare 371 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

Motherboard: ASRock Z170 GAMING K6 - $267

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $163Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	207x
Core i5-6600KIntel $49Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	66x
Core i7-6700Intel $163Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	31x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	73x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	31x
GTX 980-TiNvidia $560Bench 79%, 214,030 samples	21x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	12x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	11x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $84Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	10x

RAM
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $32Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	27x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	22x
F4 DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 88%, 625 samples	11x

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Value: 74% - Very good

Total price: $840

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