Asus Z170-PRO

Performance Results


Gaming 56% Gunboat	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 45% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	64.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	80.6% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Very high background CPU (60%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-PRO (all builds)
Memory	28.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.5 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20160919
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Nov 06 '16 at 21:17
Run Duration	334 Seconds
Run User	LTU-User
Background CPU	60%

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PC Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600-$132 80,688 User benchmarks, average bench 68% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	76.9% Very good	Memory 90.5 1-Core 118 2-Core 242 84% 150 Pts	4-Core 357 8-Core 420 50% 389 Pts	64-Core 463 29% 463 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 76.9% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% MSI(1462 3283) Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 21.21.13.7570 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	64.7% Good	Lighting 81.5 Reflection 80.8 Parallax 78 66% 80.1 fps	MRender 73.4 Gravity 75.1 Splatting 75.9 61% 74.8 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 64.7% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 535 Series 240GB-$200 9,142 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 58GB free (System drive) Firmware: RG21 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 435 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 318 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 16 (B7) Unknown 100 100 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 31 100 73017655327 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 16 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 42 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 113470 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 44 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 113470 (F2) Unknown 100 100 90235 (F9) Unknown 100 100 9042	80.6% Excellent	Read 522 Write 219 Mixed 318 78% 353 MB/s	4K Read 28.9 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 26.4 134% 54.1 MB/s	DQ Read 177 DQ Write 113 DQ Mixed 37.8 57% 109 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 80.6% Great: 95%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 989GB free Firmware: 80.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 63 (03) Spinup time 174 171 4258 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5958 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 9301 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1563 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 218 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 189 189 35330 (C2) HDA temperature 109 105 38 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 1 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 12 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 182 674 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 12	80.9% Excellent	Read 144 Write 138 Mixed 136 105% 139 MB/s	4K Read 0.89 4K Write 2.49 4K Mixed 0.27 114% 1.22 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 80.9% Great: 84%
WD Purple 2TB (2014)-$67 19,126 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 413GB free Firmware: 80.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 178 173 4083 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 310 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 947 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 267 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 108 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 201 (C2) HDA temperature 105 98 42 (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	46.3% Average	Read 87.6 Write 74.2 Mixed 79.7 61% 80.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.32 4K Write 0.37 4K Mixed 0.14 36% 0.28 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 46.3% Great: 86%
Toshiba DT01ACA300 3TB-$80 85,620 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 163GB free Firmware: MX6O Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 137 137 34387853717 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 186 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 695 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 179 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 1316 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 1316 (C2) HDA temperature 136 136 214749610028 (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	103% Outstanding	Read 192 Write 169 Mixed 158 130% 173 MB/s	4K Read 1.21 4K Write 2.11 4K Mixed 0.24 116% 1.19 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 107%
WD RE4 500GB (2010)-$30 12,344 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 101GB free Firmware: 01.0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 29 (03) Spinup time 140 136 3975 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4307 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 73 73 20404 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4199 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 534 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3772 (C2) HDA temperature 97 91 46 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 38146 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	60.7% Good	Read 96.1 Write 115 Mixed 101 78% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 2.52 4K Mixed 0.38 110% 1.14 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 60.7% Great: 76%
WD WD10EACS-00ZJB0 1TB 28,352 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 51GB free Firmware: 01.01B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 184 16 7783 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8737 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 70 70 21928 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4984 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 1408 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 86 86 342770 (C2) HDA temperature 122 82 30 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 14 (C8) Write error rate 199 199 106	26.4% Poor	Read 47 Write 44.3 Mixed 39.8 33% 43.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 2.05 4K Mixed 0.26 91% 0.96 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 26.4% Great: 51%
PENTAX DSC_K-5 128GB 119GB free, PID 0102 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	9.92% Terrible	Read 10.8 Write 7.82 Mixed 8.94 11% 9.18 MB/s	4K Read 3.56 4K Write 1.89 4K Mixed 1.32 123% 2.26 MB/s

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x16GB 1,964 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2460 MHz Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	88.9% Excellent	MC Read 31.4 MC Write 34 MC Mixed 30.1 91% 31.8 GB/s	SC Read 18.8 SC Write 34.8 SC Mixed 26.5 76% 26.7 GB/s	Latency 66.6 60% 66.6 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 88.9% Great: 96%

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Typical Z170-PRO Builds (Compare 957 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

Motherboard: Asus Z170-PRO - $210

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	513x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	125x
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	78x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	169x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	105x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	71x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	62x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	55x
950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung $625Bench 223%, 54,978 samples	23x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	69x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	55x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x16GBCorsair $560Bench 84%, 34,441 samples	34x

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Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $674

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 $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