Asus Z170 PRO GAMING

Performance Results

Benchmarks - excluding SSD
Gaming 17% Surfboard	Desktop 53% Yacht	Workstation 33% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (84th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 16 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.1%, this CPUs suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	7.89% is a very low 3D score (GTX 1070 = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Windows 8.1 is the second most recent version of Windows but it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Run History

13 months ago, 13 months ago, 13 months ago, 13 months ago, 13 months ago, 13 months ago, 13 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170 PRO GAMING (all builds)
Memory	6.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit barev
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20160620
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 19 '17 at 19:14
Run Duration	92 Seconds
Run User	CZE-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Single core	Quad core	Multi core
Intel Core i5-6500-$195 56,101 User benchmarks, average bench 74% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.35 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	78.1% Very good	SC Int 98 SC Float 109 SC Mixed 104 83% 104 Pts	QC Int 378 QC Float 427 QC Mixed 410 92% 405 Pts	MC Int 395 MC Float 428 MC Mixed 412 62% 412 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 78.1% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? Asus(1043 8694) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 21.20.16.4534 Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	7.89% Terrible	Lighting 21 Reflection 25.6 Parallax 21.7 7% 22.8 fps	MRender 15.8 Gravity 18 Splatting 33.1 9% 22.3 fps
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 7.89% Great: 10%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$42 520,939 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 893GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s SYSTEM NCQ 7200 RPM 4KALIGNED S.M.A.R.T Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 182 169 1891 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 490 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1308 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 490 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 10 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 484 (C2) HDA temperature 115 111 28 (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	106% Outstanding	Read 199 Write 171 Mixed 149 130% 173 MB/s	4K Read 1.05 4K Write 2.49 4K Mixed 0.28 121% 1.28 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 106%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2133 C14 1x8GB-$178 5,844 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	43.2% Average	MC Read 15.1 MC Write 15.2 MC Mixed 12.8 41% 14.4 GB/s	SC Read 12.3 SC Write 14.3 SC Mixed 13.2 38% 13.3 GB/s	Latency 65.9 61% 65.9 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 43.2% Great: 44%

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

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Desktop 85%

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Workstation 65%

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Motherboard: Asus Z170 PRO GAMING - $157

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $359Bench 91%, 198,716 samples	8,991x
Core i5-6600KIntel $222Bench 89%, 111,329 samples	6,260x
Core i7-6700Intel $304Bench 79%, 60,225 samples	1,129x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $447Bench 100%, 265,250 samples	4,328x
GTX 970Nvidia $370Bench 64%, 247,983 samples	2,554x
GTX 1080Nvidia $538Bench 125%, 192,223 samples	2,389x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $80Bench 94%, 282,195 samples	2,689x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $137Bench 95%, 184,154 samples	1,891x
750 EVO 250GBSamsung $145Bench 73%, 22,077 samples	495x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $183Bench 85%, 61,633 samples	1,703x
Fury DDR4 2666 C15 2x8GBHyperX $75Bench 83%, 8,668 samples	972x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $226Bench 72%, 16,746 samples	942x

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Value: 85% - Excellent

Total price: $1,226

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i7-8700K $330	Nvidia GTX 1070 $447	Samsung 850 Evo 250GB $80
Intel Core i7-7700K $290	Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB $300	Samsung 850 Evo 500GB $137
AMD Ryzen 5 1600 $170	AMD RX 480 $350	Samsung 850 Pro 256GB $158

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $44	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $183	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $70
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $75	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $957	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $45
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $36	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $195	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $12