Asus Z170 PRO GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 57% Gunboat	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 41% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (30th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 70 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 57.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	96.9% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	45.1% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 (46%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Asus Z170 PRO GAMING (all builds)
Memory	27.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160919
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 02 '17 at 22:18
Run Duration	243 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	46%

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PC Performing below expectations (30^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-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	57.6% Above average	Memory 85.4 1-Core 125 2-Core 174 77% 128 Pts	4-Core 176 8-Core 175 24% 175 Pts	64-Core 174 11% 174 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 57.6% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 85AA) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing below potential (21^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	96.9% Outstanding	Lighting 120 Reflection 143 Parallax 129 98% 131 fps	MRender 113 Gravity 133 Splatting 108 96% 118 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 96.9% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 79GB free Firmware: 1B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 6512 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1852 (B1) Unknown 97 97 45 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 99 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 55 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 483 (F1) Unknown 99 99 25729648871	105% Outstanding	Read 513 Write 391 Mixed 417 98% 440 MB/s	4K Read 43.7 4K Write 74.4 4K Mixed 46.5 165% 54.9 MB/s	DQ Read 263 DQ Write 169 DQ Mixed 86.6 99% 173 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 134%
SanDisk Ultra II 480GB-$39 62,883 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 13GB free Firmware: 00RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 4509 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1359 (A5) Unknown 100 100 163233005884 (A6) Unknown 100 100 2 (A7) Unknown 100 100 31 (A8) Unknown 100 100 25 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 10 (AE) Unknown 100 100 226 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 66 50 214749347874 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 1314293547520 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 4666 (EA) Unknown 100 100 6292 (F1) Unknown 253 253 4941 (F2) Unknown 253 253 6906 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	76.5% Very good	Read 494 Write 317 Mixed 245 78% 352 MB/s	4K Read 33.9 4K Write 66.1 4K Mixed 13.3 103% 37.8 MB/s	DQ Read 255 DQ Write 99.9 DQ Mixed 22.7 58% 126 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 76.5% Great: 108%
SanDisk SSD Plus 480GB-$40 16,752 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 9GB free (System drive) Firmware: 80RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 100 2422 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 692 (A5) Unknown 100 100 2976475972540 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 24 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 14 (AE) Unknown 100 100 81 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 43 25 322122547257 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 1365813231934 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 6908 (EA) Unknown 100 100 17910 (F1) Unknown 253 253 6682 (F2) Unknown 253 253 10552 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	45.1% Average	Read 448 Write 274 Mixed 191 67% 305 MB/s	4K Read 4.29 4K Write 24.8 4K Mixed 3.88 25% 11 MB/s	DQ Read 0.82 DQ Write 148 DQ Mixed 4.97 25% 51.2 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 45.1% Great: 76%
Seagate Archive HDD 8TB (2015)-$130 2,225 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 5TB free Firmware: AR17 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 220195184 (03) Spinup time 90 90 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1373 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 4360727619 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 2116 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 204 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 54 571605025 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 2400 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 5505 (C2) HDA temperature 33 46 73014444065 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 119 99 220195184 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -120894739446407 (F1) Unknown 100 253 9944661208 (F2) Unknown 100 253 273627016111
Poor: 21% Great: 87%
WD Green 1TB (2010)-$139 139,542 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 733GB free Firmware: 0A80 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 0 (03) Spinup time 129 124 6508 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9047 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 82 82 13351 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5015 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 632 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 145 145 166787 (C2) HDA temperature 116 95 31 (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 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	56.6% Above average	Read 116 Write 80.7 Mixed 85.9 71% 94.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.41 4K Mixed 0.11 57% 0.66 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 56.6% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Aegis DDR4 2133 C15 2x16GB 891 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	41.1% Average	MC Read 13.2 MC Write 13.9 MC Mixed 13.2 38% 13.4 GB/s	SC Read 12.4 SC Write 14.6 SC Mixed 14.5 40% 13.8 GB/s	Latency 71.7 56% 71.7 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 41.1% Great: 80%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 58%

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Motherboard: Asus Z170 PRO GAMING - $295

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	6,633x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	3,677x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	1,045x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	2,169x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	1,384x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,251x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	886x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	788x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	321x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	809x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	568x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	560x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $750

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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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