Asus Z170 PRO GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 38% Jet ski	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 30% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 79.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	45.7% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	89.4% 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	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 (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z170 PRO GAMING (all builds)
Memory	5.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160513
Uptime	5.4 Days
Run Date	Nov 20 '17 at 17:04
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	14%

PC Performing as expected (55^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% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	79.6% Very good	Memory 83.7 1-Core 102 2-Core 221 76% 135 Pts	4-Core 435 8-Core 441 58% 438 Pts	64-Core 435 27% 435 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 79.6% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Asus(1043 853F) CLim: 1430 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	45.7% Average	Lighting 56 Reflection 58 Parallax 53.1 46% 55.7 fps	MRender 63.4 Gravity 55 Splatting 51.5 46% 56.6 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 45.7% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HyperX Savage 240GB-$120 39,518 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 52GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM00.Y Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (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 5540 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 234 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 468 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1638513 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 131 (C2) HDA temperature 74 62 163210002458 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 6636 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 5407 (F2) Unknown 100 100 3858 (F4) Unknown 100 100 25 (F5) Unknown 100 100 113 (F6) Unknown 100 100 1735424	89.4% Excellent	Read 515 Write 486 Mixed 495 111% 499 MB/s	4K Read 26.2 4K Write 88.7 4K Mixed 12.3 102% 42.4 MB/s	DQ Read 160 DQ Write 290 DQ Mixed 13.2 70% 155 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 89.4% Great: 111%
Maxtor 7Y250M0 251GB-$132 521 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 309GB free Firmware: YAR51HW0 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (03) Spinup time 204 181 19836 (04) Start/Stop count 252 252 2998 (05) Reallocated sector count 250 199 36 (06) Read channel margin 253 253 0 (07) Seek error rate 253 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 253 238 53748 (09) Power-on hours count 202 202 11111 (0A) Spinup retry count 253 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 253 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 247 247 2564 (C0) Power-off retract count 253 253 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 253 253 0 (C2) HDA temperature 253 253 40 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 253 252 1745 (C4) Reallocation count 253 253 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 253 202 1 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 253 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 199 192 7 (C8) Write error rate 253 252 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 252 17 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 253 244 0 (CB) Run out cancel 253 245 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 253 252 0 (CD) Thermal asperity rate(TAR) 253 252 0 (CF) Spin high current 253 252 0 (D0) Spin buzz 253 252 0 (D1) Offline seek performance 146 146 0 (63) Unknown 253 253 0 (64) Unknown 253 253 0 (65) Unknown 253 253 0	65.2% Good	Read 111 Write 115 Mixed 114 86% 114 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 4.3 4K Mixed 0.6 176% 1.88 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 65.2% Great: 33%
Hitachi HDT721016SLA380 160GB-$38 3,190 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 260GB free Firmware: ST1OA3AA Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 130 130 121 (03) Spinup time 111 111 17194352869 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1666 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 125 125 33 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2293 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 314 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 1747 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 1747 (C2) HDA temperature 200 200 219044577310 (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	65.2% Good	Read 110 Write 117 Mixed 105 83% 110 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 4.3 4K Mixed 0.74 193% 1.93 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 65.2% Great: 60%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 187GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 178 173 2091 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 255 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 5584 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 226 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 127 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2969 (C2) HDA temperature 115 103 28 (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	70.4% Very good	Read 119 Write 126 Mixed 138 97% 128 MB/s	4K Read 0.97 4K Write 2.28 4K Mixed 0.28 114% 1.18 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 70.4% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GB-$125 59,072 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	39.5% Below average	MC Read 14 MC Write 13.9 MC Mixed 11.8 38% 13.2 GB/s	SC Read 10.2 SC Write 13.2 SC Mixed 12 34% 11.8 GB/s	Latency 73.9 54% 73.9 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 39.5% Great: 85%

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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	6,619x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	3,671x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	1,044x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	2,165x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	1,381x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,247x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	884x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	786x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $129Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	320x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	806x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	565x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	559x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $750

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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