Asus Z170 PRO GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 82% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 71% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 82.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	98.7% 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	134% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

Very high background CPU (35%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170 PRO GAMING (all builds)
Memory	10.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160919
Uptime	1.9 Days
Run Date	Nov 29 '17 at 04:19
Run Duration	234 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	35%

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PC Performing as expected (56^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 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	82.8% Excellent	Memory 88.8 1-Core 128 2-Core 231 85% 149 Pts	4-Core 414 8-Core 660 66% 537 Pts	64-Core 676 42% 676 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 82.8% 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 (26^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	98.7% Outstanding	Lighting 127 Reflection 137 Parallax 117 104% 127 fps	MRender 105 Gravity 124 Splatting 99.8 89% 110 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 98.7% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 466GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 6465 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 91 (B1) Unknown 99 99 1 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 50 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 41 (F1) Unknown 99 99 1204375587	112% Outstanding	Read 508 Write 404 Mixed 419 99% 444 MB/s	4K Read 44.8 4K Write 84.1 4K Mixed 46.4 172% 58.4 MB/s	DQ Read 358 DQ Write 267 DQ Mixed 128 146% 251 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 134%
Intel 600p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$119 20,782 User benchmarks, average bench 128% 413GB free (System drive) Firmware: PSF109C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	134% Outstanding	Read 1,470 Write 391 Mixed 629 180% 830 MB/s	4K Read 28.3 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 23.4 135% 56.3 MB/s	DQ Read 399 DQ Write 126 DQ Mixed 148 139% 224 MB/s
Poor: 95% ↑ This bench: 134% Great: 144%
WD WD60PURX-64LZMY0 6TB 1,184 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 2.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 195 192 9225 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4037 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2810 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 89 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 46 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3990 (C2) HDA temperature 113 109 39 (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	72.4% Very good	Read 122 Write 130 Mixed 120 93% 124 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.92 4K Mixed 0.22 81% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 72.4% Great: 100%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$50 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2TB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 110 99 28618376 (03) Spinup time 96 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 922 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 37419068 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 6484 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 94 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 131074 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 62 56 740163622 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 38 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 3008 (C2) HDA temperature 38 44 98784247846 (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 -84628035595288 (F1) Unknown 100 253 5376943914 (F2) Unknown 100 253 43773633448	104% Outstanding	Read 178 Write 183 Mixed 120 120% 161 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 5.39 4K Mixed 0.78 216% 2.29 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 108%
BUFFALO External HDD 1TB 295 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 903GB free, PID 0108 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	20.5% Poor	Read 37.7 Write 39.8 Mixed 15 38% 30.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 2.03 4K Mixed 0.43 86% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 20.5% Great: 20%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2133 C14 2x8GB 49,673 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing below potential (14^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	58.9% Above average	MC Read 22.5 MC Write 20.7 MC Mixed 17.6 58% 20.3 GB/s	SC Read 15.4 SC Write 22 SC Mixed 18.7 53% 18.7 GB/s	Latency 68.7 58% 68.7 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 58.9% Great: 80%

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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	6,620x
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	2,166x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	1,382x
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 $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	320x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	807x
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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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