Asus Z170 PRO GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 60% Gunboat	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 51% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 84.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	64.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	178% 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	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.

Motherboard	Asus Z170 PRO GAMING (all builds)
Memory	29.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170623
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 12 '18 at 02:12
Run Duration	188 Seconds
Run User	AUT-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700-$180 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	84.9% Excellent	Memory 90.4 1-Core 128 2-Core 243 87% 154 Pts	4-Core 428 8-Core 657 67% 543 Pts	64-Core 662 41% 662 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 84.9% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% MSI(1462 3170) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 390.65 Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	64.3% Good	Lighting 82.2 Reflection 82.5 Parallax 78.1 67% 80.9 fps	MRender 79.6 Gravity 74.6 Splatting 65.7 59% 73.3 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 64.3% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 233GB free Firmware: EXT0BB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 8248 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1158 (B1) Unknown 97 97 27 (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 48 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 2 (EB) Unknown 99 99 79 (F1) Unknown 99 99 15869977284	84.9% Excellent	Read 485 Write 340 Mixed 357 87% 394 MB/s	4K Read 30.8 4K Write 70.7 4K Mixed 21.5 112% 41 MB/s	DQ Read 294 DQ Write 236 DQ Mixed 15.5 80% 182 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 84.9% Great: 118%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 205GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	178% Outstanding	Read 1,831 Write 952 Mixed 1,093 284% 1,292 MB/s	4K Read 44.7 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 19.7 152% 58.4 MB/s	DQ Read 31.1 DQ Write 101 DQ Mixed 26.4 32% 52.9 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 178% Great: 236%
Samsung SM951 AHCI PCIe M.2 256GB-$223 7,621 User benchmarks, average bench 175% 24GB free Firmware: BXW2500Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 4750 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 676 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 96 96 108 (AE) Unknown 99 99 17 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 896 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 53 48 47 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 99 99 27736 (F1) Unknown 99 99 7566 (F2) Unknown 99 99 6394	196% Outstanding	Read 1,873 Write 1,144 Mixed 1,369 324% 1,462 MB/s	4K Read 29.6 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 39.8 157% 61.5 MB/s	DQ Read 35.7 DQ Write 121 DQ Mixed 22.7 34% 59.8 MB/s
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 196% Great: 220%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 910GB free Firmware: CC37 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 100 202052575 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1488 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 457285 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 828 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 560 (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 70 55 504561694 (C2) HDA temperature 30 45 55834574878 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 31 23 202052575 (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 -135265700017901 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1272668109 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1041804990	66.8% Good	Read 117 Write 116 Mixed 115 87% 116 MB/s	4K Read 0.87 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.65 135% 0.98 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 66.8% Great: 68%
WD WD10EAVS-00D7B1 1TB 26,179 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 897GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 121 108 6908 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2161 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 14072 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1420 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 58 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 154 154 138299 (C2) HDA temperature 118 97 29 (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% Above average	Read 97.7 Write 97.1 Mixed 90 71% 95 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 1.78 4K Mixed 0.34 97% 0.92 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 56% Great: 51%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2133 C14 4x8GB-$165 6,271 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	77.7% Very good	MC Read 27.6 MC Write 29.5 MC Mixed 24.8 78% 27.3 GB/s	SC Read 17.6 SC Write 30.4 SC Mixed 25.6 70% 24.5 GB/s	Latency 66.6 60% 66.6 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 77.7% Great: 113%

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Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

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