Asus Z170 PRO GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 27% Raft	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 24% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 77.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	23.9% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	85.1% 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.

High background CPU (22%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z170 PRO GAMING (all builds)
Memory	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit barev
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170426
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 21 '18 at 06:08
Run Duration	133 Seconds
Run User	CZE-User
Background CPU	22%

PC Performing above expectations (64^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 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	77.8% Very good	Memory 93.6 1-Core 93.2 2-Core 193 74% 126 Pts	4-Core 336 8-Core 556 54% 446 Pts	64-Core 706 44% 706 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 77.8% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R7 370-$153 39,178 User benchmarks, average bench 21% Asus(1043 2015) CLim: 1050 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 18.2.2 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	23.9% Poor	Lighting 27.5 Reflection 30.2 Parallax 31.2 22% 29.6 fps	MRender 30.2 Gravity 25.5 Splatting 39.5 27% 31.7 fps
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 23.9% Great: 23%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 750 EVO 250GB-$42 75,831 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 126GB free (System drive) Firmware: MAT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 5756 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 631 (B1) Unknown 90 90 47 (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 63 49 37 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 51 (F1) Unknown 99 99 15881248361	85.1% Excellent	Read 494 Write 275 Mixed 277 77% 349 MB/s	4K Read 39.1 4K Write 56.9 4K Mixed 28.8 126% 41.6 MB/s	DQ Read 316 DQ Write 160 DQ Mixed 68.2 96% 181 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 85.1% Great: 114%
WD Black 1.5TB (2010) 6,983 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 824GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 253 253 8625 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7516 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 62 62 28151 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4414 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 448 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 7067 (C2) HDA temperature 112 92 40 (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	88.9% Excellent	Read 173 Write 136 Mixed 129 110% 146 MB/s	4K Read 0.87 4K Write 2.68 4K Mixed 0.48 139% 1.34 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 88.9% Great: 85%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 177GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 173 171 2308 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4578 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 6632 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 775 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 61 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 8862 (C2) HDA temperature 104 89 39 (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	94% Outstanding	Read 176 Write 152 Mixed 113 109% 147 MB/s	4K Read 0.87 4K Write 2.12 4K Mixed 0.25 104% 1.08 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 94% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB 239,203 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3020 MHz Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	87.6% Excellent	MC Read 34.4 MC Write 37.5 MC Mixed 27.6 95% 33.2 GB/s	SC Read 5.5 SC Write 25.4 SC Mixed 19.6 48% 16.8 GB/s	Latency 60.8 66% 60.8 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 87.6% Great: 111%

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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	6,620x
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