Asus Z170 PRO GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 14% Tree trunk	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 83.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	7.48% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	84% 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.

Very high background CPU (31%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z170 PRO GAMING (all builds)
Memory	10.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170623
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	May 23 '18 at 09:55
Run Duration	285 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	31%

PC Performing as expected (58^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 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	83.8% Excellent	Memory 89.1 1-Core 117 2-Core 233 83% 146 Pts	4-Core 452 8-Core 457 61% 455 Pts	64-Core 456 28% 456 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 83.8% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) 188,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 8694) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 23.20.16.4944 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.48% Terrible	Lighting 7.77 Reflection 11.5 Parallax 7.78 6% 9 fps	MRender 11 Gravity 7.1 Splatting 15.9 10% 11.3 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.48% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX100 256GB-$116 55,768 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 69GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3209 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2431 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 97 97 108 (AE) Unknown 100 100 268 (B4) Unknown 0 0 2158 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 68 56 188979413024 (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 100 100 70 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 97 97 3 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 20168196339 (F7) Unknown 100 100 115952099 (F8) Unknown 100 100 2750355086	84% Excellent	Read 505 Write 326 Mixed 393 90% 408 MB/s	4K Read 24.3 4K Write 78.2 4K Mixed 26.7 112% 43.1 MB/s	DQ Read 184 DQ Write 261 DQ Mixed 47.9 85% 164 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 84% Great: 97%
Seagate Expansion Desk 2TB 12,762 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 588GB free Firmware: 0740 Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	91.2% Outstanding	Read 165 Write 154 Mixed 140 114% 153 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.3 86% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 91.2% Great: 104%
Toshiba P300 2TB-$61 100,891 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 862GB free Firmware: MX4OACF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 140 140 67 (03) Spinup time 130 130 25788285230 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 233 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 431 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 233 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 625 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 625 (C2) HDA temperature 162 162 176094576677 (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	69.8% Good	Read 129 Write 115 Mixed 95.7 85% 113 MB/s	4K Read 0.39 4K Write 0.46 4K Mixed 0.09 35% 0.31 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 69.8% Great: 108%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 816GB free Firmware: 50.0AB50 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 168 163 6591 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5395 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 10670 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4518 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 442 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 164 164 110689 (C2) HDA temperature 116 111 34 (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 2 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 1	38.1% Below average	Read 72.7 Write 60.3 Mixed 59.2 48% 64.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 0.3 4K Mixed 0.14 41% 0.31 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 38.1% Great: 67%
Intenso External USB-3.0 1TB 21 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 631GB free, PID 0579 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	42.6% Average	Read 103 Write 104 Mixed 71.2 117% 92.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.56 4K Mixed 0.21 62% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 42.6% Great: 43%
WD 6400AAK External 640GB 252 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 288GB free, PID 1001 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	15.1% Very poor	Read 28.6 Write 24 Mixed 13.8 26% 22.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 1.82 4K Mixed 0.38 77% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 15.1% Great: 22%
Hitachi HDP725050GLA360 500GB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 204GB free, PID 5106 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	33.3% Below average	Read 76.7 Write 75.3 Mixed 61.8 90% 71.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 1.83 4K Mixed 0.35 76% 0.92 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 33.3% Great: 37%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$40 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (38^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	77.9% Very good	MC Read 28.1 MC Write 28.8 MC Mixed 26.1 79% 27.7 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 29.7 SC Mixed 23.5 67% 23.4 GB/s	Latency 68.3 58% 68.3 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 77.9% Great: 110%

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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	6,618x
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 $46

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