Asus Z170 PRO GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 21% Surfboard	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 85.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	15.3% 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	214% 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.

Motherboard	Asus Z170 PRO GAMING (all builds)
Memory	11.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180516
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	Jun 20 '18 at 19:10
Run Duration	136 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600-$132 80,688 User benchmarks, average bench 68% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	85.1% Excellent	Memory 89.2 1-Core 117 2-Core 228 82% 145 Pts	4-Core 468 8-Core 466 63% 467 Pts	64-Core 465 29% 465 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 85.1% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 560-$180 23,273 User benchmarks, average bench 14% Gigabyte(1458 3527) 1GB CLim: 830 MHz, MLim: 1002 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	15.3% Very poor	Lighting 17.5 Reflection 20.8 Parallax 15.8 14% 18 fps	MRender 25 Gravity 17.9 Splatting 20.8 17% 21.2 fps
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 15.3% Great: 15%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra Plus 128GB-$75 16,709 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 118GB free Firmware: X2316RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 7760 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1594 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 32 (A8) Unknown 100 100 311 (A9) Unknown 100 100 256 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 193 (AE) Unknown 100 100 416 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 63 39 167504773157 (D4) Unknown 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 1579 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 25037 (F1) Unknown 253 253 7291 (F2) Unknown 253 253 7571 (F3) Unknown 100 100 0	77.6% Very good	Read 418 Write 287 Mixed 307 75% 337 MB/s	4K Read 28 4K Write 78.8 4K Mixed 21.2 111% 42.7 MB/s	DQ Read 281 DQ Write 191 DQ Mixed 46.4 86% 173 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 77.6% Great: 91%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 100GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	214% Outstanding	Read 1,747 Write 1,119 Mixed 1,121 294% 1,329 MB/s	4K Read 55.3 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 44.8 198% 69.5 MB/s	DQ Read 502 DQ Write 246 DQ Mixed 158 175% 302 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 214% Great: 236%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$40 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 358GB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 140 140 69 (03) Spinup time 131 131 25789464856 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 2016 (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 99 99 9681 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1577 (C0) Power-off retract count 95 95 6714 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 6714 (C2) HDA temperature 153 153 193274642471 (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	64.1% Good	Read 104 Write 119 Mixed 126 88% 117 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 1.74 4K Mixed 0.22 85% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 64.1% Great: 108%

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 way above expectations (90^th percentile)	78.5% Very good	MC Read 28.7 MC Write 30 MC Mixed 25.6 80% 28.1 GB/s	SC Read 17 SC Write 28.6 SC Mixed 22.5 65% 22.7 GB/s	Latency 68.3 59% 68.3 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 78.5% 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	6,620x
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