Asus Z170 PRO GAMING

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 95% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 75% Battleship


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 an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 96.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	97.2% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 10 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Motherboard	Asus Z170 PRO GAMING (all builds)
Memory	11.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20160307
Uptime	3 Days
Run Date	Jan 21 '17 at 15:27
Run Duration	130 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	6%

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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 i5-6600K-$122 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	96.6% Outstanding	Memory 96.6 1-Core 140 2-Core 280 96% 172 Pts	4-Core 557 8-Core 558 75% 558 Pts	64-Core 541 34% 541 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 96.6% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3702) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 373.6 Performing below potential (21^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	97.2% Outstanding	Lighting 119 Reflection 157 Parallax 137 97% 138 fps	MRender 115 Gravity 134 Splatting 112 98% 120 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 97.2% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Toshib HDWD130 3TB 31 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 2TB free Firmware: MX6O Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 141 141 66 (03) Spinup time 132 132 34388246962 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 344 (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 1552 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 19 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 346 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 346 (C2) HDA temperature 193 193 158914773023 (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	110% Outstanding	Read 197 Write 186 Mixed 172 139% 185 MB/s	4K Read 1.06 4K Write 1.79 4K Mixed 0.18 97% 1.01 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 110%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$39 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 159GB free Firmware: 01.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 176 175 2175 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1740 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 5293 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 149 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 12 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1727 (C2) HDA temperature 119 102 24 (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	83.3% Excellent	Read 155 Write 135 Mixed 138 107% 143 MB/s	4K Read 0.59 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.26 94% 1.01 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 83.3% Great: 109%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$90 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 108GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 142073720 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 183 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 80 60 106367958 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 5603 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 164 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 95 95 5 (BE) vendor-specific 73 57 537985051 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 14 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 9177 (C2) HDA temperature 27 43 60129542171 (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 -79396765428885 (F1) Unknown 100 253 29151031893 (F2) Unknown 100 253 329554305155	71.1% Very good	Read 132 Write 114 Mixed 107 89% 118 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 5.71 4K Mixed 0.56 190% 2.27 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 71.1% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$48 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3112 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	MC Read 38.3 MC Write 41.1 MC Mixed 34.9 109% 38.1 GB/s	SC Read 22.1 SC Write 41.9 SC Mixed 31.5 91% 31.8 GB/s	Latency 52 77% 52 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 104%

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Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

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Motherboard: Asus Z170 PRO GAMING - $295

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $219Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	6,689x
Core i5-6600KIntel $122Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	3,701x
Core i7-6700Intel $219Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	1,055x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	2,188x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	1,387x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,262x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	895x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	795x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	323x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	818x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	572x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	562x

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Value: 92% - Outstanding

Total price: $794

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $124	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16