Asus Z170 PRO GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 67% Battle cruiser	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 52% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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 80.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	80% 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	85.6% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z170 PRO GAMING (all builds)
Memory	6.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170426
Uptime	2.6 Days
Run Date	Aug 11 '17 at 21:17
Run Duration	453 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	19%

PC Performing as expected (52^nd 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-$130 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	80.2% Excellent	Memory 84 1-Core 113 2-Core 219 78% 138 Pts	4-Core 452 8-Core 383 58% 418 Pts	64-Core 418 26% 418 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 80.2% Great: 85%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) 188,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 8694) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64 Ver. 21.20.16.4534 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.42% Terrible	Lighting 7.8 Reflection 11.5 Parallax 7.44 6% 8.91 fps	MRender 9.9 Gravity 6.83 Splatting 16.1 10% 11 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.42% Great: 6%
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6573) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 384.94 Performing below potential (58^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	80% Very good	Lighting 100 Reflection 112 Parallax 92.1 82% 101 fps	MRender 91 Gravity 90.2 Splatting 96.7 76% 92.7 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 80% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$90 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 137GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 5444 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 99 (B1) Unknown 99 99 6 (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 59 52 41 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 25 (F1) Unknown 99 99 8097169686	85.6% Excellent	Read 502 Write 399 Mixed 412 97% 437 MB/s	4K Read 35.5 4K Write 80.9 4K Mixed 25.6 129% 47.3 MB/s	DQ Read 41 DQ Write 87.6 DQ Mixed 22.5 29% 50.4 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 85.6% Great: 134%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$50 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 180 180 5983 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 7 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 69 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 236 (C2) HDA temperature 115 110 35 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	56.9% Above average	Read 102 Write 96.5 Mixed 94.4 73% 97.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.76 4K Write 1.84 4K Mixed 0.26 95% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 56.9% Great: 84%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 661GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 170 2300 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1107 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 5710 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 135 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 61 58 673251367 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 61 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 8092 (C2) HDA temperature 104 101 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	91.3% Outstanding	Read 158 Write 160 Mixed 155 119% 158 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 2.46 4K Mixed 0.34 112% 1.16 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 91.3% Great: 109%
WD WD3200BMVS-11F9S0 3TB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 253GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 168 167 6575 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 91 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1437 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 7 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 2 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 192 192 26333 (C2) HDA temperature 114 111 36 (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	69.4% Good	Read 141 Write 102 Mixed 112 89% 118 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 0.38 4K Mixed 0.16 56% 0.43 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 69.4% Great: 69%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$50 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 243GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 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 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 178 175 4100 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1558 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 4846 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 65 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 22 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 194 194 19373 (C2) HDA temperature 111 105 36 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	49.2% Average	Read 88.3 Write 83.1 Mixed 84.5 64% 85.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 1.87 4K Mixed 0.19 84% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 49.2% Great: 84%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 69GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 172 2291 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 919 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 4784 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 64 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 24 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3999 (C2) HDA temperature 106 96 37 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	85.1% Excellent	Read 160 Write 137 Mixed 142 110% 146 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 1.79 4K Mixed 0.3 96% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 85.1% Great: 109%
JMicron 1TB 862 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 38GB free Firmware: 0203 Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	58.2% Above average	Read 101 Write 102 Mixed 94.2 74% 99 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 2.23 4K Mixed 0.25 92% 1.01 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 58.2% Great: 83%
WD easystore 25FB 8TB 7,734 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 5TB free, PID 25fb Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	68.5% Good	Read 156 Write 146 Mixed 144 190% 149 MB/s	4K Read 1.54 4K Write 4.45 4K Mixed 0.58 177% 2.19 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 68.5% Great: 86%
Generic External 1TB 2,077 User benchmarks, average bench 19% 931GB free, PID 0840 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	17.1% Very poor	Read 39.4 Write 39.2 Mixed 38.6 50% 39.1 MB/s	4K Read 1.27 4K Write 0.82 4K Mixed 0.18 39% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 17.1% Great: 29%
BUFFALO HD-PCFU3 1TB 179 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 737GB free, PID 0243 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	42.8% Average	Read 94.8 Write 101 Mixed 98.9 128% 98.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 2.23 4K Mixed 0.35 90% 1.05 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 42.8% Great: 44%
WD My Book 1235 3TB 846 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 57GB free, PID 1235 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	50.5% Above average	Read 129 Write 117 Mixed 78.3 133% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.86 4K Write 1.97 4K Mixed 0.24 78% 1.02 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 50.5% Great: 60%
WD Elements 25A2 2TB 18,040 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 8GB free, PID 25a2 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	21.3% Poor	Read 46.7 Write 44.9 Mixed 44.5 58% 45.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.23 61% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 21.3% Great: 61%

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 below potential (24^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	68.7% Good	MC Read 24.9 MC Write 27.2 MC Mixed 23 72% 25 GB/s	SC Read 13 SC Write 25.8 SC Mixed 13.1 49% 17.3 GB/s	Latency 73.4 54% 73.4 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 68.7% Great: 85%

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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	6,681x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	3,696x
Core i7-6700Intel $219Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	1,053x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	2,186x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	1,386x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,262x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	894x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	793x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	323x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	817x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	572x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	561x

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Total price: $794

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i3-12100F $95	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	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