Asus Z170 PRO GAMING

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	59.3% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170 PRO GAMING (all builds)
Memory	11.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.2 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150717
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Oct 25 '17 at 16:27
Run Duration	221 Seconds
Run User	BEL-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing as expected (44^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700-$180 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	84.4% Excellent	Memory 87.4 1-Core 117 2-Core 231 82% 145 Pts	4-Core 438 8-Core 655 68% 547 Pts	64-Core 656 41% 656 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 84.4% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.0 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 43% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
ST2000DM001-1CH164 120GB 14 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 108GB free Firmware: 520ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 8593933083 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 -32341103720555 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 587 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 66 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 27 47 1009320394779 (C2) HDA temperature 27 47 1009320394779 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 98 98 8593933083 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 98 98 8593933083 (CC) Soft ECC correction 98 98 8593933083 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 4364 (EA) Unknown 0 0 986 (F1) Unknown 0 0 986 (F2) Unknown 0 0 1820	59.7% Above average	Read 481 Write 135 Mixed 184 58% 267 MB/s	4K Read 21.3 4K Write 80 4K Mixed 11.9 90% 37.7 MB/s	DQ Read 156 DQ Write 136 DQ Mixed 41.9 60% 111 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 59.7% Great: 96%
WDC WD10EZEX-00RKKA0 500GB 11 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 93GB free Firmware: X41100WD 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 100 100 1373 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 106 (A5) Unknown 100 100 7929940 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 21 (A8) Unknown 100 100 5 (A9) Unknown 100 100 464 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (AE) Unknown 100 100 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 70 65 279174119454 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 103080132632 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 826 (EA) Unknown 100 100 922 (F1) Unknown 253 253 866 (F2) Unknown 253 253 750 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	75.4% Very good	Read 476 Write 286 Mixed 254 75% 339 MB/s	4K Read 18.9 4K Write 52.4 4K Mixed 24 87% 31.8 MB/s	DQ Read 299 DQ Write 241 DQ Mixed 64.7 104% 202 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 75.4% Great: 128%
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 18GB free (System drive) Firmware: 505ABBF1 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 108 108 18475124 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 75 75 119778047972883 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 684 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 62 (B1) Unknown 0 0 24 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 28 61 47248637980 (C2) HDA temperature 28 61 47248637980 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 18475124 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 18475124 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 18475124 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 92 92 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 56217 (EA) Unknown 0 0 19497 (F1) Unknown 0 0 19497 (F2) Unknown 0 0 9858	59.3% Above average	Read 452 Write 132 Mixed 185 56% 256 MB/s	4K Read 19.5 4K Write 83.5 4K Mixed 12.2 89% 38.4 MB/s	DQ Read 192 DQ Write 144 DQ Mixed 36.2 63% 124 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 59.3% Great: 73%
Seagate ST31000528AS 2TB 32 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 1TB free Firmware: CC27 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 117976240 (03) Spinup time 94 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4233 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 63 53 42970980258 (09) Power-on hours count 76 76 21707 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 672 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 65537 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 62 47 13557825574 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 44 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 89 89 23271 (C2) HDA temperature 38 53 -140737488355290 (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 53420803240021 (F1) Unknown 100 253 5207497850 (F2) Unknown 100 253 19328107243	82.9% Excellent	Read 149 Write 140 Mixed 152 111% 147 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 1.45 4K Mixed 0.26 86% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 82.9% Great: 101%
Kingston SV300S37A120G 1TB 127 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 205GB free Firmware: CC38 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 113160894 (03) Spinup time 94 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8906 (05) Reallocated sector count 99 99 63 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 25875047048 (09) Power-on hours count 64 64 31728 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1838 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 17180524569 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 59 40 1336458215465 (C2) HDA temperature 41 60 42949673001 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 20 6 113160894 (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 52265457061485 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3731353639 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3182802985	52.5% Above average	Read 89 Write 93.9 Mixed 101 72% 94.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 1.12 4K Mixed 0.26 69% 0.61 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 52.5% Great: 103%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$31 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 114GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 171 2283 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7296 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 63 63 27682 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1065 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 61 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 7234 (C2) HDA temperature 102 91 41 (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	84.2% Excellent	Read 151 Write 142 Mixed 116 102% 136 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 2.21 4K Mixed 0.23 97% 1.06 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 84.2% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D240FSA.16FARG Corsair CMK8GX4M1A2400C14 16GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 2187, 2187 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	41.4% Average	MC Read 14.2 MC Write 14.4 MC Mixed 12.3 39% 13.6 GB/s	SC Read 11.7 SC Write 14.4 SC Mixed 14 38% 13.4 GB/s	Latency 70.1 57% 70.1 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 41.4% Great: 64%

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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	6,654x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	3,686x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	1,048x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	2,174x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	1,385x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,255x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	890x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	791x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	322x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $37Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	814x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	570x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	560x

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Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $744

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16