Asus Z170 PRO GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 72% Battleship	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 57% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	83.4% 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	55.4% 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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170 PRO GAMING (all builds)
Memory	2.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20160307
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 06 '17 at 12:10
Run Duration	204 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	0%

Watch Gameplay: 1070 + 9600K How to compare your gameplay

PC Performing as expected (55^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-$113 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	83% Excellent	Memory 84 1-Core 120 2-Core 241 82% 148 Pts	4-Core 477 8-Core 453 63% 465 Pts	64-Core 472 29% 472 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 83% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$278 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8597) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 385.41 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	83.4% Excellent	Lighting 105 Reflection 114 Parallax 108 86% 109 fps	MRender 95.4 Gravity 95.1 Splatting 96.4 78% 95.7 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 83.4% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HyperX Fury 120GB-$160 11,403 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 26GB free (System drive) Firmware: 60AABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 8598227745 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 86053964747136 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 517 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 35 (B1) Unknown 0 0 3 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 29 35 68721770525 (C2) HDA temperature 29 35 68721770525 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 8598227745 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 8598227745 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 8598227745 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 97 97 34359738369 (E9) Unknown 0 0 18119 (EA) Unknown 0 0 14711 (F1) Unknown 0 0 14711 (F2) Unknown 0 0 4560 (F4) Unknown 96 96 10158209	55.4% Above average	Read 414 Write 112 Mixed 155 49% 227 MB/s	4K Read 18.8 4K Write 96 4K Mixed 12.7 96% 42.5 MB/s	DQ Read 75.3 DQ Write 127 DQ Mixed 30.8 43% 77.8 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 55.4% Great: 75%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$62 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 101561944 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 299 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 70 60 11207387 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2633 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 299 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 61 521207839 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 11467 (C2) HDA temperature 31 40 55834574879 (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 58540404246362 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2223654465 (F2) Unknown 100 253 39880670396	103% Outstanding	Read 202 Write 158 Mixed 172 134% 177 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.66 4K Mixed 0.21 74% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 114%
WD 5000AAV External 500GB 13 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 12GB free Firmware: 1.65 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 134 123 6283 (04) Start/Stop count 86 86 14793 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 30 30 51149 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 349 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 15 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 196 196 14782 (C2) HDA temperature 116 90 31 (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	25.3% Poor	Read 42 Write 45.5 Mixed 44.3 33% 43.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.38 4K Write 2.06 4K Mixed 0.34 92% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 25.3% Great: 25%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$31 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 3GB free Firmware: 18.01H18 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 143 141 3850 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7101 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 73 73 20052 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2338 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 99 1 (BC) Unknown 100 91 4295032869 (BE) vendor-specific 68 56 538181664 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 245 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 6855 (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	40.5% Average	Read 65.8 Write 75.4 Mixed 77.7 55% 73 MB/s	4K Read 0.12 4K Write 0.71 4K Mixed 0.08 27% 0.3 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 40.5% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D240FSC.16FBD 2x8GB 5,640 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (19^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	71.6% Very good	MC Read 26.2 MC Write 27.1 MC Mixed 23.5 73% 25.6 GB/s	SC Read 15.6 SC Write 26.1 SC Mixed 20.5 59% 20.7 GB/s	Latency 73.5 54% 73.5 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 71.6% Great: 89%

Take a copy of your results

System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

Custom PC Builder (Explore upgrades for this PC) Build your perfect PC: compare component prices, popularity, speed and value for money

CHOOSE AN UPGRADE:

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

MBD

Typical Z170 PRO GAMING Builds (Compare 14,054 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

Motherboard: Asus Z170 PRO GAMING - $295

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	6,696x
Core i5-6600KIntel $113Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	3,707x
Core i7-6700Intel $170Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	1,057x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	2,192x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	1,388x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,265x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	896x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	796x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	324x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	819x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	572x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	562x

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER

Value: 72% - Very good

Total price: $891

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $159	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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