Asus Z170 PRO GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 59% Gunboat	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 46% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 68.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	86.1% 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	148% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (55%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170 PRO GAMING (all builds)
Memory	4.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160119
Uptime	9 Days
Run Date	Nov 06 '16 at 14:51
Run Duration	196 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	55%

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PC Performing as expected (51^st 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-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	68.5% Good	Memory 76.7 1-Core 110 2-Core 222 76% 136 Pts	4-Core 352 8-Core 333 46% 343 Pts	64-Core 365 23% 365 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 68.5% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Zotac(19DA 1435) Driver: nvd3dumx Ver. 21.21.13.7306 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	86.1% Excellent	Lighting 111 Reflection 110 Parallax 92.7 90% 105 fps	MRender 91.4 Gravity 96.1 Splatting 95.7 78% 94.4 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 86.1% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung SM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 128GB-$60 1,772 User benchmarks, average bench 171% 63GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXW7300Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	148% Outstanding	Read 1,648 Write 538 Mixed 675 208% 954 MB/s	4K Read 42.5 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 27 155% 58.2 MB/s	DQ Read 46 DQ Write 129 DQ Mixed 26.4 38% 67.2 MB/s
Poor: 113% ↑ This bench: 148% Great: 213%
Intel S3500 Series 240GB-$135 644 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 37GB free Firmware: D2010355 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 97 97 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 8808 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1488 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 114 (AF) Unknown 100 100 4308337287 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 74 74 436994074 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 114 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 26 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 44190 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 0 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 47 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 204 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 44190 (F2) Unknown 100 100 101193	82.4% Excellent	Read 451 Write 270 Mixed 337 78% 353 MB/s	4K Read 29.1 4K Write 81.8 4K Mixed 26.9 122% 45.9 MB/s	DQ Read 281 DQ Write 229 DQ Mixed 17.5 78% 176 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 82.4% Great: 87%
Samsung 840 120GB-$109 51,792 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 10GB free Firmware: DXT08B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 10444 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1859 (B1) Unknown 89 89 123 (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 69 55 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 110 (F1) Unknown 99 99 16899432411	63.9% Good	Read 489 Write 130 Mixed 170 57% 263 MB/s	4K Read 26.6 4K Write 80.6 4K Mixed 9.21 95% 38.8 MB/s	DQ Read 319 DQ Write 121 DQ Mixed 9.04 62% 150 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 63.9% Great: 73%
WD Green 500GB (2009)-$23 63,281 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 137GB free Firmware: 05.04C05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 135 134 6233 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6393 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 64 64 26682 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4141 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 108 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 6393 (C2) HDA temperature 115 99 32 (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 45 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	40.2% Average	Read 86.8 Write 53.1 Mixed 73.2 54% 71 MB/s	4K Read 0.35 4K Write 2.12 4K Mixed 0.26 83% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 40.2% Great: 54%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 1x8GB 8,400 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (14^th percentile) - ensure that an XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	34.7% Below average	MC Read 11 MC Write 13.7 MC Mixed 11.8 35% 12.2 GB/s	SC Read 6.9 SC Write 10.2 SC Mixed 6.9 23% 8 GB/s	Latency 86.8 46% 86.8 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 34.7% Great: 57%

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Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

Motherboard: Asus Z170 PRO GAMING - $295

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	6,618x
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	2,165x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	1,381x
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 $129Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	320x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	806x
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 $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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