Asus Z170I PRO GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 75% Battleship	Desktop 101% UFO	Workstation 61% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 101%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	72.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	88.5% 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 (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus Z170I PRO GAMING (all builds)
Memory	13.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161227
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 16 '17 at 04:27
Run Duration	129 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	18%

PC Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$250 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Memory 91.7 1-Core 161 2-Core 321 103% 191 Pts	4-Core 630 8-Core 634 84% 632 Pts	64-Core 635 39% 635 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Asus(1043 8518) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1599 MHz, MLim: 1943 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 376.53 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	72.6% Very good	Lighting 93.4 Reflection 92.5 Parallax 82.1 76% 89.3 fps	MRender 88.6 Gravity 82.5 Splatting 73 66% 81.4 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 72.6% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 115GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 4804 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 4848 (B1) Unknown 94 94 61 (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 60 31 40 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 4091 (F1) Unknown 99 99 24599739887	88.5% Excellent	Read 514 Write 332 Mixed 354 88% 400 MB/s	4K Read 44.3 4K Write 86.8 4K Mixed 22.7 142% 51.3 MB/s	DQ Read 45.7 DQ Write 244 DQ Mixed 70.9 76% 120 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 88.5% Great: 118%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 904GB free Firmware: CC49 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 108 99 16496184 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2387 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 74 60 26428909 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 8198 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2389 (B7) Unknown 1 1 602 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 68 48 30620385312 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 626 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 51 51 99353 (C2) HDA temperature 32 52 -140737488355296 (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 -130893423306577 (F1) Unknown 100 253 17441793582 (F2) Unknown 100 253 26055598748	107% Outstanding	Read 186 Write 186 Mixed 172 136% 181 MB/s	4K Read 0.85 4K Write 1.96 4K Mixed 0.32 108% 1.04 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 112%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$75 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 952GB free Firmware: CC43 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 108 99 17720120 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1288 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 4327998429 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 11988 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5213 (B7) Unknown 1 1 1235 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 7 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 48 589299747 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 626 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 8155 (C2) HDA temperature 35 52 77309411363 (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 95532957575216 (F1) Unknown 100 253 20299671570 (F2) Unknown 100 253 29508439421	106% Outstanding	Read 187 Write 183 Mixed 163 133% 178 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 5.23 4K Mixed 0.84 223% 2.29 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GB-$125 59,072 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 1981 MHz Performing below potential (37^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	72.4% Very good	MC Read 26.4 MC Write 27 MC Mixed 22.9 73% 25.4 GB/s	SC Read 15.7 SC Write 27.7 SC Mixed 22.3 63% 21.9 GB/s	Latency 64.7 62% 64.7 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 72.4% Great: 85%

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Gaming 69%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 58%

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Motherboard: Asus Z170I PRO GAMING - $165

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	576x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	431x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	143x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	218x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	168x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	152x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	72x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	68x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $129Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	43x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	99x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	81x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	49x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $620

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