Asus Z170-PRO

Performance Results


Gaming 36% Jet ski	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 29% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 80.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	36.7% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	55.8% 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.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-PRO (all builds)
Memory	13.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160324
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Feb 23 '17 at 11:37
Run Duration	111 Seconds
Run User	IDN-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6500-$67 241,476 User benchmarks, average bench 64% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	80.9% Excellent	Memory 88.6 1-Core 109 2-Core 221 79% 139 Pts	4-Core 424 8-Core 426 57% 425 Pts	64-Core 422 26% 422 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 80.9% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-Ti-$59 946,701 User benchmarks, average bench 29% Asus(1043 85D1) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 378.66 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	36.7% Below average	Lighting 47.4 Reflection 32.5 Parallax 43.4 39% 41.1 fps	MRender 39.1 Gravity 43.8 Splatting 38.5 33% 40.5 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 36.7% Great: 33%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 750 EVO 120GB-$35 20,420 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 70GB free (System drive) Firmware: MAT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 12 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 12 (B1) Unknown 99 99 2 (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 55 46 45 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 99 99 681586750	55.8% Above average	Read 474 Write 266 Mixed 273 74% 337 MB/s	4K Read 22.8 4K Write 34.7 4K Mixed 10.3 66% 22.6 MB/s	DQ Read 30 DQ Write 37.8 DQ Mixed 11.8 15% 26.5 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 55.8% Great: 110%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 916GB free Firmware: JC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 87 135570938 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3862 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 84 60 4538359716 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 6806 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4237 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 1017 (BC) Unknown 100 98 131398 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 59 45 689963049 (C2) HDA temperature 41 55 107374182441 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 43 32 135570938 (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 -1258425400904 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1114333447 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3522143619	63.5% Good	Read 115 Write 106 Mixed 98.1 80% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.85 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.5 120% 0.98 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 63.5% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GB-$42 131,007 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	78.2% Very good	MC Read 28.5 MC Write 29.7 MC Mixed 25.3 80% 27.8 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 29.8 SC Mixed 23.5 67% 23.5 GB/s	Latency 69 58% 69 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 78.2% Great: 95%

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

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Typical Z170-PRO Builds (Compare 965 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

Motherboard: Asus Z170-PRO - $210

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	517x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	126x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	80x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	171x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	105x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	71x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	62x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	55x
950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung $625Bench 223%, 54,978 samples	23x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	69x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	56x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x16GBCorsair $110Bench 84%, 34,441 samples	34x

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Value: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $665

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	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