Asus Z170 PRO GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 80% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 70% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 87%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	87.8% 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	53.3% 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.

Motherboard	Asus Z170 PRO GAMING (all builds)
Memory	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161227
Uptime	2 Days
Run Date	Mar 17 '17 at 19:17
Run Duration	263 Seconds
Run User	FIN-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	87% Excellent	Memory 94.6 1-Core 130 2-Core 258 90% 161 Pts	4-Core 428 8-Core 697 69% 562 Pts	64-Core 721 45% 721 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 87% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3304) CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.78 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	87.8% Excellent	Lighting 112 Reflection 111 Parallax 93.5 91% 106 fps	MRender 96.9 Gravity 99.7 Splatting 100 81% 98.9 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 87.8% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung MZNLF128HCHP-000L1 128GB 560 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 82GB free (System drive) Firmware: FXT21L4Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 333 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 231 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 99 99 5 (AE) Unknown 99 99 23 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 1037 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 68 56 32 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 99 99 16735271 (F1) Unknown 99 99 531 (F2) Unknown 99 99 510 (F9) Unknown 99 99 640	53.3% Above average	Read 498 Write 127 Mixed 201 60% 275 MB/s	4K Read 23.9 4K Write 41.5 4K Mixed 10.7 72% 25.4 MB/s	DQ Read 178 DQ Write 40.4 DQ Mixed 25.7 40% 81.2 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 53.3% Great: 60%
Intel 320 Series 160GB-$149 13,029 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 77GB free Firmware: 4PC10365 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3076 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1976 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 8 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 53 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 84133 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 65535 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 84133 (F2) Unknown 100 100 131801	42.6% Average	Read 258 Write 168 Mixed 192 46% 206 MB/s	4K Read 15.8 4K Write 29.6 4K Mixed 13.8 57% 19.7 MB/s	DQ Read 146 DQ Write 64.9 DQ Mixed 10.8 33% 74 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 42.6% Great: 51%
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 32GB free Firmware: 541ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 4949377 (05) Reallocated sector count 99 99 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 -5342939312010 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2172 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 1310 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 29 56 1009320984605 (C2) HDA temperature 29 56 1009320984605 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 4949377 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 4949377 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 4949377 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 6525 (EA) Unknown 0 0 4214 (F1) Unknown 0 0 4214 (F2) Unknown 0 0 5855	59.9% Above average	Read 495 Write 197 Mixed 262 70% 318 MB/s	4K Read 19.5 4K Write 75.5 4K Mixed 10.5 83% 35.2 MB/s	DQ Read 23.3 DQ Write 173 DQ Mixed 44 50% 80.1 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 59.9% Great: 85%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 833GB free Firmware: 05.00K05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 227 225 8650 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4325 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 8426 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3762 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 194 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4320 (C2) HDA temperature 116 104 34 (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	60.2% Good	Read 106 Write 103 Mixed 90.6 75% 100 MB/s	4K Read 0.81 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 0.56 144% 1.32 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 60.2% Great: 76%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 457GB free Firmware: 05.00K05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 253 221 6033 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4433 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 8431 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3766 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 169 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4431 (C2) HDA temperature 113 100 37 (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	54% Above average	Read 103 Write 85.2 Mixed 83.8 68% 90.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.43 4K Mixed 0.38 103% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 54% Great: 76%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$109 43,695 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 37GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 111 103 7416 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 219 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3384 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 215 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 46 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 184 184 48294 (C2) HDA temperature 115 107 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 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	34.8% Below average	Read 63.7 Write 57.2 Mixed 55.6 44% 58.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 1.58 4K Mixed 0.2 70% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 34.8% Great: 69%
Seagate Expansion 1TB 1,630 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 919GB free, PID 2322 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	44.1% Average	Read 93.8 Write 118 Mixed 79.7 127% 97.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 1.51 4K Mixed 0.06 56% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 44.1% Great: 48%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2666 C15 2x8GB-$169 37,519 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2667 MHz clocked @ 2747 MHz Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	91.1% Outstanding	MC Read 32.5 MC Write 35.5 MC Mixed 28.8 92% 32.3 GB/s	SC Read 20.5 SC Write 36.2 SC Mixed 26.7 79% 27.8 GB/s	Latency 58.3 69% 58.3 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 91.1% Great: 97%

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Desktop 87%

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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	6,655x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	3,687x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	1,048x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	2,175x
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	891x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	791x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	323x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	815x
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: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $755

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 $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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16