Asus Z170 PRO GAMING

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 84% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 73% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 96.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	86.6% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170 PRO GAMING (all builds)
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160919
Uptime	10 Days
Run Date	Mar 27 '17 at 13:08
Run Duration	358 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (71^st 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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	96.1% Outstanding	Memory 97.1 1-Core 144 2-Core 272 96% 171 Pts	4-Core 512 8-Core 797 81% 655 Pts	64-Core 796 49% 796 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 96.1% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Nvidia(10DE 1B81) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 376.53 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	86.6% Excellent	Lighting 109 Reflection 116 Parallax 99 89% 108 fps	MRender 98.9 Gravity 102 Splatting 98.8 82% 99.8 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 86.6% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Black 2TB (2010)-$107 47,617 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 1.5TB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 253 253 8775 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 408 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1242 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 274 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 48 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 359 (C2) HDA temperature 121 84 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 1	81.3% Excellent	Read 144 Write 139 Mixed 141 106% 141 MB/s	4K Read 1.21 4K Write 2.75 4K Mixed 0.35 140% 1.44 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 81.3% Great: 85%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 890GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 16 (03) Spinup time 169 167 2508 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1842 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 5712 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1711 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 177 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1706 (C2) HDA temperature 116 103 27 (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 1 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	108% Outstanding	Read 202 Write 175 Mixed 160 134% 179 MB/s	4K Read 1.43 4K Write 2.89 4K Mixed 0.35 152% 1.56 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 109%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 466GB free Firmware: 12.01C02 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 173 170 6316 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1384 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 12978 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1217 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 147 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1416 (C2) HDA temperature 120 73 30 (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 1 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	44% Average	Read 82.3 Write 70.6 Mixed 69.5 56% 74.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 1.93 4K Mixed 0.46 117% 1.04 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 44% Great: 69%
WD Black 2TB (2010)-$107 47,617 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 437GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 253 253 9066 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1745 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2645 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 427 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 38 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1706 (C2) HDA temperature 116 89 36 (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	48.6% Average	Read 90.5 Write 78.5 Mixed 79.3 62% 82.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 2.46 4K Mixed 0.44 122% 1.19 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 48.6% Great: 85%
TOSHIBA TransMemory 32GB 7,326 User benchmarks, average bench 8% 24GB free, PID 6544 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	5.36% Terrible	Read 23.3 Write 4.4 Mixed 7.28 11% 11.7 MB/s	4K Read 4.33 4K Write 0.002 4K Mixed 0.003 16% 1.44 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 5.36% Great: 20%
SanDisk Ultra Flair USB 3.0 32GB-$8 9,864 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 21GB free, PID 5591 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	56.5% Above average	Read 145 Write 101 Mixed 119 150% 122 MB/s	4K Read 7.2 4K Write 3.84 4K Mixed 1.73 216% 4.25 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 56.5% Great: 39%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LED DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$192 40,358 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	95.3% Outstanding	MC Read 35.6 MC Write 37.7 MC Mixed 27.2 96% 33.5 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 39.5 SC Mixed 30.2 83% 28.9 GB/s	Latency 49.8 80% 49.8 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 95.3% Great: 105%

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Gaming 69%

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Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

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Motherboard: Asus Z170 PRO GAMING - $295

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	6,620x
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	2,166x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	1,382x
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 $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	320x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	807x
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) $30	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