Asus Z170 PRO GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 92% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 79% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 87.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	104% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	111% 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	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 (17%). 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	12 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160919
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Mar 30 '17 at 21:10
Run Duration	147 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	17%

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PC Performing above expectations (68^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)	87.3% Excellent	Memory 93.2 1-Core 128 2-Core 235 87% 152 Pts	4-Core 439 8-Core 690 70% 565 Pts	64-Core 690 43% 690 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 87.3% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 85AA) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.92 Performing below potential (71^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	104% Outstanding	Lighting 136 Reflection 146 Parallax 124 111% 135 fps	MRender 113 Gravity 133 Splatting 107 96% 118 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 192GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 10 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 31 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (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 67 65 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 4 (F1) Unknown 99 99 226904419	111% Outstanding	Read 511 Write 412 Mixed 417 99% 447 MB/s	4K Read 43.1 4K Write 87.7 4K Mixed 45 169% 58.6 MB/s	DQ Read 361 DQ Write 253 DQ Mixed 116 138% 243 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$95 81,608 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 99 1128 (03) Spinup time 93 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2526 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 87 60 4842286311 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 14168 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2445 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 92 8590066061 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 77 61 21962817559 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 235 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2537 (C2) HDA temperature 23 40 -140737488355305 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 21 12 1128 (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 -104127187109881 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2029895331 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3318581474	67.3% Good	Read 110 Write 125 Mixed 109 86% 115 MB/s	4K Read 0.76 4K Write 1.07 4K Mixed 0.7 130% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 67.3% Great: 75%
Seagate FireCuda 2.5" 2TB-$79 71,106 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 1TB free Firmware: SDM1 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 82 64 147857756 (03) Spinup time 99 99 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 93 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 73 60 18644077 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 113644834652316 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 55 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 80 65 471072788 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 16 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 119 (C2) HDA temperature 20 40 64424509460 (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 -111291192573799 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3414939650 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3080750833 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	58.5% Above average	Read 106 Write 97.9 Mixed 79.5 71% 94.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 2.07 4K Mixed 0.53 123% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 58.5% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$40 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (21^st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	69.8% Good	MC Read 26.2 MC Write 26.6 MC Mixed 20.3 70% 24.4 GB/s	SC Read 16.7 SC Write 26.6 SC Mixed 20.2 60% 21.2 GB/s	Latency 61.7 65% 61.7 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 69.8% Great: 110%

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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	6,614x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	3,671x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	1,043x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	2,164x
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	785x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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