Asus Z170-PRO

Performance Results


Gaming 92% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 105% UFO	Workstation 74% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (94th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 6 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 97.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	88.7% 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	258% 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 (11%). 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.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-PRO (all builds)
Memory	13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161129
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 10 '17 at 07:44
Run Duration	180 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	11%

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PC Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	97.9% Outstanding	Memory 97.7 1-Core 149 2-Core 298 100% 182 Pts	4-Core 560 8-Core 596 76% 578 Pts	64-Core 585 36% 585 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 97.9% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8598) CLim: 1949 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 381.65 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	88.7% Excellent	Lighting 112 Reflection 118 Parallax 100 91% 110 fps	MRender 99.2 Gravity 102 Splatting 104 83% 102 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 88.7% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 186GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	258% Outstanding	Read 2,614 Write 1,197 Mixed 1,427 383% 1,746 MB/s	4K Read 43.7 4K Write 131 4K Mixed 38.9 186% 71.3 MB/s	DQ Read 649 DQ Write 478 DQ Mixed 240 267% 456 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 258% Great: 236%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 99 237536984 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 616 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 66 60 4745190 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 961 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 606 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (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 65 53 588382243 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 52 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 986 (C2) HDA temperature 35 47 60129542179 (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 8216272438179 (F1) Unknown 100 253 5768909078 (F2) Unknown 100 253 240050213920	107% Outstanding	Read 198 Write 177 Mixed 178 139% 184 MB/s	4K Read 0.76 4K Write 1.51 4K Mixed 0.23 85% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 114%
Samsung M3 Portable 1TB 17,632 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 718GB free, PID 61b6 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	41.5% Average	Read 98.5 Write 94.8 Mixed 82.7 117% 92 MB/s	4K Read 0.38 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.37 85% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 41.5% Great: 42%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3466 C16 4x4GB 103 User benchmarks, average bench 101% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 3466 MHz Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	121% Outstanding	MC Read 42.6 MC Write 46.7 MC Mixed 40.1 123% 43.1 GB/s	SC Read 24.8 SC Write 49.1 SC Mixed 34.4 103% 36.1 GB/s	Latency 47.3 84% 47.3 ns
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 132%

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

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Gaming 69%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 58%

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Motherboard: Asus Z170-PRO - $210

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	513x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	125x
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	78x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	169x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	105x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	71x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 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 $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	69x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	55x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x16GBCorsair $560Bench 84%, 34,441 samples	34x

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Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $674

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	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) $37	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