Asus Z170 PRO GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 56% Gunboat	Desktop 103% UFO	Workstation 46% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 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 96.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	49.5% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	244% 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.

High background CPU (22%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Asus Z170 PRO GAMING (all builds)
Memory	13.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160919
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 19 '17 at 19:38
Run Duration	107 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	22%

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PC Performing above expectations (83^rd 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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	96.7% Outstanding	Memory 96.2 1-Core 141 2-Core 282 96% 173 Pts	4-Core 561 8-Core 564 75% 562 Pts	64-Core 558 35% 558 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 96.7% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 480-$75 261,163 User benchmarks, average bench 46% Asus(1043 04FB) CLim: 1310 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 17.4.3 Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	49.5% Average	Lighting 60.6 Reflection 68.2 Parallax 82.3 49% 70.4 fps	MRender 68.2 Gravity 60.8 Splatting 56 50% 61.7 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 49.5% Great: 53%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 370GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	244% Outstanding	Read 2,348 Write 1,402 Mixed 1,203 364% 1,651 MB/s	4K Read 58.9 4K Write 143 4K Mixed 32.5 206% 78.1 MB/s	DQ Read 60.5 DQ Write 160 DQ Mixed 217 135% 146 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 244% Great: 254%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 649GB free Firmware: CC46 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 233505874 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8687 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 53 53 485360344820 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 5506 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3587 (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 52 589234211 (C2) HDA temperature 35 48 60129542179 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 43 21 233505874 (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 -27930172311945 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1596698566 (F2) Unknown 100 253 4224044990	57.6% Above average	Read 109 Write 91.5 Mixed 86.2 72% 95.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.25 4K Mixed 0.32 81% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 57.6% 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 @ 3112 MHz Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	101% Outstanding	MC Read 33.1 MC Write 41.1 MC Mixed 33.7 103% 36 GB/s	SC Read 20.3 SC Write 42.4 SC Mixed 30.8 89% 31.2 GB/s	Latency 53.4 75% 53.4 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 110%

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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	6,614x
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