Asus Z170 PRO GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 61% Destroyer	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 52% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 86.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	65.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	77.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait 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, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170 PRO GAMING (all builds)
Memory	13.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160705
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 22 '17 at 13:28
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700-$180 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	86.8% Excellent	Memory 86.8 1-Core 122 2-Core 231 83% 147 Pts	4-Core 468 8-Core 671 71% 570 Pts	64-Core 670 42% 670 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 86.8% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% EVGA(3842 2983) CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 378.78 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	65.8% Good	Lighting 83 Reflection 88.6 Parallax 77.3 68% 83 fps	MRender 82.6 Gravity 77 Splatting 70.7 62% 76.8 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 65.8% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 480GB-$39 62,883 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 356GB free (System drive) Firmware: X41200RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1412 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 376 (A5) Unknown 100 100 34375139525 (A6) Unknown 100 100 2 (A7) Unknown 100 100 21 (A8) Unknown 100 100 8 (A9) Unknown 100 100 352 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 4 (AE) Unknown 100 100 27 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 72 67 287763857436 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 240521904185 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 2078 (EA) Unknown 100 100 4059 (F1) Unknown 253 253 3650 (F2) Unknown 253 253 9172 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	77.2% Very good	Read 489 Write 339 Mixed 320 85% 383 MB/s	4K Read 36.7 4K Write 75.2 4K Mixed 12.8 112% 41.6 MB/s	DQ Read 38.4 DQ Write 196 DQ Mixed 12.1 40% 82.3 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 77.2% Great: 108%
Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.C 1TB-$40 97,793 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 878GB free Firmware: JP4OA3MA Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 135 135 97 (03) Spinup time 121 121 25790185787 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 14320 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 140 140 30 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 18013 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 6203 (C0) Power-off retract count 89 89 14352 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 89 89 14352 (C2) HDA temperature 250 250 146029674520 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1	61.7% Good	Read 94.1 Write 121 Mixed 113 83% 109 MB/s	4K Read 0.77 4K Write 1.31 4K Mixed 0.3 90% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 61.7% Great: 74%
ASMT 2105 250GB 255 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 232GB free, PID 5136 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	170% Outstanding	Read 243 Write 231 Mixed 237 304% 237 MB/s	4K Read 20.4 4K Write 25.9 4K Mixed 11.5 1,347% 19.3 MB/s	DQ Read 20.8 DQ Write 26 DQ Mixed 12 1,371% 19.6 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 170% Great: 171%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GB-$42 105,447 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2187 MHz Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	75.9% Very good	MC Read 28 MC Write 29.2 MC Mixed 23.7 77% 27 GB/s	SC Read 16.8 SC Write 29.1 SC Mixed 22.7 65% 22.9 GB/s	Latency 70.7 57% 70.7 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 75.9% Great: 88%

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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	6,668x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	3,689x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	1,050x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	2,180x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	1,386x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,257x

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 $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	817x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	570x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	561x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $752

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16