Asus Z170 PRO GAMING

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (89th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 11 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 97.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	78.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (61%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z170 PRO GAMING (all builds)
Memory	5.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit väriä
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170315
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 12 '17 at 19:44
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	FIN-User
Background CPU	61%

PC Performing way above expectations (89^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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	97.2% Outstanding	Memory 94.6 1-Core 147 2-Core 294 98% 179 Pts	4-Core 573 8-Core 588 77% 580 Pts	64-Core 589 36% 589 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 97.2% Great: 85%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 221GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2625 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 402 (B1) Unknown 99 99 1 (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 64 55 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 14 (F1) Unknown 99 99 1641421925	125% Outstanding	Read 517 Write 416 Mixed 417 100% 450 MB/s	4K Read 49.5 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 54.3 207% 73.9 MB/s	DQ Read 387 DQ Write 289 DQ Mixed 132 154% 269 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 125% Great: 134%
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 163GB free (System drive) Firmware: 541ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 19173189 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 -78331613536805 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1306 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 89 (B1) Unknown 0 0 99 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 30 39 68722032670 (C2) HDA temperature 30 39 68722032670 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 19173189 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 19173189 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 19173189 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 7764 (EA) Unknown 0 0 7079 (F1) Unknown 0 0 7079 (F2) Unknown 0 0 9673	78.3% Very good	Read 490 Write 218 Mixed 256 70% 321 MB/s	4K Read 23.8 4K Write 121 4K Mixed 17.9 123% 54.2 MB/s	DQ Read 208 DQ Write 234 DQ Mixed 65.2 92% 169 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 78.3% Great: 85%
Seagate Video SV35.6 Series 1TB-$50 17,310 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 795GB free Firmware: CV22 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 155066952 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3377 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 60 60 60150160329 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 7063 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1306 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 1 1 186 (BE) vendor-specific 70 62 505282590 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 75 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 4292 (C2) HDA temperature 30 40 55834574878 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	105% Outstanding	Read 187 Write 180 Mixed 156 131% 174 MB/s	4K Read 0.96 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.2 88% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 119%
SanDisk Ultra USB 3.0 32GB-$8 33,725 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 29GB free, PID 5581 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	42.3% Average	Read 135 Write 58.4 Mixed 79.9 104% 91.3 MB/s	4K Read 6.58 4K Write 2.73 4K Mixed 1.45 167% 3.59 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 42.3% Great: 38%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x4GB-$67 46,617 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	77.8% Very good	MC Read 28.7 MC Write 29.9 MC Mixed 22.7 77% 27.1 GB/s	SC Read 18.8 SC Write 29.8 SC Mixed 24.3 69% 24.3 GB/s	Latency 58.1 69% 58.1 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 77.8% Great: 81%

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Desktop 87%

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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	6,626x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	3,674x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	1,044x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	2,168x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	1,383x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,248x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	885x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	787x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	321x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	808x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	566x
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 $274	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 $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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