Asus Z170 PRO GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 56% Gunboat	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 47% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (39th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 61 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 69.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	75% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	62% 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.

Very high background CPU (45%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z170 PRO GAMING (all builds)
Memory	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150924
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Jun 29 '17 at 04:44
Run Duration	237 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	45%

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PC Performing below expectations (39^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 below expectations (28^th percentile)	69.7% Good	Memory 74.9 1-Core 83.5 2-Core 186 65% 115 Pts	4-Core 354 8-Core 466 52% 410 Pts	64-Core 562 35% 562 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 69.7% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 5173) CLim: 2088 MHz, MLim: 2252 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 382.53 Performing below potential (21^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	75% Very good	Lighting 95.1 Reflection 102 Parallax 99.3 78% 98.9 fps	MRender 87.2 Gravity 80.6 Splatting 87.9 70% 85.2 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 75% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX100 512GB-$200 31,545 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 391GB free Firmware: MU02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3202 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2472 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 97 97 116 (AE) Unknown 100 100 110 (B4) Unknown 0 0 4403 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 47 227634380836 (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 100 100 3 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 97 97 3 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 56198145846 (F7) Unknown 100 100 1757957784 (F8) Unknown 100 100 3123088850	61.9% Good	Read 496 Write 418 Mixed 438 100% 451 MB/s	4K Read 13.1 4K Write 23.5 4K Mixed 12.8 49% 16.5 MB/s	DQ Read 34.5 DQ Write 38.3 DQ Mixed 17.1 18% 30 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 61.9% Great: 107%
Crucial MX100 512GB-$200 31,545 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 322GB free Firmware: MU01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1833 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 926 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 20 (AE) Unknown 100 100 45 (B4) Unknown 0 0 4403 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 53 201864577060 (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 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 14404341007 (F7) Unknown 100 100 450281574 (F8) Unknown 100 100 229943675	64.9% Good	Read 494 Write 424 Mixed 441 101% 453 MB/s	4K Read 14.5 4K Write 24.9 4K Mixed 16 56% 18.5 MB/s	DQ Read 46.5 DQ Write 43.4 DQ Mixed 19.8 22% 36.6 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 64.9% Great: 107%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 111GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1086 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 535 (B1) Unknown 99 99 18 (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 61 57 39 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 31 (F1) Unknown 99 99 20011756264	62% Good	Read 497 Write 364 Mixed 398 93% 419 MB/s	4K Read 18.1 4K Write 22 4K Mixed 15.5 59% 18.5 MB/s	DQ Read 48 DQ Write 37.3 DQ Mixed 19.1 21% 34.8 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 62% Great: 134%
Seagate Expansion 1TB 60,540 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 931GB free Firmware: 9300 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	71.5% Very good	Read 126 Write 124 Mixed 95 86% 115 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.31 4K Mixed 0.14 77% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 71.5% Great: 66%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 535GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 170 2300 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1128 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1263 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 686 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 61 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2579 (C2) HDA temperature 110 95 33 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 1 4835 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	91.7% Outstanding	Read 170 Write 149 Mixed 142 116% 154 MB/s	4K Read 1.22 4K Write 2.35 4K Mixed 0.28 125% 1.28 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 91.7% Great: 109%
Toshiba MK3263GSX 320GB-$68 2,359 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 298GB free Firmware: FG020M Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 1644 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 4862 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 15 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 24 24 30465 (0A) Spinup retry count 197 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 4386 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 122 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 36 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 2 2 983237 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 201864445984 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 1 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 4169 (DE) Loaded hours 57 57 17238 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 336 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	36.7% Below average	Read 63.4 Write 64.2 Mixed 61.2 47% 62.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.09 4K Mixed 0.26 69% 0.61 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 36.7% Great: 38%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2187 MHz Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	70.8% Very good	MC Read 26.1 MC Write 28.5 MC Mixed 23.7 75% 26.1 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 22.2 SC Mixed 18.3 52% 18.3 GB/s	Latency 90.6 44% 90.6 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 70.8% Great: 104%

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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	6,631x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	3,676x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	1,045x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	2,169x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	1,383x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,251x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	885x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 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	809x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	567x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	560x

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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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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