Asus Z170-PRO

Performance Results


Gaming 98% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 83% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 88.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	109% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	87.4% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

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Motherboard	Asus Z170-PRO (all builds)
Memory	57.7 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160919
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Jul 13 '17 at 19:48
Run Duration	184 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	26%

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PC Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	88.8% Excellent	Memory 89.9 1-Core 133 2-Core 263 90% 162 Pts	4-Core 472 8-Core 711 74% 592 Pts	64-Core 717 44% 717 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 88.8% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6183) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	109% Outstanding	Lighting 143 Reflection 154 Parallax 132 117% 143 fps	MRender 117 Gravity 136 Splatting 113 99% 122 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston HyperX 240GB-$65 502 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 118GB free (System drive) Firmware: 320ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 94 94 128783599 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 79 79 -41875931117030 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2259 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 154 (B1) Unknown 0 0 4 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 47 80 60134785071 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 128783599 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 128783599 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 128783599 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 18388 (EA) Unknown 0 0 17856 (F1) Unknown 0 0 17856 (F2) Unknown 0 0 30094	87.4% Excellent	Read 513 Write 242 Mixed 298 77% 351 MB/s	4K Read 33.4 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 22.3 140% 57.1 MB/s	DQ Read 281 DQ Write 225 DQ Mixed 67.9 101% 191 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 87.4% Great: 92%
Crucial M500 960GB-$59 4,389 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 54GB free Firmware: MU05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^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 3722 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 984 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 4 (AE) Unknown 100 100 126 (B4) Unknown 0 0 16523 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 52 34 283467841584 (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 7289446941 (F7) Unknown 100 100 227921528 (F8) Unknown 100 100 96428234	102% Outstanding	Read 483 Write 421 Mixed 442 100% 449 MB/s	4K Read 25.4 4K Write 123 4K Mixed 31.5 144% 60 MB/s	DQ Read 324 DQ Write 304 DQ Mixed 59.3 114% 229 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 101%
HGST Deskstar NAS 4TB-$60 7,986 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 911GB free Firmware: MJAOA5E0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 136 136 81 (03) Spinup time 146 146 51573752342 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1569 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 7064 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1111 (C0) Power-off retract count 96 96 5912 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 5912 (C2) HDA temperature 130 130 322123530286 (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 0	89.8% Excellent	Read 162 Write 151 Mixed 152 117% 155 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 1.73 4K Mixed 0.21 101% 1.01 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 89.8% Great: 92%
HGST Deskstar NAS 4TB-$60 7,986 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 878GB free Firmware: MJAOA5E0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 136 136 82 (03) Spinup time 146 146 51573883415 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1488 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 119 119 35 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5617 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 984 (C0) Power-off retract count 96 96 5213 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 5213 (C2) HDA temperature 109 109 313533595703 (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 0	54.5% Above average	Read 69.7 Write 120 Mixed 110 76% 100 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 1.41 4K Mixed 0.15 65% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 54.5% Great: 92%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 800GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 4 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 70 69 9164 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3200 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 8609 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 1 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2777 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 51 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 45 36 274878562359 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 1 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 107 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 1 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 13761	64.5% Good	Read 119 Write 106 Mixed 110 84% 112 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 2.38 4K Mixed 0.58 128% 1.14 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 64.5% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 4x16GB 1,040 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 4 of 4 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	74.2% Very good	MC Read 26 MC Write 28 MC Mixed 23.7 74% 25.9 GB/s	SC Read 17.2 SC Write 30 SC Mixed 24.3 68% 23.8 GB/s	Latency 67.3 59% 67.3 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 74.2% Great: 119%

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Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

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 $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 $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