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 above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 76.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	70% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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.

Very high background CPU (32%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z170 PRO GAMING (all builds)
Memory	25.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170315
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	Jul 17 '17 at 06:44
Run Duration	208 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	32%

PC Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6500-$67 241,476 User benchmarks, average bench 64% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	76.5% Very good	Memory 82.2 1-Core 106 2-Core 206 75% 131 Pts	4-Core 410 8-Core 408 55% 409 Pts	64-Core 414 26% 414 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 76.5% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) CLim: 1443 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 382.33 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 43% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 173GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 919 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 104 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (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 69 60 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 99 99 324804652	96.8% Outstanding	Read 500 Write 388 Mixed 406 96% 431 MB/s	4K Read 40.4 4K Write 75.9 4K Mixed 40.8 154% 52.4 MB/s	DQ Read 42.9 DQ Write 223 DQ Mixed 107 90% 124 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 96.8% Great: 124%
Toshiba HG5d Q Series 256GB-$225 3,223 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 110GB free (System drive) Firmware: HTRAN101 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd 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 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 15513 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1572 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AD) Unknown 185 185 0 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 108 (C2) HDA temperature 72 58 180389347356 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	70% Very good	Read 456 Write 283 Mixed 492 91% 410 MB/s	4K Read 20.1 4K Write 79.8 4K Mixed 17.6 95% 39.1 MB/s	DQ Read 21.3 DQ Write 268 DQ Mixed 21.9 54% 104 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 70% Great: 106%
SanDisk Extreme 120GB-$160 11,787 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 35GB free Firmware: R112 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 4670451 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 -121350005962527 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2285 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 2228 (B1) Unknown 0 0 2 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 26 45 42952622106 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 4670451 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 4670451 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 4670451 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 3015 (EA) Unknown 0 0 3829 (F1) Unknown 0 0 3829 (F2) Unknown 0 0 2696	69.4% Good	Read 505 Write 124 Mixed 211 61% 280 MB/s	4K Read 32.6 4K Write 87.9 4K Mixed 17.2 118% 45.9 MB/s	DQ Read 200 DQ Write 142 DQ Mixed 45.6 68% 129 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 69.4% Great: 81%
Toshiba P300 3TB-$100 74,038 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2TB free Firmware: MX6OACF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 139 139 71 (03) Spinup time 134 134 34387788204 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 226 (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 100 100 924 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 104 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 226 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 226 (C2) HDA temperature 200 200 158915100702 (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	109% Outstanding	Read 196 Write 185 Mixed 169 138% 183 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.97 4K Mixed 0.19 78% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 108%
ASMT 2105 250GB 255 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 54GB free, PID 5136 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	166% Outstanding	Read 240 Write 236 Mixed 238 307% 238 MB/s	4K Read 16.5 4K Write 24.6 4K Mixed 11.3 1,281% 17.4 MB/s	DQ Read 18.9 DQ Write 32.9 DQ Mixed 12.4 1,611% 21.4 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 166% Great: 171%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2133 C14 4x8GB-$165 6,271 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	75.7% Very good	MC Read 27.3 MC Write 29.2 MC Mixed 25.9 78% 27.5 GB/s	SC Read 15.2 SC Write 26.8 SC Mixed 20.5 60% 20.8 GB/s	Latency 76.6 52% 76.6 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 75.7% Great: 113%

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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	6,629x
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	1,250x

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	566x
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