Asus Z170 PRO GAMING

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 80% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 64% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 96.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	83.3% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

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Motherboard	Asus Z170 PRO GAMING (all builds)
Memory	10.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160919
Uptime	4.5 Days
Run Date	Jul 17 '17 at 20:30
Run Duration	141 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	26%

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PC Performing above expectations (78^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 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	96.8% Outstanding	Memory 92.7 1-Core 151 2-Core 300 99% 181 Pts	4-Core 583 8-Core 574 78% 578 Pts	64-Core 581 36% 581 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 96.8% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 859F) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	83.3% Excellent	Lighting 104 Reflection 113 Parallax 107 85% 108 fps	MRender 97.1 Gravity 95.8 Splatting 98.8 80% 97.3 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 83.3% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Samsung 840 Pro 128GB-$150 34,842 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 71GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXM05B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 10192 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2377 (B1) Unknown 90 90 333 (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 58 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 85 (F1) Unknown 99 99 28020824299
Poor: 62% Great: 110%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$32 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 273GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 82 63 197886255 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 810 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 74 60 26616574 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 3229 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 814 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 61 504954910 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 812 (C2) HDA temperature 30 18 77309411358 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 1 1 197886255 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -121921236628325 (F1) Unknown 100 253 10758773668 (F2) Unknown 100 253 11494963064	93.3% Outstanding	Read 174 Write 152 Mixed 150 119% 158 MB/s	4K Read 0.89 4K Write 1.65 4K Mixed 0.27 98% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 93.3% Great: 112%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 320GB-$80 31,610 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 223GB free Firmware: 3.AAK Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 97 79 187168981 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8793 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 59 57 2019063551044 (09) Power-on hours count 48 48 45667 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 92 92 8358 (BB) vendor-specific 90 90 10 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 49 555483169 (C2) HDA temperature 33 51 60129542177 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 61 46 118593701 (C5) Current pending sector count 1 1 4294967295 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 1 1 4294967295 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 15 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	40.4% Average	Read 72.1 Write 68.2 Mixed 68.4 52% 69.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 1.64 4K Mixed 0.32 95% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 40.4% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GB-$125 59,072 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	76.9% Very good	MC Read 27.8 MC Write 28.7 MC Mixed 25 78% 27.2 GB/s	SC Read 17.6 SC Write 27.4 SC Mixed 23.6 65% 22.9 GB/s	Latency 62.7 64% 62.7 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 76.9% Great: 85%

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Gaming 69%

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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	6,629x
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