Asus Z170 PRO GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 87% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 102% UFO	Workstation 76% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 95.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	85.5% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	226% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

Run History

7 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170 PRO GAMING (all builds)
Memory	8.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160919
Uptime	4.2 Days
Run Date	Aug 14 '17 at 11:53
Run Duration	238 Seconds
Run User	CHE-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing above expectations (64^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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95.5% Outstanding	Memory 96.7 1-Core 144 2-Core 286 97% 176 Pts	4-Core 507 8-Core 786 80% 647 Pts	64-Core 773 48% 773 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 95.5% Great: 90%

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: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 382.53 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	85.5% Excellent	Lighting 107 Reflection 118 Parallax 110 87% 112 fps	MRender 99.6 Gravity 98.2 Splatting 104 83% 101 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 85.5% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 209GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	226% Outstanding	Read 1,670 Write 1,337 Mixed 1,282 318% 1,430 MB/s	4K Read 51.6 4K Write 147 4K Mixed 53.8 225% 84.2 MB/s	DQ Read 216 DQ Write 209 DQ Mixed 109 110% 178 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 226% Great: 254%
Mushkin Chronos Deluxe 240GB-$181 1,826 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 149GB free Firmware: 504ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 4511239 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (09) Power-on hours count 69 69 -49855980344613 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2139 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 314 (B1) Unknown 0 0 10 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 36 53 64427982884 (C2) HDA temperature 36 53 64427982884 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 4511239 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 1 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 4511239 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 4511239 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 98 98 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 30573 (EA) Unknown 0 0 24295 (F1) Unknown 0 0 24295 (F2) Unknown 0 0 26341	81.8% Excellent	Read 514 Write 258 Mixed 329 81% 367 MB/s	4K Read 34.6 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 18.8 136% 55.3 MB/s	DQ Read 32.7 DQ Write 255 DQ Mixed 56 69% 114 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 81.8% Great: 90%
SanDisk Extreme 240GB-$200 7,034 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 34GB free Firmware: R211 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 106 106 14435290 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 72 72 -120035745963663 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2171 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 443 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 41 64427196446 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 14435290 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 14435290 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 14435290 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 2865 (EA) Unknown 0 0 2302 (F1) Unknown 0 0 2302 (F2) Unknown 0 0 7374	85.9% Excellent	Read 502 Write 231 Mixed 280 74% 338 MB/s	4K Read 36.5 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 22.7 143% 56.9 MB/s	DQ Read 222 DQ Write 231 DQ Mixed 57.3 90% 170 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 85.9% Great: 91%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 315GB free Firmware: 12.01C02 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 177 175 6133 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4481 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 27 27 53639 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3099 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 591 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4536 (C2) HDA temperature 116 98 34 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 1 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 153 106 3178	33.3% Below average	Read 61.6 Write 54 Mixed 47.5 41% 54.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 2.07 4K Mixed 0.34 96% 0.96 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 33.3% Great: 69%
WD Elements 1TB 51,914 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 734GB free, PID 1023 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	12.2% Very poor	Read 33.2 Write 31.3 Mixed 5.34 27% 23.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.34 4K Write 0.14 4K Mixed 0.11 10% 0.2 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 12.2% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB 15,285 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	MC Read 36.9 MC Write 41.2 MC Mixed 33.1 106% 37.1 GB/s	SC Read 16.8 SC Write 43.9 SC Mixed 32 88% 30.9 GB/s	Latency 51.3 78% 51.3 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 110%

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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	6,619x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	3,671x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	1,044x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	2,165x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	1,381x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,247x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	884x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	786x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	320x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	806x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	565x
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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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