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 as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 69.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Boot Drive	140% 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.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z170 PRO GAMING (all builds)
Memory	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170623
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Aug 17 '17 at 10:28
Run Duration	200 Seconds
Run User	FIN-User
Background CPU	21%

PC Performing as expected (56^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Pentium G4560-$31 70,054 User benchmarks, average bench 57% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	69.8% Good	Memory 92 1-Core 108 2-Core 192 77% 131 Pts	4-Core 276 8-Core 288 37% 282 Pts	64-Core 287 18% 287 Pts
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 69.8% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Gigabyte(1458 367A) CLim: 1589 MHz, MLim: 1852 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 385.12 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 43% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 600p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$49 58,154 User benchmarks, average bench 116% 36GB free (System drive) Firmware: PSF109C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	140% Outstanding	Read 1,379 Write 560 Mixed 810 201% 916 MB/s	4K Read 34.4 4K Write 134 4K Mixed 26 157% 65 MB/s	DQ Read 36.2 DQ Write 164 DQ Mixed 26 42% 75.4 MB/s
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 140% Great: 157%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 22GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1153 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 81 (B1) Unknown 99 99 2 (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 52 46 48 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 17 (F1) Unknown 99 99 1388319011	105% Outstanding	Read 513 Write 417 Mixed 415 100% 448 MB/s	4K Read 46 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 27.8 159% 58.2 MB/s	DQ Read 311 DQ Write 271 DQ Mixed 28.5 93% 203 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 124%
Kingston A400 120GB-$32 166,392 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 15GB free Firmware: SBFK71E0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1152 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 84 (94) Unknown 255 255 0 (95) Unknown 255 255 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 15 (AA) Unknown 100 100 17 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 131077 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 255 255 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 30 (C2) HDA temperature 56 49 219044773932 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 99 (E9) Unknown 100 100 348 (F1) Unknown 100 100 442 (F2) Unknown 100 100 58 (F4) Unknown 100 100 2 (F5) Unknown 100 100 5 (F6) Unknown 100 100 16392	53.8% Above average	Read 278 Write 268 Mixed 293 63% 280 MB/s	4K Read 30.2 4K Write 67.3 4K Mixed 4.63 87% 34 MB/s	DQ Read 31.3 DQ Write 77.1 DQ Mixed 6.4 19% 38.3 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 53.8% Great: 85%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$65 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 142GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 163 161 6808 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6412 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 52 52 35559 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3200 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 848 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 6405 (C2) HDA temperature 111 92 39 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 19 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	29.2% Poor	Read 54.7 Write 46.7 Mixed 55 40% 52.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.66 4K Write 1.67 4K Mixed 0.27 89% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 29.2% Great: 57%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 53GB free Firmware: 19.01H19 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 143 141 3825 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2610 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 15072 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1699 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 1101 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 130 130 211483 (C2) HDA temperature 103 86 40 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 25 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 91 91 6682 (F1) Unknown 200 200 16159789848 (F2) Unknown 200 200 14384196110	53.6% Above average	Read 93.4 Write 93.4 Mixed 96.3 71% 94.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.68 4K Mixed 0.3 85% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 53.6% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMK8GX4M2A2400C14 Crucial BLS4G4D240FSB.8FBD CMK8GX4M2A2400C14 Crucial BLS4G4D240FSB.8FBD 16GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2400, 2400, 2400, 2400 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	72.5% Very good	MC Read 18.2 MC Write 31.4 MC Mixed 26.4 72% 25.3 GB/s	SC Read 12.8 SC Write 30.7 SC Mixed 24 64% 22.5 GB/s	Latency 64.2 62% 64.2 ns
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 72.5% Great: 86%

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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	6,618x
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 $129Bench 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