Asus Z170 PRO GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 92% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 102% UFO	Workstation 74% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (86th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 14 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 95.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	91.7% 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	267% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z170 PRO GAMING (all builds)
Memory	12 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit färger
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170426
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 25 '17 at 10:38
Run Duration	179 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	18%

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PC Performing way above expectations (86^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-$130 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95.7% Outstanding	Memory 94.4 1-Core 141 2-Core 282 96% 173 Pts	4-Core 558 8-Core 567 75% 562 Pts	64-Core 566 35% 566 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 95.7% 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 8599) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 2112 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 384.94 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.7% Outstanding	Lighting 116 Reflection 121 Parallax 105 95% 114 fps	MRender 103 Gravity 107 Splatting 104 86% 105 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 91.7% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intenso SSD 120GB 3,562 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 111GB free Firmware: O1217A 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 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 360 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 624 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 106 (A3) Unknown 100 100 46 (A4) Unknown 100 100 28555 (A5) Unknown 100 100 40 (A6) Unknown 100 100 4 (A7) Unknown 100 100 15 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 99 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 3 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 26 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 40 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (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 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 79835 (F2) Unknown 100 100 81672 (F5) Unknown 100 100 57110	101% Outstanding	Read 504 Write 326 Mixed 396 91% 409 MB/s	4K Read 30.7 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 40.1 160% 62.4 MB/s	DQ Read 252 DQ Write 286 DQ Mixed 24 86% 187 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 93%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 19GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	267% Outstanding	Read 2,713 Write 1,110 Mixed 1,288 373% 1,703 MB/s	4K Read 60.8 4K Write 159 4K Mixed 43.3 232% 87.8 MB/s	DQ Read 573 DQ Write 437 DQ Mixed 29.8 151% 347 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 267% Great: 236%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 457GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 172 4233 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 749 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 5249 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 594 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 32 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 716 (C2) HDA temperature 110 100 37 (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 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	69.2% Good	Read 130 Write 111 Mixed 112 88% 118 MB/s	4K Read 1.16 4K Write 2.22 4K Mixed 0.38 131% 1.25 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 69.2% Great: 69%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 104GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 173 171 2325 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 667 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 2053 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 613 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 104 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2975 (C2) HDA temperature 108 105 35 (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 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	78.2% Very good	Read 145 Write 128 Mixed 124 99% 132 MB/s	4K Read 1.13 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.31 128% 1.31 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 78.2% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 4x4GB 5,673 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	89% Excellent	MC Read 29.3 MC Write 36.3 MC Mixed 29.8 91% 31.8 GB/s	SC Read 16.1 SC Write 34.3 SC Mixed 26.7 73% 25.7 GB/s	Latency 58.8 68% 58.8 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 89% Great: 100%

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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	6,659x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	3,689x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	1,050x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	2,179x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	1,386x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,255x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	891x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	791x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	323x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	816x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	570x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	561x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $752

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16