Asus Z170 PRO GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 22% Surfboard	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 19% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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 72.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	26.8% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	102% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (40%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170 PRO GAMING (all builds)
Memory	2.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151116
Uptime	1.5 Days
Run Date	Sep 08 '17 at 17:51
Run Duration	124 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	40%

PC Performing as expected (52^nd 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 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	72.6% Very good	Memory 69 1-Core 109 2-Core 222 73% 133 Pts	4-Core 437 8-Core 449 59% 443 Pts	64-Core 441 27% 441 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 72.6% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% MSI(1462 3202) CLim: 1405 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 384.76 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	26.8% Poor	Lighting 34.6 Reflection 20.7 Parallax 29.1 28% 28.1 fps	MRender 31.2 Gravity 30.6 Splatting 27.7 24% 29.8 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 26.8% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 75GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 7758 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1622 (B1) Unknown 92 92 168 (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 59 42 41 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 62 (F1) Unknown 99 99 79775941039	102% Outstanding	Read 496 Write 353 Mixed 381 91% 410 MB/s	4K Read 40.4 4K Write 80.1 4K Mixed 40.4 155% 53.6 MB/s	DQ Read 328 DQ Write 248 DQ Mixed 108 130% 228 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 124%
Maxtor STM3320613AS 320GB 3,623 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 289GB free Firmware: MC1J Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 212675473 (03) Spinup time 99 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5559 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 2 (07) Seek error rate 85 60 380958977 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 15609 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 4 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2627 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295032848 (BD) vendor-specific 1 1 480 (BE) vendor-specific 70 43 146634178590 (C2) HDA temperature 30 57 47244640286 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 35 31 212675473 (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 100704098204575 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3101713010 (F2) Unknown 100 253 94601327	62.6% Good	Read 105 Write 114 Mixed 111 83% 110 MB/s	4K Read 0.66 4K Write 1.54 4K Mixed 0.57 119% 0.92 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 62.6% Great: 66%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 1x8GB 6,789 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (26^th percentile) - ensure that an XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	37.7% Below average	MC Read 14.1 MC Write 14 MC Mixed 12.1 38% 13.4 GB/s	SC Read 8.5 SC Write 11.3 SC Mixed 9.4 28% 9.73 GB/s	Latency 104 38% 104 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 37.7% Great: 62%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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	6,628x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	3,674x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	1,045x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	2,168x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	1,383x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,249x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	885x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 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	808x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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