Asus Z170-PRO

Performance Results


Gaming 71% Battleship	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 57% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 89.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	71.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	238% 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.

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Motherboard	Asus Z170-PRO (all builds)
Memory	10.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161129
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Oct 13 '17 at 08:39
Run Duration	206 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	21%

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PC Performing as expected (49^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 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	89.5% Excellent	Memory 96.4 1-Core 128 2-Core 252 90% 159 Pts	4-Core 476 8-Core 487 64% 481 Pts	64-Core 480 30% 480 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 89.5% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Nvidia(10DE 119D) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 385.41 Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	71.2% Very good	Lighting 88 Reflection 95.3 Parallax 85.5 72% 89.6 fps	MRender 86 Gravity 83.1 Splatting 86.9 70% 85.4 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 71.2% 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% 50GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	238% Outstanding	Read 2,077 Write 1,320 Mixed 1,079 329% 1,492 MB/s	4K Read 57.4 4K Write 137 4K Mixed 26 193% 73.4 MB/s	DQ Read 501 DQ Write 360 DQ Mixed 28.9 130% 297 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 238% Great: 254%
Samsung 840 Pro 128GB-$150 34,842 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 15GB free Firmware: DXM03B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 99 99 4 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 37663 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 561 (B1) Unknown 73 73 980 (B3) Unknown 99 99 4 (B5) Unknown 99 99 4 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 99 99 4 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 50 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 1 (EB) Unknown 99 99 217 (F1) Unknown 99 99 35726361161	72.6% Very good	Read 498 Write 121 Mixed 144 55% 254 MB/s	4K Read 34.1 4K Write 85 4K Mixed 18.9 121% 46 MB/s	DQ Read 362 DQ Write 99.5 DQ Mixed 56.6 87% 173 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 72.6% Great: 110%
Kingston HyperX 3K 120GB-$100 46,066 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 5GB free Firmware: 506ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 3985370 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 61 61 135385959139445 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 280 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 114 (B1) Unknown 0 0 5 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 27 77 73019490331 (C2) HDA temperature 27 77 73019490331 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 3985370 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 3985370 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 3985370 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 8541 (EA) Unknown 0 0 4637 (F1) Unknown 0 0 4637 (F2) Unknown 0 0 6139	58.8% Above average	Read 501 Write 122 Mixed 128 54% 251 MB/s	4K Read 28.9 4K Write 77.4 4K Mixed 6.82 93% 37.7 MB/s	DQ Read 112 DQ Write 128 DQ Mixed 42.5 54% 94.2 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 58.8% Great: 87%
HGST Deskstar NAS 4TB-$60 7,986 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 1.5TB free Firmware: MJAOA5E0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 136 136 83 (03) Spinup time 132 132 51576373858 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 216 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 7501 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 49 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 527 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 527 (C2) HDA temperature 176 176 188979871778 (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 200 200 0	77.7% Very good	Read 143 Write 128 Mixed 131 101% 134 MB/s	4K Read 0.77 4K Write 1.44 4K Mixed 0.15 76% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 77.7% Great: 92%
Hitachi HUA723020ALA641 2TB-$78 30,011 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 337GB free Firmware: MK7OA840 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 133 133 90 (03) Spinup time 131 131 42981786061 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1802 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 123 123 31 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 14278 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 122 (C0) Power-off retract count 95 95 6221 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 6221 (C2) HDA temperature 166 166 197569806372 (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 200 200 0	56% Above average	Read 90.4 Write 105 Mixed 97.1 74% 97.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.72 4K Mixed 0.27 82% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 56% Great: 82%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3400 C16 2x8GB 4,420 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 3403 MHz Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	MC Read 39.3 MC Write 43.3 MC Mixed 36 113% 39.5 GB/s	SC Read 20.9 SC Write 40.7 SC Mixed 30.8 88% 30.8 GB/s	Latency 52.6 76% 52.6 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 115%

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Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

Motherboard: Asus Z170-PRO - $210

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	513x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	125x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	78x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	169x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	105x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	71x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	62x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	55x
950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung $625Bench 223%, 54,978 samples	23x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	69x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	55x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x16GBCorsair $560Bench 84%, 34,441 samples	34x

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Value: 99% - Outstanding

Total price: $660

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