Asus Z170 PRO GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 107% UFO	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 90% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 84%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	127% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	103% 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	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.

Very high background CPU (32%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus Z170 PRO GAMING (all builds)
Memory	11.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160513
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Oct 20 '17 at 14:11
Run Duration	176 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	32%

PC Performing as expected (44^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 above expectations (72^nd percentile)	84% Excellent	Memory 88.6 1-Core 138 2-Core 250 89% 159 Pts	4-Core 429 8-Core 615 65% 522 Pts	64-Core 678 42% 678 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 84% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Zotac(19DA 1471) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2800 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 385.41 Performing below potential (72^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	127% Outstanding	Lighting 177 Reflection 195 Parallax 189 144% 187 fps	MRender 125 Gravity 176 Splatting 125 115% 142 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 127% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 93GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 4463 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 496 (B1) Unknown 99 99 12 (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 63 53 37 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 32 (F1) Unknown 99 99 10114276684	103% Outstanding	Read 515 Write 405 Mixed 417 99% 446 MB/s	4K Read 45.6 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 33.3 167% 61 MB/s	DQ Read 76.4 DQ Write 282 DQ Mixed 91.5 96% 150 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 134%
Intel 520 Series 120GB-$199 19,348 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 15GB free Firmware: 400i Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 69956428229424 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1959 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 1958 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 4509129 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1958 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 268104 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 52 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 268104 (F2) Unknown 100 100 298579 (F9) Unknown 100 100 12731	76.6% Very good	Read 511 Write 147 Mixed 225 64% 294 MB/s	4K Read 37.6 4K Write 123 4K Mixed 13.9 140% 58.2 MB/s	DQ Read 203 DQ Write 148 DQ Mixed 58.2 75% 136 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 76.6% Great: 88%
Hitachi HDT721050SLA360 500GB-$66 2,319 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 90GB free Firmware: ST3OA3AA Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 132 132 115 (03) Spinup time 120 120 30087774561 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 10464 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 125 125 33 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 34684 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3222 (C0) Power-off retract count 91 91 10898 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 91 91 10898 (C2) HDA temperature 181 181 257698824225 (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	49.2% Average	Read 86 Write 85.5 Mixed 92 66% 87.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1.73 4K Mixed 0.37 92% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 49.2% Great: 62%
Seagate ST3500630AS 500GB-$102 29,256 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 2GB free Firmware: 3.AAK Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 101 77 217908653 (03) Spinup time 93 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 90 90 10977 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 71 60 73241365659 (09) Power-on hours count 54 54 40360 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3584 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 37 589037603 (C2) HDA temperature 35 63 47244640291 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 58 49 204297125 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 199 8 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	22.3% Poor	Read 38 Write 39.2 Mixed 36.6 28% 37.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 1.39 4K Mixed 0.33 88% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 22.3% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$40 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (18^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	68.4% Good	MC Read 24.6 MC Write 26.3 MC Mixed 21.6 69% 24.2 GB/s	SC Read 15.1 SC Write 24.4 SC Mixed 21 58% 20.2 GB/s	Latency 68.9 58% 68.9 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 68.4% Great: 110%

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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	6,618x
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