Asus Z170 PRO GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 88% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 100% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 78% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (85th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 15 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 93.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	88.5% 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	151% 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.

Motherboard	Asus Z170 PRO GAMING (all builds)
Memory	13.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160705
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 25 '17 at 20:21
Run Duration	139 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing above expectations (85^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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.5% Outstanding	Memory 96.7 1-Core 146 2-Core 288 98% 177 Pts	4-Core 486 8-Core 812 79% 649 Pts	64-Core 811 50% 811 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 93.5% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Gigabyte(1458 36B7) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1544 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 382.33 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	88.5% Excellent	Lighting 115 Reflection 120 Parallax 108 94% 115 fps	MRender 98.3 Gravity 107 Splatting 86.3 78% 97.1 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 88.5% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB 13,766 User benchmarks, average bench 120% 194GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXV77D0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	151% Outstanding	Read 1,429 Write 291 Mixed 466 157% 728 MB/s	4K Read 41.2 4K Write 165 4K Mixed 32.4 191% 79.6 MB/s	DQ Read 584 DQ Write 303 DQ Mixed 147 188% 345 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 151% Great: 147%
SanDisk SSD 64GB-$56 3,862 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 16GB free Firmware: 2.0.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2000 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1299 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 93 (AE) Unknown 100 100 66 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 310 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 411 (F1) Unknown 100 100 9920559743 (F2) Unknown 100 100 11223213783	37.7% Below average	Read 450 Write 133 Mixed 177 55% 253 MB/s	4K Read 18.1 4K Write 8.47 4K Mixed 4.52 38% 10.4 MB/s	DQ Read 34.6 DQ Write 7.18 DQ Mixed 5.76 8% 15.8 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 37.7% Great: 48%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 193440120 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 299 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 68 60 6968405 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 406 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 299 (B7) Unknown 74 74 26 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 77 23 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 70 61 505217054 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 33 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2827 (C2) HDA temperature 30 40 55834574878 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 7 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -115087943663260 (F1) Unknown 100 253 8944876014 (F2) Unknown 100 253 44850439718	102% Outstanding	Read 201 Write 157 Mixed 153 128% 170 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 1.47 4K Mixed 0.17 70% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CM4X8GC3000C15K4 2x8GB 1,531 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	MC Read 37.3 MC Write 39 MC Mixed 31.3 102% 35.9 GB/s	SC Read 22.4 SC Write 42.8 SC Mixed 31.1 92% 32.1 GB/s	Latency 51.6 78% 51.6 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 104%

Take a copy of your results How to check your in-game FPS

System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Custom PC Builder (Explore upgrades for this PC) Build your perfect PC: compare component prices, popularity, speed and value for money

CHOOSE AN UPGRADE:

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

MBD

Typical Z170 PRO GAMING Builds (Compare 13,902 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

Motherboard: Asus Z170 PRO GAMING - $295

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	6,620x
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	2,166x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	1,382x
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 $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	320x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	807x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	565x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	559x

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER

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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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