Asus Z170 PRO GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 87% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 71% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 91.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	91.5% 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	110% 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.

High background CPU (24%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

Motherboard	Asus Z170 PRO GAMING (all builds)
Memory	5.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170623
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 24 '17 at 08:09
Run Duration	106 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	24%

Watch Gameplay: 1070 + 9600K How to compare your gameplay

PC Performing above expectations (81^st 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 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	91.3% Outstanding	Memory 96.7 1-Core 152 2-Core 303 101% 184 Pts	4-Core 478 8-Core 593 69% 535 Pts	64-Core 597 37% 597 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 91.3% 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 85A0) CLim: 2113 MHz, MLim: 2152 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.59 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.5% Outstanding	Lighting 115 Reflection 124 Parallax 106 93% 115 fps	MRender 106 Gravity 106 Splatting 109 88% 107 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 91.5% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 44GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 5258 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 636 (B1) Unknown 99 99 15 (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 72 55 28 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 33 (F1) Unknown 99 99 8704438066	110% Outstanding	Read 518 Write 407 Mixed 418 100% 448 MB/s	4K Read 48.4 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 42.7 188% 68.1 MB/s	DQ Read 49.3 DQ Write 283 DQ Mixed 103 98% 145 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 124%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$29 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 506GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 142 142 71 (03) Spinup time 123 123 12897157305 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 3039 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 110 110 36 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 7516 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 661 (C0) Power-off retract count 98 98 3043 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 3043 (C2) HDA temperature 250 250 188979478552 (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	81.7% Excellent	Read 142 Write 143 Mixed 144 108% 143 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 1.71 4K Mixed 0.2 76% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 81.7% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Patriot 2133 C14 Series 2x4GB 159 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	88.2% Excellent	MC Read 32.2 MC Write 34.3 MC Mixed 25.8 88% 30.8 GB/s	SC Read 20.5 SC Write 34.6 SC Mixed 27.1 78% 27.4 GB/s	Latency 51.3 78% 51.3 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 88.2% Great: 78%

Take a copy of your results

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 13,890 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	6,614x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	3,671x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	1,043x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	2,164x
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	785x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 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

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER

Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $750

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $131	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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