Asus Z170 PRO GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 116% UFO	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 100% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (36th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 64 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 97.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	120% 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	67.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

Motherboard	Asus Z170 PRO GAMING (all builds)
Memory	14.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colori
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170315
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 17 '18 at 17:08
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	ITA-User
Background CPU	14%

PC Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$250 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	97.2% Outstanding	Memory 90.8 1-Core 146 2-Core 281 95% 173 Pts	4-Core 557 8-Core 816 86% 686 Pts	64-Core 821 51% 821 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 97.2% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% MSI(1462 3602) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 390.65 Performing below potential (33^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	120% Outstanding	Lighting 159 Reflection 184 Parallax 177 130% 174 fps	MRender 124 Gravity 183 Splatting 123 116% 143 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 342GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2829 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2503 (B1) Unknown 98 98 26 (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 66 42 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 29 (F1) Unknown 99 99 30799917953	67.5% Good	Read 502 Write 389 Mixed 411 96% 434 MB/s	4K Read 27.8 4K Write 38.9 4K Mixed 11.6 78% 26.1 MB/s	DQ Read 23.2 DQ Write 32.9 DQ Mixed 12.8 14% 23 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 67.5% Great: 134%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 160GB free Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	161% Outstanding	Read 1,825 Write 1,017 Mixed 1,094 289% 1,312 MB/s	4K Read 29.6 4K Write 37.5 4K Mixed 12.9 81% 26.7 MB/s	DQ Read 30 DQ Write 88.9 DQ Mixed 44 38% 54.3 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 161% Great: 236%
Samsung 750 EVO 250GB-$55 75,831 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 131GB free Firmware: MAT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1538 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1424 (B1) Unknown 96 96 16 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 99 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 36 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 7 (F1) Unknown 99 99 6201158787	58% Above average	Read 498 Write 256 Mixed 278 76% 344 MB/s	4K Read 25.6 4K Write 24.5 4K Mixed 15.6 72% 21.9 MB/s	DQ Read 22.4 DQ Write 22.4 DQ Mixed 8.07 10% 17.6 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 58% Great: 114%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 1TB 3,454 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 259GB free, PID a00d Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	39.1% Below average	Read 95.5 Write 92.3 Mixed 68 107% 85.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 1.63 4K Mixed 0.21 64% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 39.1% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 2133 C14 4x4GB 11,542 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing below potential (22^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	69.2% Good	MC Read 24.6 MC Write 26.1 MC Mixed 21.1 68% 23.9 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 27 SC Mixed 22.1 64% 22.4 GB/s	Latency 66.1 60% 66.1 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 69.2% Great: 99%

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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	6,617x
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	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 $275	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