Asus Z170 PRO GAMING

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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 95.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	66.8% 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 (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

Motherboard	Asus Z170 PRO GAMING (all builds)
Memory	13.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.5 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colori
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170315
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 17 '18 at 17:30
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	ITA-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing as expected (47^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-$230 712,312 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 (98^th percentile)	95.2% Outstanding	Memory 95.9 1-Core 147 2-Core 292 98% 178 Pts	4-Core 509 8-Core 808 81% 659 Pts	64-Core 815 50% 815 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 95.2% Great: 92%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 340GB 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 2830 (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 64 42 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 29 (F1) Unknown 99 99 30817405548	66.8% Good	Read 506 Write 406 Mixed 413 98% 442 MB/s	4K Read 25.7 4K Write 35.3 4K Mixed 10.8 72% 23.9 MB/s	DQ Read 22 DQ Write 27.9 DQ Mixed 11 12% 20.3 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 66.8% 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 (15^th percentile)	172% Outstanding	Read 2,023 Write 1,084 Mixed 1,145 312% 1,417 MB/s	4K Read 30.7 4K Write 37 4K Mixed 11.1 80% 26.3 MB/s	DQ Read 26.2 DQ Write 74.1 DQ Mixed 28.7 28% 43 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 172% 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 (4^th 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 64 36 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 7 (F1) Unknown 99 99 6214400283	59% Above average	Read 481 Write 268 Mixed 277 75% 342 MB/s	4K Read 25.5 4K Write 25.8 4K Mixed 13.8 70% 21.7 MB/s	DQ Read 77.8 DQ Write 44.3 DQ Mixed 7.4 20% 43.2 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 59% Great: 114%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 1TB 3,454 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 258GB free, PID a00d Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	39.4% Below average	Read 94.6 Write 93 Mixed 67.3 107% 85 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.72 4K Mixed 0.21 67% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 39.4% 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 @ 2500 MHz Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	85.8% Excellent	MC Read 32 MC Write 32.6 MC Mixed 26.7 87% 30.4 GB/s	SC Read 13.2 SC Write 34.4 SC Mixed 26.2 70% 24.6 GB/s	Latency 54.5 74% 54.5 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 85.8% Great: 99%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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	6,631x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	3,676x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	1,045x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	2,169x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	1,383x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,251x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	885x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	787x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	321x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	809x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	567x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	560x

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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 $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