Asus Z170 PRO GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 57% Gunboat	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 47% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (90th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 10 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	57.5% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	257% 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.

Very high background CPU (40%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170 PRO GAMING (all builds)
Memory	13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170426
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 04 '18 at 22:23
Run Duration	133 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	40%

PC Performing way above expectations (90^th 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-$130 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	85.4% Excellent	Memory 96 1-Core 135 2-Core 273 94% 168 Pts	4-Core 425 8-Core 472 59% 449 Pts	64-Core 534 33% 534 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 85.4% Great: 85%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) 188,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 8694) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4463 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.75% Terrible	Lighting 8.07 Reflection 12.2 Parallax 8.03 7% 9.43 fps	MRender 11.2 Gravity 7.13 Splatting 16.7 10% 11.7 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.75% Great: 6%
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Asus(1043 8508) CLim: 1618 MHz, MLim: 1932 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.71 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	57.5% Above average	Lighting 71.4 Reflection 76.7 Parallax 69.2 58% 72.4 fps	MRender 81.6 Gravity 68.1 Splatting 60.7 56% 70.1 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 57.5% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB 99,566 User benchmarks, average bench 177% 104GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXB7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	257% Outstanding	Read 2,638 Write 867 Mixed 1,112 335% 1,539 MB/s	4K Read 62.2 4K Write 142 4K Mixed 67.9 257% 90.8 MB/s	DQ Read 565 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 184 210% 364 MB/s
Poor: 106% ↑ This bench: 257% Great: 236%
Toshiba P300 2TB-$61 100,891 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 832GB free Firmware: MX4OACF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 140 140 69 (03) Spinup time 129 129 17199857947 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 2007 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3741 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 774 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 2007 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2007 (C2) HDA temperature 176 176 171799543842 (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	90.1% Outstanding	Read 162 Write 152 Mixed 160 119% 158 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 1.88 4K Mixed 0.21 84% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 90.1% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$45 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	MC Read 36.6 MC Write 40.3 MC Mixed 34 106% 37 GB/s	SC Read 21.4 SC Write 40.3 SC Mixed 29.6 87% 30.4 GB/s	Latency 54 74% 54 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 104%

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Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

Motherboard: Asus Z170 PRO GAMING - $295

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	6,660x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	3,689x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	1,050x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	2,179x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	1,386x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,255x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	891x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	791x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	323x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	816x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	570x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	561x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $752

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16