Asus Z170 PRO GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 90% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 71% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 82.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	106% 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	207% 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	11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151116
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 20 '18 at 16:50
Run Duration	262 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing as expected (55^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-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	82.4% Excellent	Memory 87.7 1-Core 114 2-Core 225 81% 142 Pts	4-Core 444 8-Core 456 60% 450 Pts	64-Core 448 28% 448 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 82.4% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3362) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 391.1 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	106% Outstanding	Lighting 140 Reflection 142 Parallax 120 114% 134 fps	MRender 109 Gravity 131 Splatting 102 92% 114 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 110GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	207% Outstanding	Read 1,995 Write 1,233 Mixed 1,165 323% 1,464 MB/s	4K Read 53.5 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 23 169% 62.1 MB/s	DQ Read 53.2 DQ Write 103 DQ Mixed 25.1 34% 60.4 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 207% Great: 236%
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 47GB free Firmware: EXT0BB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 10284 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1508 (B1) Unknown 98 98 19 (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 71 47 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 114 (F1) Unknown 99 99 3838778160	77.2% Very good	Read 482 Write 334 Mixed 323 84% 380 MB/s	4K Read 40.9 4K Write 66.7 4K Mixed 18.8 121% 42.1 MB/s	DQ Read 43.3 DQ Write 64.7 DQ Mixed 18.7 24% 42.3 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 77.2% Great: 108%
Intel X25-M 80GB 12,660 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 30GB free Firmware: 2CV102HD Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 10 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 23297 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3295 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 312 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 307435 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 65535 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 99 99 0 (E9) Unknown 95 95 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0	37.9% Below average	Read 256 Write 81.3 Mixed 125 34% 154 MB/s	4K Read 20.5 4K Write 61.8 4K Mixed 6.82 72% 29.7 MB/s	DQ Read 22 DQ Write 78.9 DQ Mixed 48.6 38% 49.8 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 37.9% Great: 44%
Hitachi HDS725050KLA360 500GB-$40 5,497 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 166GB free Firmware: K2AOA11A Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 94 94 458771 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 104 104 25814041247 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 4646 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 178 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 134 134 32 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 49502 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 4597 (C0) Power-off retract count 89 89 13933 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 89 89 13933 (C2) HDA temperature 134 134 283468038185 (C4) Reallocation count 97 97 221 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 1 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 1 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 253 145	30.1% Below average	Read 54 Write 50.5 Mixed 53.3 40% 52.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 1.61 4K Mixed 0.27 82% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 30.1% Great: 34%
Hitachi HDT722516DLA380 165GB-$32 1,600 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 37GB free Firmware: V43OA9BA Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 90 90 61 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 115 115 21494759724 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 5585 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 56 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 42466 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 4773 (C0) Power-off retract count 85 85 18723 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 85 85 18723 (C2) HDA temperature 152 152 240518365220 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 64 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 253 0	22.1% Poor	Read 38.6 Write 37.8 Mixed 38.2 29% 38.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.48 4K Mixed 0.27 76% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 22.1% Great: 35%
Samsung M3 Portable 1TB 17,632 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 150GB free, PID 61b6 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	27.7% Poor	Read 72.8 Write 68.9 Mixed 68.7 90% 70.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.23 4K Write 0.68 4K Mixed 0.17 30% 0.36 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 27.7% Great: 42%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2800 C16 4x4GB-$210 3,970 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (32^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	76.1% Very good	MC Read 27.4 MC Write 29.8 MC Mixed 24.6 78% 27.3 GB/s	SC Read 16.1 SC Write 27.4 SC Mixed 21.6 62% 21.7 GB/s	Latency 69.9 57% 69.9 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 76.1% Great: 110%

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Gaming 69%

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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 $295	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