Asus Z170-PRO

Performance Results


Gaming 37% Jet ski	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 30% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 85.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	34.9% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	96.7% 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	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 (36%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-PRO (all builds)
Memory	13.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171227
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 20 '18 at 09:37
Run Duration	338 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	36%

PC Performing above expectations (77^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 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	85.3% Excellent	Memory 92.6 1-Core 114 2-Core 228 82% 145 Pts	4-Core 452 8-Core 453 60% 452 Pts	64-Core 460 28% 460 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 85.3% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 280-$185 33,175 User benchmarks, average bench 30% XFX(1682 3003) CLim: 1000 MHz, MLim: 1300 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 18.3.4 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	34.9% Below average	Lighting 45.1 Reflection 32.5 Parallax 56.3 37% 44.7 fps	MRender 30.7 Gravity 41.7 Splatting 40.2 31% 37.6 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 34.9% Great: 34%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 385GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 410 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 95 (B1) Unknown 99 99 1 (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 70 64 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 3 (F1) Unknown 99 99 983897192	96.7% Outstanding	Read 528 Write 414 Mixed 432 102% 458 MB/s	4K Read 42.4 4K Write 91.4 4K Mixed 26.6 147% 53.5 MB/s	DQ Read 44.9 DQ Write 280 DQ Mixed 26.8 61% 117 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 96.7% Great: 129%
PNY CS1311 240GB-$78 26,547 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 123GB free Firmware: CS131122 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 11773 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 766 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 226 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1638450 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 366 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850984990 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 75 (F1) Unknown 100 100 9618	82% Excellent	Read 517 Write 354 Mixed 360 91% 410 MB/s	4K Read 32.9 4K Write 73 4K Mixed 10.4 102% 38.8 MB/s	DQ Read 286 DQ Write 213 DQ Mixed 9.77 72% 170 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 82% Great: 97%
WD Red 8TB (2017)-$231 4,534 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 6.5TB free Firmware: 83.H0A83 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 129 129 112 (03) Spinup time 148 148 34388836796 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 2754 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 128 128 18 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5040 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 265 (16) Unknown 100 100 100 (C0) Power-off retract count 91 91 11014 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 91 91 11014 (C2) HDA temperature 250 250 154619412506 (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	108% Outstanding	Read 198 Write 179 Mixed 172 138% 183 MB/s	4K Read 0.85 4K Write 4.49 4K Mixed 0.59 184% 1.98 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 110%
SanDisk Cruzer Glide 16GB 33,521 User benchmarks, average bench 11% 14GB free, PID 5575 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	13.2% Very poor	Read 23.1 Write 4.34 Mixed 8.47 12% 12 MB/s	4K Read 5.21 4K Write 2.51 4K Mixed 1.44 154% 3.05 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 13.2% Great: 17%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial Ballistix Sport LT DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GB-$118 9,846 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	86.9% Excellent	MC Read 30.4 MC Write 32.6 MC Mixed 29.8 88% 30.9 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 33.7 SC Mixed 26.5 75% 26.1 GB/s	Latency 63 64% 63 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 86.9% Great: 87%

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Typical Z170-PRO Builds (Compare 957 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

Motherboard: Asus Z170-PRO - $210

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	513x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	125x
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	78x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	169x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	105x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	71x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	62x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	55x
950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung $625Bench 223%, 54,978 samples	23x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	69x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	55x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x16GBCorsair $560Bench 84%, 34,441 samples	34x

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Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $674

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $274	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 $184	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