Asus Z170-PRO

Performance Results


Gaming 110% UFO	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 94% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	128% 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	170% 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 (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180314
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 25 '18 at 19:49
Run Duration	140 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	87.8% Excellent	Memory 94.1 1-Core 127 2-Core 254 89% 158 Pts	4-Core 439 8-Core 693 70% 566 Pts	64-Core 692 43% 692 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 87.8% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6598) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing below potential (72^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	128% Outstanding	Lighting 178 Reflection 193 Parallax 196 145% 189 fps	MRender 124 Gravity 178 Splatting 121 114% 141 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 128% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung SM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$31 9,202 User benchmarks, average bench 183% 34GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXW7300Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	170% Outstanding	Read 1,983 Write 647 Mixed 844 252% 1,158 MB/s	4K Read 38.3 4K Write 82.2 4K Mixed 32.7 144% 51.1 MB/s	DQ Read 196 DQ Write 178 DQ Mixed 74.3 87% 149 MB/s
Poor: 119% ↑ This bench: 170% Great: 243%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$24 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 273GB free Firmware: KC44 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 304 (03) Spinup time 100 98 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2169 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 83 60 226218279 (09) Power-on hours count 71 71 25705 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2161 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 85 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 48 471531548 (C2) HDA temperature 28 52 8589934620 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 36 27 304 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -41016937651107 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1828322098 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3216041170	56.3% Above average	Read 92.1 Write 104 Mixed 96.7 74% 97.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 1.09 4K Mixed 0.53 97% 0.68 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 56.3% Great: 88%
Seagate ST2000DL003 2TB 117 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 41GB free Firmware: CC32 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 632 (03) Spinup time 93 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4696 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 4369379461 (09) Power-on hours count 68 68 28838 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2156 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 1 (BD) vendor-specific 85 85 15 (BE) vendor-specific 73 47 454688795 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 95 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 4891 (C2) HDA temperature 27 53 12884901915 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 21 12 632 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 31945966770457 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3722473441 (F2) Unknown 100 253 4083469816	51.8% Above average	Read 118 Write 63.2 Mixed 82.8 66% 87.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 0.66 4K Mixed 0.5 98% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 51.8% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB 51,435 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	55.6% Above average	MC Read 19.7 MC Write 19.4 MC Mixed 16.1 53% 18.4 GB/s	SC Read 16.4 SC Write 21.3 SC Mixed 19.8 55% 19.2 GB/s	Latency 59.4 67% 59.4 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 55.6% Great: 108%

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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 - $210

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	513x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	125x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 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 $94Bench 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: 99% - Outstanding

Total price: $660

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