Asus Z170-PRO

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (87th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 13 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 93.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	234% 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 (32%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-PRO (all builds)
Memory	14 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1024 x 768 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170125
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 05 '18 at 21:21
Run Duration	258 Seconds
Run User	PRT-User
Background CPU	32%

PC Performing way above expectations (87^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-$241 712,312 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 (97^th percentile)	93.5% Outstanding	Memory 92.7 1-Core 147 2-Core 274 95% 171 Pts	4-Core 507 8-Core 818 81% 663 Pts	64-Core 820 51% 820 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 93.5% Great: 92%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$46 33,719 User benchmarks, average bench 145% 458GB free (System drive) Firmware: AADA4102 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	234% Outstanding	Read 2,547 Write 1,100 Mixed 2,038 418% 1,895 MB/s	4K Read 50 4K Write 149 4K Mixed 37.5 203% 78.7 MB/s	DQ Read 51.8 DQ Write 167 DQ Mixed 36.8 49% 85.2 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 234% Great: 216%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 931GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 80 63 103191460 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1298 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 10417292 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1224 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 228 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 74 62 454623258 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1311 (C2) HDA temperature 26 10 42949672986 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 5 1 103191460 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 22935125361494 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3249086057 (F2) Unknown 100 253 6208841057	98.5% Outstanding	Read 182 Write 162 Mixed 151 124% 165 MB/s	4K Read 1.09 4K Write 1.44 4K Mixed 0.29 104% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 98.5% Great: 113%
Toshiba HDWD105 500GB-$49 9,420 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 466GB free Firmware: MS1OA8J0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 142 142 68 (03) Spinup time 125 125 12896960694 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1427 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 118 118 33 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1184 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 217 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 1427 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 1427 (C2) HDA temperature 222 222 163209478171 (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	112% Outstanding	Read 205 Write 186 Mixed 162 138% 184 MB/s	4K Read 0.97 4K Write 1.99 4K Mixed 0.22 102% 1.06 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 104%
Kingston DataTraveler 2.0 8GB 14,254 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 1GB free, PID 1665 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	6.4% Terrible	Read 23.2 Write 5.06 Mixed 7.76 12% 12 MB/s	4K Read 8.15 4K Write 0.005 4K Mixed 0.01 31% 2.72 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 6.4% Great: 7%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905678-041.A00G 4x4GB 55 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	77% Very good	MC Read 27.6 MC Write 29.3 MC Mixed 23.6 77% 26.8 GB/s	SC Read 19.3 SC Write 30.4 SC Mixed 24.3 70% 24.7 GB/s	Latency 62.7 64% 62.7 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 77% Great: 78%

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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 $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 $40Bench 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 $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 $40	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