Asus Z170 PRO GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 55% Yacht	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 44% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 79%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	61.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z170 PRO GAMING (all builds)
Memory	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180329
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 13 '18 at 10:46
Run Duration	257 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	11%

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PC Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6500-$67 241,476 User benchmarks, average bench 64% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	79% Very good	Memory 84.4 1-Core 109 2-Core 215 77% 136 Pts	4-Core 426 8-Core 425 57% 425 Pts	64-Core 425 26% 425 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 79% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Asus(1043 8618) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 397.64 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	61.3% Good	Lighting 78.1 Reflection 76.3 Parallax 65.9 64% 73.4 fps	MRender 69.2 Gravity 68.5 Splatting 70.1 57% 69.3 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 61.3% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 167GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	234% Outstanding	Read 2,381 Write 1,049 Mixed 1,289 345% 1,573 MB/s	4K Read 45.8 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 29.3 163% 60.2 MB/s	DQ Read 686 DQ Write 524 DQ Mixed 19.5 174% 410 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 234% Great: 236%
Samsung 840 120GB-$109 51,792 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 86GB free Firmware: DXT0AB0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 8116 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2263 (B1) Unknown 92 92 91 (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 73 59 27 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 266 (F1) Unknown 99 99 14107651763	60.4% Good	Read 489 Write 129 Mixed 156 56% 258 MB/s	4K Read 19.4 4K Write 81.1 4K Mixed 7.64 82% 36.1 MB/s	DQ Read 320 DQ Write 125 DQ Mixed 7.55 62% 151 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 60.4% Great: 73%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2TB free Firmware: CC4B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 111 99 38784480 (03) Spinup time 93 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2753 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 62 60 1825248 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 9032 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2236 (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 71 58 487850013 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 226 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 91 91 19213 (C2) HDA temperature 29 42 42949672989 (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 -112528143148320 (F1) Unknown 100 253 17226537936132 (F2) Unknown 100 253 -111484822833632	91.1% Outstanding	Read 164 Write 153 Mixed 112 107% 143 MB/s	4K Read 1.03 4K Write 1.31 4K Mixed 0.43 115% 0.92 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 91.1% Great: 114%
Samsung Spinpoint F2 1TB-$60 32,476 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 999GB free Firmware: 1AG01118 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 69 69 10130 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 784 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 253 253 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 12379 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 672 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 444 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 83 71 286064657 (C2) HDA temperature 79 70 353173525 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 410862 (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 100 100 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0	31.5% Below average	Read 52.8 Write 56.8 Mixed 84.4 50% 64.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 1.29 4K Mixed 0.29 74% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 31.5% Great: 58%
Integral Neon USB 3.0 16GB-$14 844 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 9GB free, PID 9917 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	11.8% Very poor	Read 41.3 Write 17.7 Mixed 22.9 31% 27.3 MB/s	4K Read 8.13 4K Write 0.02 4K Mixed 0.39 44% 2.85 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 11.8% Great: 33%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D240FSA.M16FAD 2x8GB 1,299 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	85.5% Excellent	MC Read 31 MC Write 33.7 MC Mixed 28.4 89% 31 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 32.4 SC Mixed 22.4 69% 24.2 GB/s	Latency 72.8 55% 72.8 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 85.5% Great: 88%

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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	6,630x
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	566x
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 $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