Asus Z170 PRO GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 61% Destroyer	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 49% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	70.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	81.1% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (55%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Asus Z170 PRO GAMING (all builds)
Memory	2.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160620
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Feb 01 '17 at 18:25
Run Duration	124 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	55%

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PC Performing as expected (44^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-$130 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	86.5% Excellent	Memory 82.3 1-Core 140 2-Core 270 90% 164 Pts	4-Core 519 8-Core 544 70% 531 Pts	64-Core 540 33% 540 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 86.5% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6274) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 375.70 Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	70.2% Very good	Lighting 88.9 Reflection 93 Parallax 77.8 72% 86.6 fps	MRender 82.2 Gravity 76.2 Splatting 81.7 66% 80 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 70.2% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Pro 128GB-$150 34,842 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 15GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXM05B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 14379 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1456 (B1) Unknown 89 89 368 (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 64 55 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 1 (EB) Unknown 99 99 148 (F1) Unknown 99 99 46688540396	81.1% Excellent	Read 507 Write 192 Mixed 237 68% 312 MB/s	4K Read 33 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 19.5 131% 52.8 MB/s	DQ Read 352 DQ Write 151 DQ Mixed 51.7 91% 185 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 81.1% Great: 110%
WD WD1001FAES-60Z2A0 1TB 11,642 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 324GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 196 167 3183 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4212 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 44 44 41489 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1737 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 162 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4049 (C2) HDA temperature 111 97 36 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 51 51 36166 (F1) Unknown 200 200 76719069915 (F2) Unknown 200 200 148476869211	59.7% Above average	Read 109 Write 99.6 Mixed 87.7 74% 98.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.71 4K Mixed 0.29 87% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 59.7% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial Ballistix Sport LT DDR4 2400 C16 1x8GB-$25 20,263 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (32^nd percentile) - ensure that an XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	41% Average	MC Read 14.7 MC Write 14.7 MC Mixed 13 40% 14.1 GB/s	SC Read 10.3 SC Write 11.8 SC Mixed 11 32% 11 GB/s	Latency 76.3 52% 76.3 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 41% Great: 48%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

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Motherboard: Asus Z170 PRO GAMING - $295

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	6,655x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	3,687x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	1,048x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	2,175x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	1,385x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,255x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	891x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	791x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	323x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $37Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	815x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	570x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	560x

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Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $744

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16