Asus Z170 PRO GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 77% Battleship	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 65% Battle cruiser


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 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 88.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	86.2% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	98.1% 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	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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

High background CPU (24%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z170 PRO GAMING (all builds)
Memory	10.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20150924
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Feb 14 '17 at 23:06
Run Duration	231 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	24%

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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 i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	88.9% Excellent	Memory 96.1 1-Core 134 2-Core 246 90% 158 Pts	4-Core 441 8-Core 672 69% 556 Pts	64-Core 699 43% 699 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 88.9% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 85A0) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.49 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	86.2% Excellent	Lighting 108 Reflection 118 Parallax 102 88% 109 fps	MRender 99.9 Gravity 100 Splatting 104 83% 101 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 86.2% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsun 840 PRO Seri 128GB 87 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 88GB free Firmware: DXM0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 9446 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 869 (B1) Unknown 97 97 107 (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 69 60 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 34 (F1) Unknown 99 99 6783244399	105% Outstanding	Read 524 Write 440 Mixed 485 108% 483 MB/s	4K Read 36.8 4K Write 123 4K Mixed 23.2 151% 61 MB/s	DQ Read 356 DQ Write 262 DQ Mixed 72.5 118% 230 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 110%
OCZ ARC 100 240GB-$120 11,799 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 70GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 0 0 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3414 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 690 (AB) Unknown 100 100 79575888 (AE) Unknown 100 100 20 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (D0) Spin buzz 100 100 121 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 1 (E9) Unknown 96 96 96 (F1) Unknown 100 100 6852 (F2) Unknown 100 100 5419 (F9) Unknown 100 100 304349205	98.1% Outstanding	Read 464 Write 412 Mixed 438 98% 438 MB/s	4K Read 27.6 4K Write 128 4K Mixed 29.7 147% 61.6 MB/s	DQ Read 209 DQ Write 264 DQ Mixed 68 98% 180 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 98.1% Great: 101%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$78 81,608 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 1TB free Firmware: CC32 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 1544 (03) Spinup time 92 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3568 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 68 60 60240836721 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 13182 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1795 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 18 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 37 18129528225820 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 59 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 3822 (C2) HDA temperature 28 63 64424509468 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 21 9 1544 (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 -24275155147709 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3326697656 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1840209444	67.9% Good	Read 122 Write 115 Mixed 91.5 82% 109 MB/s	4K Read 0.66 4K Write 0.99 4K Mixed 0.52 103% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 67.9% Great: 75%
WD WD50EZRX-00MVLB1 5TB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2TB free Firmware: 80.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 196 189 9166 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1219 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2728 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1168 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 27 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 189 189 34614 (C2) HDA temperature 122 101 30 (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	102% Outstanding	Read 199 Write 157 Mixed 144 125% 167 MB/s	4K Read 0.81 4K Write 2.04 4K Mixed 0.23 97% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 98%
WD WD1003FZEX-00MK2 1TB 602 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 75GB free Firmware: 01.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 173 173 2316 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3173 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 10194 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 923 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 34 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3138 (C2) HDA temperature 116 104 27 (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	81.4% Excellent	Read 150 Write 133 Mixed 132 104% 138 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 2.61 4K Mixed 0.31 105% 1.15 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 81.4% Great: 103%
PNY USB 3.0 FD 32GB 566 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 25GB free, PID 0095, PNY 32GB Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	37.3% Below average	Read 176 Write 39.6 Mixed 30.5 76% 82.2 MB/s	4K Read 9.8 4K Write 0.24 4K Mixed 0.28 54% 3.44 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 37.3% Great: 36%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$45 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	55.2% Above average	MC Read 18.9 MC Write 19.2 MC Mixed 16.2 52% 18.1 GB/s	SC Read 16.3 SC Write 20.2 SC Mixed 18.9 53% 18.5 GB/s	Latency 53.7 74% 53.7 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 55.2% Great: 104%

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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	6,672x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	3,690x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	1,050x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	2,182x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	1,386x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,257x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	891x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	792x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	323x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	817x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	571x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	561x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $752

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $515	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16