Asus Z170 PRO GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 69% Battle cruiser	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 60% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 88.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	73.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	75.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (38%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170 PRO GAMING (all builds)
Memory	10.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160119
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Feb 16 '17 at 04:14
Run Duration	112 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	38%

PC Performing above expectations (67^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, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	88.4% Excellent	Memory 91.8 1-Core 140 2-Core 274 93% 168 Pts	4-Core 458 8-Core 690 71% 574 Pts	64-Core 703 44% 703 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 88.4% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Asus(1043 8549) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 378.66 Performing below potential (18^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	73.4% Very good	Lighting 94.5 Reflection 98.2 Parallax 90.5 77% 94.4 fps	MRender 79.7 Gravity 84.9 Splatting 79.2 66% 81.2 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 73.4% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Z400s 256GB-$221 10,770 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 31GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z2320000 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 171 100 171 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 419 (A6) Unknown 100 100 404 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 457 (A9) Unknown 100 100 404 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 528 (AE) Unknown 100 100 10 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 53 100 279172874287 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 4398 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 80620 (F1) Unknown 253 253 27818 (F2) Unknown 253 253 20928	75.6% Very good	Read 484 Write 330 Mixed 391 89% 402 MB/s	4K Read 26.9 4K Write 94.9 4K Mixed 4.39 97% 42.1 MB/s	DQ Read 157 DQ Write 281 DQ Mixed 26.4 74% 155 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 75.6% Great: 84%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$50 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 1.5TB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 139 139 72 (03) Spinup time 132 132 21494169878 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 438 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5087 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 418 (C0) Power-off retract count 97 97 4462 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 4462 (C2) HDA temperature 187 187 206159806496 (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	103% Outstanding	Read 187 Write 171 Mixed 165 131% 174 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 1.75 4K Mixed 0.21 102% 1.02 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Adata DDR4 2800 2OZ 2x8GB 1,327 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	87.4% Excellent	MC Read 32.2 MC Write 33.2 MC Mixed 27.2 88% 30.9 GB/s	SC Read 18.9 SC Write 37.4 SC Mixed 27 79% 27.8 GB/s	Latency 64.5 62% 64.5 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 87.4% Great: 99%

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

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Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

Motherboard: Asus Z170 PRO GAMING - $295

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	6,643x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	3,682x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	1,046x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	2,172x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	1,385x
GTX 1080Nvidia $265Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,252x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	888x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	789x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	322x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	811x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	569x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	560x

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Value: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $755

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16