Asus Z170I PRO GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 71% Battleship	Desktop 103% UFO	Workstation 57% Gunboat


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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 102%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	65.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	87.2% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (35%). 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, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus Z170I PRO GAMING (all builds)
Memory	13.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161227
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Feb 17 '17 at 20:57
Run Duration	268 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	35%

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 i7-7700K-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Memory 93.5 1-Core 161 2-Core 325 105% 193 Pts	4-Core 640 8-Core 637 85% 638 Pts	64-Core 643 40% 643 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Asus(1043 8518) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1463 MHz, MLim: 1757 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 376.53 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	65.4% Good	Lighting 83.8 Reflection 84.1 Parallax 74.5 68% 80.8 fps	MRender 80.2 Gravity 74.9 Splatting 66.6 60% 73.9 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 65.4% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 114GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 4817 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 4858 (B1) Unknown 94 94 61 (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 67 31 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 4093 (F1) Unknown 99 99 24706757569	87.2% Excellent	Read 509 Write 351 Mixed 355 90% 405 MB/s	4K Read 46.5 4K Write 85.5 4K Mixed 23.3 146% 51.8 MB/s	DQ Read 47.6 DQ Write 93.2 DQ Mixed 23.6 31% 54.8 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 87.2% Great: 118%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 752GB free Firmware: CC49 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 111 99 35876048 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2397 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 74 60 26460593 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 8212 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2399 (B7) Unknown 1 1 602 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 75 48 30485708825 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 628 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 51 51 99389 (C2) HDA temperature 25 52 -140737488355303 (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 104079942490298 (F1) Unknown 100 253 17694722666 (F2) Unknown 100 253 26066305981	103% Outstanding	Read 173 Write 186 Mixed 180 135% 179 MB/s	4K Read 0.91 4K Write 1.75 4K Mixed 0.38 113% 1.02 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 112%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$45 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 952GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 96960832 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1296 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 4328191791 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 12000 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5223 (B7) Unknown 1 1 1235 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 7 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 48 454623259 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 629 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 8185 (C2) HDA temperature 27 52 77309411355 (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 43761421789273 (F1) Unknown 100 253 20353276081 (F2) Unknown 100 253 29716876595	94.9% Outstanding	Read 135 Write 195 Mixed 162 124% 164 MB/s	4K Read 0.78 4K Write 5.32 4K Mixed 0.57 194% 2.22 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 94.9% Great: 108%
USB DISK 2.0 16GB 2,476 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 7GB free, PID 4100 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	6.36% Terrible	Read 20.8 Write 6.82 Mixed 11.9 15% 13.2 MB/s	4K Read 7.68 4K Write 0.02 4K Mixed 0.007 29% 2.57 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.36% Great: 9%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GB-$125 59,072 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	80.2% Excellent	MC Read 28.9 MC Write 29.9 MC Mixed 25.8 81% 28.2 GB/s	SC Read 18.6 SC Write 30.4 SC Mixed 24.7 70% 24.6 GB/s	Latency 60.9 66% 60.9 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 80.2% Great: 85%

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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 Z170I PRO GAMING - $165

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	578x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	431x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	144x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	218x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	168x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	152x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	72x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	68x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	43x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	99x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	81x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	49x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $620

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $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