Asus Z170 PRO GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 107% UFO	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 90% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 93.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	110% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	232% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (29%). 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	28.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161227
Uptime	2 Days
Run Date	Feb 24 '17 at 11:43
Run Duration	387 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	29%

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PC Performing above expectations (80^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 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.6% Outstanding	Memory 95.4 1-Core 129 2-Core 253 90% 159 Pts	4-Core 495 8-Core 707 75% 601 Pts	64-Core 708 44% 708 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 93.6% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3702) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.66 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Lighting 146 Reflection 153 Parallax 131 119% 144 fps	MRender 117 Gravity 138 Splatting 112 99% 122 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 781GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 682 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 515 (B1) Unknown 99 99 1 (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 76 57 24 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 75 (F1) Unknown 99 99 4639470464	94.7% Outstanding	Read 511 Write 407 Mixed 416 99% 444 MB/s	4K Read 46 4K Write 93.1 4K Mixed 29.3 157% 56.1 MB/s	DQ Read 46.6 DQ Write 96.7 DQ Mixed 27.7 34% 57 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 94.7% Great: 133%
Samsung SM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$69 12,601 User benchmarks, average bench 205% 366GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXW7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	232% Outstanding	Read 2,019 Write 1,362 Mixed 1,512 362% 1,631 MB/s	4K Read 51.1 4K Write 149 4K Mixed 37.2 204% 79 MB/s	DQ Read 52.3 DQ Write 312 DQ Mixed 167 133% 177 MB/s
Poor: 136% ↑ This bench: 232% Great: 262%
Toshiba P300 2TB-$61 100,891 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2TB free Firmware: MX4OACF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 140 140 68 (03) Spinup time 126 126 25789530413 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 720 (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 100 100 819 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 592 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 1848 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 1848 (C2) HDA temperature 250 250 163209871384 (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	102% Outstanding	Read 175 Write 182 Mixed 161 130% 172 MB/s	4K Read 0.92 4K Write 1.92 4K Mixed 0.18 94% 1.01 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 108%
Seagate BUP Slim RD 2TB 4,801 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 1TB free Firmware: 0304 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	62.5% Good	Read 101 Write 117 Mixed 116 84% 111 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.57 4K Mixed 0.26 78% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 62.5% Great: 66%
Kingston DataTraveler 100 G3 USB 3.0 8GB-$7 16,591 User benchmarks, average bench 12% 3GB free, PID 1666 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	22% Poor	Read 127 Write 4.42 Mixed 7.05 34% 46 MB/s	4K Read 11.3 4K Write 0.002 4K Mixed 0.002 42% 3.76 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 22% Great: 22%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x16GB-$560 34,441 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	98.3% Outstanding	MC Read 36.8 MC Write 38.4 MC Mixed 29 99% 34.7 GB/s	SC Read 21.6 SC Write 42.1 SC Mixed 28.4 88% 30.7 GB/s	Latency 55.8 72% 55.8 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 98.3% Great: 105%

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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	6,640x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	3,681x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	1,045x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	2,170x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	1,385x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,251x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	887x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	788x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	322x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	810x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	569x
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 $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