Asus Z170 PRO GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 75% Battleship	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 63% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 83.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	87% 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	61.6% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). 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. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus Z170 PRO GAMING (all builds)
Memory	11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160513
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Mar 22 '17 at 21:03
Run Duration	151 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	18%

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PC Performing as expected (58^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-$170 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	83.4% Excellent	Memory 90.5 1-Core 126 2-Core 242 86% 153 Pts	4-Core 415 8-Core 573 62% 494 Pts	64-Core 642 40% 642 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 83.4% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$278 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3302) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.78 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	87% Excellent	Lighting 110 Reflection 113 Parallax 96.8 90% 107 fps	MRender 95.1 Gravity 99.8 Splatting 101 81% 98.6 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 87% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$30 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 116GB free Firmware: Z32080RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 100 760 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 130 (A5) Unknown 100 100 21538538170 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 5 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (AE) Unknown 100 100 15 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 61 44 240518168615 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 996433985768 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 419 (EA) Unknown 100 100 6532 (F1) Unknown 253 253 494 (F2) Unknown 253 253 639 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	71.3% Very good	Read 496 Write 322 Mixed 251 79% 356 MB/s	4K Read 21.8 4K Write 75.4 4K Mixed 5.66 80% 34.3 MB/s	DQ Read 168 DQ Write 263 DQ Mixed 5.68 63% 146 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 71.3% Great: 86%
Kingston SSDNow UV400 120GB-$35 80,916 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 39GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C3FD6SD Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 4 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1624 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 224 (64) Unknown 100 100 1459808 (65) Unknown 100 100 188768 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 19 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 98 98 868 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 709 (B7) Unknown 100 100 8 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 25 100 1009318166553 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 4 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 4 (E7) Temperature 98 98 2 (E9) Unknown 100 100 2650 (EA) Unknown 100 100 978 (F1) Unknown 100 100 2084 (F2) Unknown 100 100 1784 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 4	61.6% Good	Read 471 Write 191 Mixed 221 64% 294 MB/s	4K Read 28.3 4K Write 51.7 4K Mixed 10.5 84% 30.2 MB/s	DQ Read 205 DQ Write 124 DQ Mixed 8.1 48% 113 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 61.6% Great: 82%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$28 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 705GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 177 167 2150 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 228 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 1623 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 228 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 7 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 354 (C2) HDA temperature 112 102 31 (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	89.1% Excellent	Read 159 Write 152 Mixed 141 113% 151 MB/s	4K Read 0.91 4K Write 2.07 4K Mixed 0.23 102% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 89.1% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$48 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (29^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	71.3% Very good	MC Read 25.9 MC Write 28 MC Mixed 22.2 72% 25.4 GB/s	SC Read 15.6 SC Write 26 SC Mixed 19.4 58% 20.3 GB/s	Latency 66.5 60% 66.5 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 71.3% Great: 104%

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Gaming 69%

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Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

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Motherboard: Asus Z170 PRO GAMING - $295

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	6,703x
Core i5-6600KIntel $113Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	3,712x
Core i7-6700Intel $170Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	1,058x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	2,194x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	1,389x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,265x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	897x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	796x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	325x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	822x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	573x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	563x

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Value: 72% - Very good

Total price: $891

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $170	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $111	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $361	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16