Asus Z170 PRO GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 108% UFO	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 93% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 84.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	125% 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	219% 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	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.

Motherboard	Asus Z170 PRO GAMING (all builds)
Memory	9.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160620
Uptime	1.5 Days
Run Date	Apr 04 '17 at 05:23
Run Duration	115 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	18%

PC Performing above expectations (74^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 above expectations (79^th percentile)	84.7% Excellent	Memory 94.8 1-Core 126 2-Core 239 87% 153 Pts	4-Core 403 8-Core 671 65% 537 Pts	64-Core 680 42% 680 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 84.7% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85E2) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 378.92 Performing below potential (59^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	125% Outstanding	Lighting 173 Reflection 193 Parallax 169 141% 179 fps	MRender 126 Gravity 169 Splatting 122 112% 139 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 125% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 73GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	219% Outstanding	Read 2,220 Write 1,269 Mixed 1,260 349% 1,583 MB/s	4K Read 32.5 4K Write 97.5 4K Mixed 33.2 143% 54.4 MB/s	DQ Read 37.1 DQ Write 395 DQ Mixed 186 153% 206 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 219% Great: 254%
HGST Deskstar NAS 4TB-$60 7,986 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 3TB free Firmware: MJAOA5E0 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 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 137 137 78 (03) Spinup time 124 124 51581944407 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 126 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 121 121 34 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2385 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 126 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 761 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 761 (C2) HDA temperature 171 171 210454708259 (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	90.4% Outstanding	Read 159 Write 156 Mixed 156 118% 157 MB/s	4K Read 0.89 4K Write 2.09 4K Mixed 0.22 100% 1.06 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 90.4% Great: 92%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LED DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GB-$33 14,163 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	82.8% Excellent	MC Read 31.3 MC Write 31.5 MC Mixed 24 83% 28.9 GB/s	SC Read 19.5 SC Write 33.1 SC Mixed 25.6 74% 26.1 GB/s	Latency 57.7 69% 57.7 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 82.8% Great: 95%

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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	6,641x
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	2,171x
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	888x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 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 $40Bench 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 $40	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