Asus Z170-PRO

Performance Results


Gaming 42% Speed boat	Desktop 55% Gunboat	Workstation 41% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (21st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 79 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 51.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	73.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	57% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 (42%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-PRO (all builds)
Memory	13.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160627
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 12 '17 at 02:28
Run Duration	119 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	42%

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PC Performing below expectations (21^st 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 2.2 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	51.9% Above average	Memory 68 1-Core 22.8 2-Core 51.7 34% 47.5 Pts	4-Core 193 8-Core 449 37% 321 Pts	64-Core 703 44% 703 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 51.9% 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 3301) CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 376.53 Performing below potential (16^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	73.6% Very good	Lighting 85.9 Reflection 63.9 Parallax 93.2 70% 81 fps	MRender 97.4 Gravity 95.3 Splatting 101 81% 98 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 73.6% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS1311 240GB-$78 26,547 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 144GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS131122 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3456 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 273 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 408 (AD) Unknown 100 100 4128857 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 45 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850984990 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 37 (F1) Unknown 100 100 4066	57% Above average	Read 497 Write 344 Mixed 343 87% 395 MB/s	4K Read 13.3 4K Write 18.6 4K Mixed 9.06 42% 13.7 MB/s	DQ Read 107 DQ Write 58.2 DQ Mixed 36.2 39% 67 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 57% Great: 97%
WD VelociRaptor 2.5" 1TB-$51 1,134 User benchmarks, average bench 100% 928GB free Firmware: 04.06A00 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 199 196 3033 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 390 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 76 76 17531 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 277 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 50 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 359 (C2) HDA temperature 113 111 37 (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	110% Outstanding	Read 185 Write 199 Mixed 187 143% 190 MB/s	4K Read 1.6 4K Write 3.99 4K Mixed 0.45 190% 2.01 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 120%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB-$31 98,777 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	62.3% Good	MC Read 22.4 MC Write 28.2 MC Mixed 23.7 71% 24.8 GB/s	SC Read 5.9 SC Write 9.4 SC Mixed 8.1 22% 7.8 GB/s	Latency 106 38% 106 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 62.3% Great: 88%

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

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Typical Z170-PRO Builds (Compare 971 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

Motherboard: Asus Z170-PRO - $210

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	521x
Core i5-6600KIntel $113Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	128x
Core i7-7700KIntel $247Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	80x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	171x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	106x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	73x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	62x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	55x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	24x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	69x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	56x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x16GBCorsair $110Bench 84%, 34,441 samples	34x

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Value: 74% - Very good

Total price: $797

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	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 $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16