Asus Z170 PRO GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 78% Battleship	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 63% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 93.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	78% 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	26.6% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170 PRO GAMING (all builds)
Memory	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161227
Uptime	3 Days
Run Date	Jun 24 '17 at 14:42
Run Duration	214 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing as expected (57^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-$235 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	93.7% Outstanding	Memory 95.5 1-Core 136 2-Core 272 94% 168 Pts	4-Core 531 8-Core 529 71% 530 Pts	64-Core 529 33% 529 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 93.7% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4995) CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 376.53 Performing below potential (49^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	78% Very good	Lighting 99.6 Reflection 105 Parallax 103 81% 102 fps	MRender 87.3 Gravity 91.5 Splatting 85.3 72% 88 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 78% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 600p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$49 58,154 User benchmarks, average bench 116% 84GB free Firmware: PSF100C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing below potential (14^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	89% Excellent	Read 167 Write 177 Mixed 285 47% 209 MB/s	4K Read 34.6 4K Write 131 4K Mixed 47.2 182% 71 MB/s	DQ Read 276 DQ Write 431 DQ Mixed 99.6 147% 269 MB/s
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 89% Great: 157%
Intel 320 Series 120GB-$89 9,651 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 19GB free Firmware: 4PC10362 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 20570 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2565 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 27 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 176 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 49188 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 2983 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 0 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 1267561 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 49188 (F2) Unknown 100 100 224434	42% Average	Read 259 Write 131 Mixed 170 41% 187 MB/s	4K Read 18.5 4K Write 40.9 4K Mixed 11.4 64% 23.6 MB/s	DQ Read 148 DQ Write 65.5 DQ Mixed 30.7 43% 81.3 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 42% Great: 48%
Intel X25-M 80GB 12,660 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 12GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2CV102HA Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 4 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 26116 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3395 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 260 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 899106 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 8561 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 1 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 815049936 (E8) Unknown 99 99 0 (E9) Unknown 90 90 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0	26.6% Poor	Read 255 Write 83.5 Mixed 126 34% 155 MB/s	4K Read 19.4 4K Write 3.76 4K Mixed 6.12 39% 9.77 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 26.6% Great: 44%
Seagate ST31000340AS 1TB-$136 7,908 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 613GB free Firmware: LC11 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 156576718 (03) Spinup time 87 79 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6471 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 3 (07) Seek error rate 70 60 21531209081 (09) Power-on hours count 76 76 21322 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 7 (0C) Power cycle count 99 37 1994 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295032833 (BD) vendor-specific 97 97 3 (BE) vendor-specific 57 52 722993195 (C2) HDA temperature 43 48 30064771115 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 22 15 156576718 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	51% Above average	Read 90.7 Write 86.8 Mixed 78.6 64% 85.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 1.45 4K Mixed 0.43 105% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 51% Great: 59%
Samsung Spinpoint F1 750GB-$60 30,974 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 140GB free Firmware: 1AA01113 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 77 77 7880 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9012 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 1 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 22789 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 99 99 420 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3110 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 63 57 622067749 (C2) HDA temperature 61 55 655622183 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 66038 (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 100 100 31 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0	44.3% Average	Read 85.2 Write 68.8 Mixed 74.5 57% 76.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 1.78 4K Mixed 0.4 101% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 44.3% Great: 60%

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 2133 MHz clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	MC Read 36.3 MC Write 39.7 MC Mixed 33.5 104% 36.5 GB/s	SC Read 21.1 SC Write 40.2 SC Mixed 30.2 87% 30.5 GB/s	Latency 55.6 72% 55.6 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 102% 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	6,692x
Core i5-6600KIntel $113Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	3,703x
Core i7-6700Intel $170Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	1,056x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	2,190x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	1,388x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,263x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	895x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	795x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $135Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	324x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	818x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	572x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	562x

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Value: 72% - Very good

Total price: $891

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $124	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	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