Asus Z170 PRO GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 97% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 83% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 83.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	113% 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	74.7% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170 PRO GAMING (all builds)
Memory	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20150717
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 22 '17 at 11:33
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	JPN-User
Background CPU	12%

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PC Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700-$180 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	83.8% Excellent	Memory 93.2 1-Core 118 2-Core 237 85% 150 Pts	4-Core 401 8-Core 653 64% 527 Pts	64-Core 656 41% 656 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 83.8% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3362) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Lighting 152 Reflection 153 Parallax 139 124% 148 fps	MRender 119 Gravity 141 Splatting 114 101% 125 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshib THNSNJ256GCSU 256GB 17 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 3GB free (System drive) Firmware: JURA Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4882 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1200 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AD) Unknown 127 127 0 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 72 (C2) HDA temperature 67 61 167503986721 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	74.7% Very good	Read 456 Write 202 Mixed 235 65% 297 MB/s	4K Read 20.8 4K Write 64.3 4K Mixed 33.6 108% 39.5 MB/s	DQ Read 342 DQ Write 110 DQ Mixed 117 115% 190 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 74.7% Great: 112%
WD WD30EZRZ-00Z5HB0 3TB 74 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 1TB free Firmware: 80.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 183 170 5825 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4002 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2426 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1196 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 56 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 107 107 280569 (C2) HDA temperature 113 109 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	63.6% Good	Read 111 Write 110 Mixed 102 81% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.82 4K Write 1.85 4K Mixed 0.27 99% 0.98 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 63.6% Great: 84%
I-O DATA HDCA-UT 3TB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 260GB free, PID 013c Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	36.7% Below average	Read 82.7 Write 86.2 Mixed 77.6 106% 82.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 1.88 4K Mixed 0.24 74% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 36.7% Great: 73%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Team Group Inc. Team-Elite-2400 2x8GB 280 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	85.4% Excellent	MC Read 31.2 MC Write 32.4 MC Mixed 26.9 86% 30.2 GB/s	SC Read 18.5 SC Write 34.4 SC Mixed 26.4 76% 26.4 GB/s	Latency 61.6 65% 61.6 ns
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 85.4% Great: 88%

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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	6,672x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	3,691x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	1,051x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	2,182x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	1,386x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,257x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	891x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	792x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	323x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	817x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	571x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	561x

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Value: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $755

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	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