Asus Z170 PRO GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 15% Surfboard	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 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 88.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	7.77% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	106% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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 (13%). 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 GAMING (all builds)
Memory	7.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170426
Uptime	4 Days
Run Date	Sep 22 '17 at 20:10
Run Duration	393 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing as expected (43^rd 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 way above expectations (95^th percentile)	88.7% Excellent	Memory 90.5 1-Core 126 2-Core 250 87% 155 Pts	4-Core 469 8-Core 691 72% 580 Pts	64-Core 694 43% 694 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 88.7% Great: 90%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) 188,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 8694) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64 Ver. 22.20.16.4771 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.77% Terrible	Lighting 8.07 Reflection 11.6 Parallax 7.72 7% 9.12 fps	MRender 11.6 Gravity 7.23 Splatting 16.5 10% 11.8 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.77% Great: 6%
Nvidia GTX 1070-$278 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6573) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 385.41 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 100 Reflection 112 Parallax 94.1 82% 102 fps	Gravity 92 Splatting 98.3 85% 95.2 fps
Poor: 71% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 EVO 250GB 233 User benchmarks, average bench 226% 465GB free Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	241% Outstanding	Read 2,122 Write 1,371 Mixed 1,203 346% 1,565 MB/s	4K Read 54.5 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 27.6 182% 67.5 MB/s	DQ Read 514 DQ Write 409 DQ Mixed 191 217% 371 MB/s
Poor: 170% ↑ This bench: 241% Great: 276%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 135GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 6446 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 109 (B1) Unknown 99 99 9 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 56 52 44 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 30 (F1) Unknown 99 99 11071397555	106% Outstanding	Read 504 Write 402 Mixed 413 98% 440 MB/s	4K Read 43 4K Write 89.6 4K Mixed 35.1 158% 55.9 MB/s	DQ Read 362 DQ Write 279 DQ Mixed 127 148% 256 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 134%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$50 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 1TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 180 179 5966 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 202 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1070 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 13 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 6 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 9007 (C2) HDA temperature 113 110 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	48.2% Average	Read 89.9 Write 77.8 Mixed 85.5 64% 84.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1.75 4K Mixed 0.22 76% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 48.2% Great: 84%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$29 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 573GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 170 2300 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1595 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 6711 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 145 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 61 58 673185831 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 67 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 11018 (C2) HDA temperature 104 101 39 (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	55.6% Above average	Read 95.7 Write 97.9 Mixed 104 75% 99.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 2.05 4K Mixed 0.31 101% 1.01 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 55.6% Great: 109%
WD WD3200BMVS-11F9S0 3TB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 248GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 167 166 6633 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 205 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2438 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 17 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 8 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 185 185 47999 (C2) HDA temperature 113 110 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	52.4% Above average	Read 122 Write 60.6 Mixed 67.8 62% 83.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 0.35 4K Mixed 0.25 54% 0.35 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 52.4% Great: 69%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$50 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 177GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 178 175 4066 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2469 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 5847 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 75 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 27 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 193 193 22102 (C2) HDA temperature 112 105 35 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	40.3% Average	Read 71.9 Write 68.3 Mixed 73.7 54% 71.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 1.85 4K Mixed 0.27 91% 0.92 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 40.3% Great: 84%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$29 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 97GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 173 172 2316 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1301 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 5785 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 74 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 30 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5520 (C2) HDA temperature 107 96 36 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	94.9% Outstanding	Read 186 Write 145 Mixed 133 116% 155 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 2.09 4K Mixed 0.26 95% 1 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 94.9% Great: 109%
WD easystore 25FC 2TB 1,980 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 702GB free, PID 25fc Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	33.7% Below average	Read 74.3 Write 79.7 Mixed 64.1 94% 72.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 1.75 4K Mixed 0.24 70% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 33.7% Great: 62%
WD My Book 1235 3TB 846 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 560GB free, PID 1235 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	43.5% Average	Read 105 Write 94.5 Mixed 90.1 122% 96.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.81 4K Write 2.44 4K Mixed 0.27 95% 1.18 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 43.5% Great: 60%
WD Elements 25A2 2TB 18,040 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 208GB free, PID 25a2 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	26.5% Poor	Read 60.5 Write 59.4 Mixed 59.2 77% 59.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.33 4K Write 1.53 4K Mixed 0.2 60% 0.68 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 26.5% Great: 61%
WD easystore 25FB 8TB 7,734 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 140GB free, PID 25fb Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	46.4% Average	Read 89.7 Write 88.4 Mixed 89.6 115% 89.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.99 4K Write 4.53 4K Mixed 0.57 177% 2.03 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 46.4% Great: 86%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GB-$125 59,072 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	71.8% Very good	MC Read 26.2 MC Write 26.3 MC Mixed 22.8 72% 25.1 GB/s	SC Read 17 SC Write 28.2 SC Mixed 22.5 64% 22.6 GB/s	Latency 66.6 60% 66.6 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 71.8% Great: 85%

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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 $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	6,697x
Core i5-6600KIntel $113Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	3,707x
Core i7-6700Intel $170Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	1,057x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	2,193x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	1,388x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,265x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	896x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	796x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	324x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	820x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	573x
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 $170	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 $550	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) $29	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