Asus Z170 PRO GAMING

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing CPU, RAM
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Graphics	65.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	104% 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.

Run History

8 years ago, 8 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170 PRO GAMING (all builds)
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150717
Uptime	4.4 Days
Run Date	Nov 28 '15 at 13:49
Run Duration	126 Seconds
Run User	TWN-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (82^nd 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 4.6 GHz (avg) Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		1-Core 146 2-Core 287 99% 217 Pts	4-Core 533 8-Core 809 83% 671 Pts	64-Core 808 50% 808 Pts
Poor: 70% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% EVGA(3842 2983) Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.5900 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	65.1% Good	Lighting 81.9 Reflection 88.8 Parallax 76.5 67% 82.4 fps	MRender 83 Gravity 75.8 Splatting 70.1 62% 76.3 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 65.1% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Plextor M6V 256GB-$110 435 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 65GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 57 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 28 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 4 (AE) Unknown 100 100 17 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 4 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 125 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 17 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 19710 (F1) Unknown 100 100 18250 (F2) Unknown 100 100 19626	104% Outstanding	Read 503 Write 344 Mixed 412 93% 420 MB/s	4K Read 30.3 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 41.3 161% 62.9 MB/s	DQ Read 319 DQ Write 298 DQ Mixed 78.1 122% 232 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 106%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$60 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 176 176 4158 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 27 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 485 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 27 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 15 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5954 (C2) HDA temperature 117 108 30 (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	89.9% Excellent	Read 167 Write 146 Mixed 136 112% 150 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 2.59 4K Mixed 0.28 109% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 89.9% Great: 84%
StoreJet Transcend 1TB 14,954 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 103GB free, PID 5106 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	25.5% Poor	Read 53.9 Write 58.8 Mixed 38.2 64% 50.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.56 4K Mixed 0.31 65% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 25.5% Great: 45%

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Motherboard: Asus Z170 PRO GAMING - $295

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	6,654x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	3,686x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	1,048x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	2,174x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	1,385x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,255x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	890x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	791x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	322x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $37Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	814x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	570x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	560x

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Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $744

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16