Asus Z170I PRO GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 79% Battleship	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 69% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 73.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	102% 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	208% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

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Motherboard	Asus Z170I PRO GAMING (all builds)
Memory	21.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	4096 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161227
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 13 '17 at 04:10
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	35%

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PC Performing as expected (58^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700-$180 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	73.9% Very good	Memory 81.9 1-Core 106 2-Core 211 75% 133 Pts	4-Core 356 8-Core 590 58% 473 Pts	64-Core 657 41% 657 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 73.9% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3702) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 387.92 Performing below potential (51^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	102% Outstanding	Lighting 133 Reflection 144 Parallax 125 108% 134 fps	MRender 110 Gravity 128 Splatting 104 92% 114 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba OCZ RD400 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$70 2,931 User benchmarks, average bench 185% 312GB free (System drive) Firmware: 57CZ Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	208% Outstanding	Read 1,906 Write 998 Mixed 1,399 317% 1,434 MB/s	4K Read 32.2 4K Write 122 4K Mixed 47.5 174% 67.3 MB/s	DQ Read 394 DQ Write 372 DQ Mixed 168 185% 311 MB/s
Poor: 116% ↑ This bench: 208% Great: 242%
Toshiba OCZ TL100 120GB-$80 2,275 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 81GB free Firmware: SBFZ10.3 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1093 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 312 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 191 191 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 140 (C2) HDA temperature 66 52 206159806498 (F1) Unknown 100 100 122268	88.5% Excellent	Read 500 Write 427 Mixed 471 104% 466 MB/s	4K Read 34.7 4K Write 78.3 4K Mixed 11.7 109% 41.6 MB/s	DQ Read 250 DQ Write 275 DQ Mixed 19.6 82% 182 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 88.5% Great: 82%
Toshiba MD04ACA600 6TB-$250 686 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 100GB free Firmware: FS2A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^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 10546 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 306 (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 98 98 1096 (0A) Spinup retry count 106 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 306 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 101 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 31 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 309 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 227634446372 (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 200 253 0 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 0 (DE) Loaded hours 98 98 1095 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 550 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	61.8% Good	Read 101 Write 114 Mixed 100 79% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 1.68 4K Mixed 0.24 88% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 61.8% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378A2K43BB1-CPB 2x16GB 1,504 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2 of 2 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 2187 MHz Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	73.4% Very good	MC Read 27 MC Write 28.6 MC Mixed 23.6 75% 26.4 GB/s	SC Read 14.7 SC Write 27 SC Mixed 21.4 60% 21 GB/s	Latency 77.2 52% 77.2 ns
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 73.4% Great: 99%

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Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

Motherboard: Asus Z170I PRO GAMING - $165

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	576x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	431x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	143x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	218x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	168x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	152x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	72x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	68x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $129Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	43x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	99x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	81x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	49x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $620

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $46

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16