Asus Z170 PRO GAMING

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


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 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	64.8% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). 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.

Motherboard	Asus Z170 PRO GAMING (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160113
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 06 '17 at 11:51
Run Duration	89 Seconds
Run User	FIN-User
Background CPU	19%

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 i5-6600K-$130 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	80.5% Excellent	Memory 95.5 1-Core 112 2-Core 228 83% 145 Pts	4-Core 371 8-Core 423 52% 397 Pts	64-Core 433 27% 433 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 80.5% Great: 85%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue 250GB-$90 26,761 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 113GB free (System drive) Firmware: X41100WD Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1892 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 179 (A5) Unknown 100 100 305041835403 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 31 (A8) Unknown 100 100 35 (A9) Unknown 100 100 206 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 11 (AE) Unknown 100 100 3 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 70 54 231929675806 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 4419541861381 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 2836 (EA) Unknown 100 100 10339 (F1) Unknown 253 253 8512 (F2) Unknown 253 253 3323 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	64.8% Good	Read 489 Write 333 Mixed 324 84% 382 MB/s	4K Read 28.7 4K Write 41.5 4K Mixed 11.8 80% 27.3 MB/s	DQ Read 31.5 DQ Write 45.5 DQ Mixed 28.3 24% 35.1 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 64.8% Great: 100%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 392GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 176 173 2200 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 901 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 7740 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 881 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 31 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 889 (C2) HDA temperature 113 106 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	86.5% Excellent	Read 165 Write 136 Mixed 126 107% 142 MB/s	4K Read 1.07 4K Write 2.44 4K Mixed 0.35 129% 1.29 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 86.5% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 3000 C15 4x4GB 4,583 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	MC Read 35.6 MC Write 40.3 MC Mixed 33.4 104% 36.4 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 37.7 SC Mixed 26.1 77% 26.8 GB/s	Latency 55.7 72% 55.7 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 117%

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Gaming 69%

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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 $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	6,638x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	3,679x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	1,045x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	2,170x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	1,385x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,251x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	887x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	788x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	322x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	810x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	569x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	560x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $750

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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