Asus Z170 PRO GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 66% Battle cruiser	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 52% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	82.1% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	53.1% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

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	1.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20160307
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Nov 06 '17 at 18:10
Run Duration	201 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing as expected (49^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-$59 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	77.2% Very good	Memory 80.8 1-Core 114 2-Core 233 79% 142 Pts	4-Core 423 8-Core 437 57% 430 Pts	64-Core 441 27% 441 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 77.2% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$278 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8597) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 385.41 Performing below potential (73^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	82.1% Excellent	Lighting 103 Reflection 112 Parallax 107 84% 108 fps	MRender 95.1 Gravity 94 Splatting 96 78% 95.1 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 82.1% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HyperX Fury 120GB-$160 11,403 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 26GB free (System drive) Firmware: 60AABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 8608361661 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 -1649267437178 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 517 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 35 (B1) Unknown 0 0 3 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 29 35 68721770525 (C2) HDA temperature 29 35 68721770525 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 104 104 8608361661 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 104 104 8608361661 (CC) Soft ECC correction 104 104 8608361661 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 97 97 34359738369 (E9) Unknown 0 0 18138 (EA) Unknown 0 0 14727 (F1) Unknown 0 0 14727 (F2) Unknown 0 0 4564 (F4) Unknown 96 96 10158209	53.1% Above average	Read 425 Write 127 Mixed 165 52% 239 MB/s	4K Read 18.1 4K Write 92.8 4K Mixed 9.88 89% 40.3 MB/s	DQ Read 30 DQ Write 104 DQ Mixed 10.6 24% 48.3 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 53.1% Great: 75%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$62 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 123583512 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 299 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 70 60 11233869 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2639 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 299 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 61 554762273 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 11652 (C2) HDA temperature 33 40 55834574881 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -58785217378466 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2233149321 (F2) Unknown 100 253 39883989610	96.8% Outstanding	Read 182 Write 156 Mixed 169 128% 169 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 1.38 4K Mixed 0.17 64% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 96.8% Great: 114%
WD 5000AAV External 500GB 13 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 12GB free Firmware: 1.65 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 129 123 6516 (04) Start/Stop count 86 86 14795 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 30 30 51155 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 349 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 15 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 196 196 14784 (C2) HDA temperature 116 90 31 (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	25.5% Poor	Read 43 Write 45.2 Mixed 42.4 33% 43.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.13 4K Mixed 0.34 98% 0.99 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 25.5% Great: 25%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$23 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 3GB free Firmware: 18.01H18 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 143 141 3850 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7101 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 73 73 20058 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2338 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 99 1 (BC) Unknown 100 91 4295032869 (BE) vendor-specific 67 56 554958881 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 245 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 6855 (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	42.4% Average	Read 70.4 Write 77.5 Mixed 78.9 57% 75.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 1.35 4K Mixed 0.22 62% 0.62 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 42.4% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D240FSC.16FBD 2x8GB 5,640 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (11^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	64.8% Good	MC Read 22.7 MC Write 24.9 MC Mixed 22.3 67% 23.3 GB/s	SC Read 13.2 SC Write 22.7 SC Mixed 17.6 51% 17.8 GB/s	Latency 79 51% 79 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 64.8% Great: 89%

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Gaming 69%

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Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

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Motherboard: Asus Z170 PRO GAMING - $295

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	6,726x
Core i5-6600KIntel $59Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	3,723x
Core i7-6700Intel $170Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	1,061x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	2,201x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	1,392x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,268x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	900x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	799x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $137Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	326x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	823x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	576x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	563x

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Total price: $891

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Intel Core i5-12600K $169	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $150
Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $89
Intel Core i5-13600K $249	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $369