Asus Z170 PRO GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 61% Destroyer	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 54% Yacht


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 76.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	75.7% 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	85.3% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

High background CPU (21%). 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, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170 PRO GAMING (all builds)
Memory	11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20150924
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 18 '17 at 16:47
Run Duration	211 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	21%

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 Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	76.3% Very good	Memory 86.7 1-Core 90.1 2-Core 193 71% 123 Pts	4-Core 355 8-Core 628 59% 492 Pts	64-Core 643 40% 643 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 76.3% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX Titan X-$615 15,621 User benchmarks, average bench 75% Asus(1043 8539) CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 388.0 Performing below potential (67^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	75.7% Very good	Lighting 98.3 Reflection 107 Parallax 96.8 80% 101 fps	MRender 83.7 Gravity 89.5 Splatting 75.3 67% 82.8 fps
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 75.7% Great: 83%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M500 240GB-$54 31,779 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 18GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 1 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3436 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1141 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 83 83 533 (AE) Unknown 100 100 84 (B4) Unknown 0 0 4066 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 76 60 171798691864 (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 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 83 83 17 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 75786573386 (F7) Unknown 100 100 2385539444 (F8) Unknown 100 100 1729197241	85.3% Excellent	Read 472 Write 256 Mixed 295 75% 341 MB/s	4K Read 25.9 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 28.5 131% 52.8 MB/s	DQ Read 292 DQ Write 229 DQ Mixed 51.6 96% 191 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 85.3% Great: 91%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 4TB-$230 19,674 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2.5TB free Firmware: CC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 73423704 (03) Spinup time 91 90 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2802 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 16945361 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 6146 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 652 (B7) Unknown 1 1 119 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 57 4295098740 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 78 59 370409494 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 11 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 90 90 20403 (C2) HDA temperature 22 41 47244640278 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 194 511 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -17325898068660 (F1) Unknown 100 253 8531520174 (F2) Unknown 100 253 146350734522	90.4% Outstanding	Read 166 Write 148 Mixed 119 108% 144 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 4.93 4K Mixed 0.68 190% 2.06 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 90.4% Great: 94%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1TB free Firmware: CC25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 94617904 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2125 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 19663985 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 8168 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 840 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 1 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 79 60 353566741 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 62 62 77686 (C2) HDA temperature 21 40 42949672981 (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 -107043469915970 (F1) Unknown 100 253 16603882027 (F2) Unknown 100 253 222669882667	92.2% Outstanding	Read 161 Write 161 Mixed 151 118% 158 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.51 4K Mixed 0.17 68% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 92.2% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 128GB free Firmware: CC4B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 102137024 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6316 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 76 60 34743862727 (09) Power-on hours count 77 77 20828 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3139 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 1 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 78 48 370343958 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 182 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 63 63 75365 (C2) HDA temperature 22 52 38654705686 (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 -14431090101090 (F1) Unknown 100 253 21740044064589 (F2) Unknown 100 253 -92632055431537	95.8% Outstanding	Read 161 Write 174 Mixed 153 122% 162 MB/s	4K Read 0.76 4K Write 1.46 4K Mixed 0.38 101% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 95.8% Great: 112%
Toshib DT01ACA200 2TB 577 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 52GB free Firmware: MX4O Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 139 139 73 (03) Spinup time 126 126 25789399340 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 2447 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 16031 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1836 (C0) Power-off retract count 98 98 2449 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 2449 (C2) HDA temperature 253 253 180389347351 (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 200 200 0	61.9% Good	Read 122 Write 93.8 Mixed 82.7 74% 99.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.23 4K Write 1.33 4K Mixed 0.13 49% 0.56 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 61.9% Great: 109%

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 (32^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	70.9% Very good	MC Read 26.9 MC Write 27.5 MC Mixed 23.2 74% 25.9 GB/s	SC Read 11.8 SC Write 22.2 SC Mixed 18.8 50% 17.6 GB/s	Latency 70.7 57% 70.7 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 70.9% 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 $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	6,630x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	3,676x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	1,045x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	2,169x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	1,383x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,251x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	885x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	787x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	321x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	809x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	566x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	560x

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Total price: $750

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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