Asus Z170-PRO

Performance Results


Gaming 122% UFO	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 106% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (86th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 14 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 89.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	134% 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	115% 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	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 (13%). 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, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus Z170-PRO (all builds)
Memory	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170630
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Dec 15 '17 at 12:41
Run Duration	177 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	89.8% Excellent	Memory 96.9 1-Core 138 2-Core 262 93% 166 Pts	4-Core 445 8-Core 740 72% 593 Pts	64-Core 764 47% 764 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 89.8% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% MSI(1462 3602) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2788 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 388.59 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	134% Outstanding	Lighting 188 Reflection 213 Parallax 206 153% 202 fps	MRender 133 Gravity 185 Splatting 127 120% 149 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 134% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 EVO 250GB 83 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 2TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 171 2250 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 872 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 78 78 16317 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 869 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 86 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 785 (C2) HDA temperature 102 93 41 (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 (F0) Head flying hours 80 80 14897 (F1) Unknown 200 200 18472068027 (F2) Unknown 200 200 16573230207	13% Very poor	Read 80.5 Write 144 Mixed 145 28% 123 MB/s	4K Read 1.24 4K Write 2.56 4K Mixed 0.25 4% 1.35 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 13% Great: 122%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 122GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 4658 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1045 (B1) Unknown 98 98 35 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 61 22 39 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 71 (F1) Unknown 99 99 20782200792	115% Outstanding	Read 515 Write 405 Mixed 419 99% 446 MB/s	4K Read 47.4 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 47.3 187% 66.2 MB/s	DQ Read 315 DQ Write 236 DQ Mixed 113 129% 221 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 124%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 172 2216 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2344 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 12424 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2323 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 44 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2299 (C2) HDA temperature 105 95 38 (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 (F0) Head flying hours 84 84 11736 (F1) Unknown 200 200 28455013881 (F2) Unknown 200 200 30892562091	110% Outstanding	Read 201 Write 183 Mixed 170 139% 185 MB/s	4K Read 1.24 4K Write 3.11 4K Mixed 0.3 142% 1.55 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 109%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 534GB free Firmware: JB0OA3J0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 120 120 98784247810 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1036 (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 90 90 4621 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1035 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 8 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 16260 (C2) HDA temperature 187 187 274878627872 (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 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0	68.5% Good	Read 129 Write 110 Mixed 123 91% 121 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 0.39 4K Mixed 0.17 58% 0.44 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 68.5% Great: 75%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 136GB free Firmware: JB0OA3J0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 121 121 98784247810 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1036 (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 90 90 4643 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1035 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 10 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 90 90 104915 (C2) HDA temperature 181 181 292058562593 (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 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0	61.8% Good	Read 116 Write 99.8 Mixed 80.1 74% 98.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 0.31 4K Mixed 0.14 40% 0.3 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 61.8% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	MC Read 38.8 MC Write 40.6 MC Mixed 33.2 107% 37.5 GB/s	SC Read 21.4 SC Write 40.8 SC Mixed 29.2 87% 30.5 GB/s	Latency 50.6 79% 50.6 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 104%

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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 - $210

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	513x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	125x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	80x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	169x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	105x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	71x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	62x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	55x
950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung $625Bench 223%, 54,978 samples	23x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	69x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	55x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x16GBCorsair $560Bench 84%, 34,441 samples	34x

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Value: 99% - Outstanding

Total price: $660

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 $40	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