Asus Z170-PRO

Performance Results


Gaming 82% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 70% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 89.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	87.6% 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	114% 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.

Very high background CPU (41%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-PRO (all builds)
Memory	5.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160627
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 25 '17 at 22:16
Run Duration	316 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	41%

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PC Performing above expectations (78^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 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	89.6% Excellent	Memory 95.1 1-Core 124 2-Core 230 86% 150 Pts	4-Core 453 8-Core 703 71% 578 Pts	64-Core 677 42% 677 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 89.6% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3701) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	87.6% Excellent	Lighting 111 Reflection 114 Parallax 96.3 90% 107 fps	MRender 98.3 Gravity 102 Splatting 99.5 82% 100 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 87.6% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
USB3.0 500GB 42 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 285GB free Firmware: 0203 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	78.8% Very good	Read 427 Write 435 Mixed 430 96% 431 MB/s	4K Read 23.8 4K Write 38.4 4K Mixed 29.3 94% 30.5 MB/s	DQ Read 128 DQ Write 130 DQ Mixed 80 74% 113 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 78.8% Great: 78%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 197GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 9303 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 592 (B1) Unknown 95 95 92 (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 64 49 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 3 (F1) Unknown 99 99 44977435330	114% Outstanding	Read 512 Write 401 Mixed 415 98% 442 MB/s	4K Read 45.9 4K Write 90.5 4K Mixed 48.9 180% 61.8 MB/s	DQ Read 364 DQ Write 271 DQ Mixed 129 147% 255 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 134%
Samsung 840 Pro 128GB-$150 34,842 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 10GB free Firmware: DXM05B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 27125 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1000 (B1) Unknown 68 68 1143 (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 71 52 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 2 (EB) Unknown 99 99 40 (F1) Unknown 99 99 42469173471	101% Outstanding	Read 515 Write 391 Mixed 432 99% 446 MB/s	4K Read 35.5 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 25.4 141% 54.7 MB/s	DQ Read 366 DQ Write 306 DQ Mixed 72.4 126% 248 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 110%
TOSHIBA TransMemory 16GB 16,813 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 9GB free, PID 6544 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	7.24% Terrible	Read 33.9 Write 4.18 Mixed 6.92 13% 15 MB/s	4K Read 5.84 4K Write 0.01 4K Mixed 0.009 22% 1.95 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 7.24% Great: 9%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$40 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	85.1% Excellent	MC Read 32.9 MC Write 30.5 MC Mixed 25.9 85% 29.8 GB/s	SC Read 19.5 SC Write 32.6 SC Mixed 28 76% 26.7 GB/s	Latency 56.8 70% 56.8 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 85.1% Great: 110%

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Typical Z170-PRO Builds (Compare 957 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

Motherboard: Asus Z170-PRO - $210

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	513x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	125x
Core i7-7700KIntel $242Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	78x

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 $109Bench 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: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $674

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 $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) $30	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