Asus Z170 PRO GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 64% Destroyer	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 52% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 72.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	82.3% 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	109% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (25%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170 PRO GAMING (all builds)
Memory	10.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.5 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151218
Uptime	6.6 Days
Run Date	Jan 13 '18 at 17:37
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	25%

PC Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6500-$67 241,476 User benchmarks, average bench 64% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	72.3% Very good	Memory 78.8 1-Core 125 2-Core 252 83% 152 Pts	4-Core 372 8-Core 424 52% 398 Pts	64-Core 456 28% 456 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 72.3% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4995) CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 387.92 Performing below potential (74^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	82.3% Excellent	Lighting 106 Reflection 113 Parallax 103 87% 108 fps	MRender 93.9 Gravity 98.4 Splatting 80.9 74% 91.1 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 82.3% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Spcc Solid State Disk 120GB 22,489 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 49GB free Firmware: 600ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 6362921 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 74 74 -27745488708932 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1153 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 250 (B1) Unknown 0 0 100 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 30 128850984990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 6362921 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 6362921 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 6362921 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 98 98 8589934593 (E9) Unknown 0 0 8110 (EA) Unknown 0 0 5388 (F1) Unknown 0 0 5388 (F2) Unknown 0 0 2991	59.9% Above average	Read 319 Write 113 Mixed 153 43% 195 MB/s	4K Read 32.7 4K Write 93.8 4K Mixed 14.6 118% 47 MB/s	DQ Read 163 DQ Write 133 DQ Mixed 10.8 45% 102 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 59.9% Great: 83%
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$80 69,224 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 39GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 14724 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 750 (B1) Unknown 90 90 197 (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 70 51 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 24 (F1) Unknown 99 99 38130144461	109% Outstanding	Read 512 Write 413 Mixed 416 99% 447 MB/s	4K Read 44.4 4K Write 97.5 4K Mixed 38 168% 60 MB/s	DQ Read 303 DQ Write 269 DQ Mixed 26 91% 200 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 115%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 185GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 171 4208 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4730 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 43 43 42131 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1961 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 442 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4287 (C2) HDA temperature 124 90 23 (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	65.7% Good	Read 129 Write 99.8 Mixed 98.9 82% 109 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 1.89 4K Mixed 0.36 101% 0.96 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 65.7% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$201 13,611 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2500 MHz Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	85.8% Excellent	MC Read 30.3 MC Write 33.7 MC Mixed 28.9 88% 31 GB/s	SC Read 18.5 SC Write 33.7 SC Mixed 26.1 75% 26.1 GB/s	Latency 82.8 48% 82.8 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 85.8% Great: 103%

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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	6,663x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	3,689x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	1,050x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	2,179x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	1,386x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,257x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	891x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	791x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	323x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	817x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	570x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	561x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $752

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16