Asus Z170 PRO GAMING

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 94.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	103% 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.

Run History

Motherboard	Asus Z170 PRO GAMING (all builds)
Memory	13.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160307
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 26 '18 at 18:57
Run Duration	112 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing as expected (59^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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94.3% Outstanding	Memory 92.3 1-Core 148 2-Core 296 98% 179 Pts	4-Core 518 8-Core 818 82% 668 Pts	64-Core 821 51% 821 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 94.3% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% MSI(1462 3170) CLim: 1588 MHz, MLim: 1790 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.13 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 90.4 Reflection 81.8 Parallax 72.9 74% 81.7 fps	Gravity 83.9 Splatting 74.5 70% 79.2 fps
Poor: 53% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 EVO M.2 500GB 25,072 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 95GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT21B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 4149 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1839 (B1) Unknown 98 98 25 (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 51 39 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 8 (F1) Unknown 99 99 27418182097	103% Outstanding	Read 499 Write 396 Mixed 411 97% 435 MB/s	4K Read 38.9 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 51.4 182% 66 MB/s	DQ Read 36.3 DQ Write 88.3 DQ Mixed 26.1 30% 50.2 MB/s
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 131%
Seagate ST3320418AS 320GB-$54 24,309 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 161GB free Firmware: CC38 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 162379791 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 57 57 44569 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 80 60 112119763 (09) Power-on hours count 72 72 24555 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 79 79 22282 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 4295032833 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 53 521338911 (C2) HDA temperature 31 47 73014444063 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 48 24 162379791 (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 42889543479180 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1263721066 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3955702457	50.7% Above average	Read 88.5 Write 88.1 Mixed 87.3 66% 88 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.68 4K Mixed 0.59 126% 0.99 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 50.7% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 2133 C13 2x8GB 2,748 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 1923 MHz Performing below potential (37^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	71.1% Very good	MC Read 25.6 MC Write 26.4 MC Mixed 21.6 70% 24.5 GB/s	SC Read 19.2 SC Write 27.6 SC Mixed 23.2 67% 23.3 GB/s	Latency 63.5 63% 63.5 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 71.1% Great: 81%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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 GAMING - $295

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	6,648x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	3,685x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	1,047x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	2,173x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	1,385x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,254x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	889x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	790x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	322x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $37Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	812x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	569x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	560x

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Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $744

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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 $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16