Asus Z170 PRO GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 18% Surfboard	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (84th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 16 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 101%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	7.74% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	83.1% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Asus Z170 PRO GAMING (all builds)
Memory	5.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 3.5 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160119
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 24 '16 at 13:02
Run Duration	208 Seconds
Run User	THA-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$113 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Memory 97.8 1-Core 151 2-Core 302 101% 184 Pts	4-Core 604 8-Core 603 81% 603 Pts	64-Core 603 37% 603 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) 188,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 8694) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4331 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.74% Terrible	Lighting 8.07 Reflection 12 Parallax 8.06 7% 9.39 fps	MRender 11.2 Gravity 7.1 Splatting 16.6 10% 11.6 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.74% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk X300 256GB-$99 2,341 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 96GB free (System drive) Firmware: X3540000 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 435 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 583 (A5) Unknown 100 100 55867933093 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 36 (A8) Unknown 100 100 11 (A9) Unknown 100 100 250 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 2 (AE) Unknown 100 100 433 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 65 49 210454970403 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 300649545798 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 1113 (EA) Unknown 100 100 2182 (F1) Unknown 253 253 1729 (F2) Unknown 253 253 4529 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	83.1% Excellent	Read 508 Write 427 Mixed 418 100% 451 MB/s	4K Read 26.5 4K Write 53 4K Mixed 24.2 99% 34.6 MB/s	DQ Read 149 DQ Write 149 DQ Mixed 61.6 70% 120 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 83.1% Great: 97%
WDC WD50 00BPKX-00HPJT0 500GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 319GB free, PID 0551 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	44.4% Average	Read 104 Write 104 Mixed 81.3 122% 96.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.59 4K Write 2.11 4K Mixed 0.28 83% 0.99 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 44.4% Great: 45%
JetFlash Transcend 16GB 14,782 User benchmarks, average bench 14% 11GB free, PID 1000 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	12.6% Very poor	Read 47.9 Write 14.6 Mixed 23.5 31% 28.7 MB/s	4K Read 6.07 4K Write 0.35 4K Mixed 0.35 46% 2.26 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 12.6% Great: 33%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Avexir DDR4-3200 CL16 4GB 2x4GB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3467 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	MC Read 41.5 MC Write 45.8 MC Mixed 32.7 114% 40 GB/s	SC Read 22.1 SC Write 44.2 SC Mixed 30.9 93% 32.4 GB/s	Latency 46.9 85% 46.9 ns
Poor: 91% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 112%

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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 $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	6,696x
Core i5-6600KIntel $113Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	3,707x
Core i7-6700Intel $170Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	1,057x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	2,192x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	1,388x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,265x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	896x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	796x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	324x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	819x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	572x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	562x

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Value: 72% - Very good

Total price: $891

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $159	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16