Asus Z170 PRO GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 63% Destroyer	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 55% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 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 91.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	63.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	117% 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 (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Asus Z170 PRO GAMING (all builds)
Memory	9.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161227
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 30 '18 at 21:02
Run Duration	166 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	20%

PC Performing above expectations (82^nd 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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	91.4% Outstanding	Memory 96.1 1-Core 139 2-Core 266 94% 167 Pts	4-Core 467 8-Core 742 74% 605 Pts	64-Core 740 46% 740 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 91.4% Great: 90%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) 188,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 8694) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64 Ver. 23.20.16.4901 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.42% Terrible	Lighting 7.87 Reflection 11.3 Parallax 7.81 6% 8.98 fps	MRender 10.6 Gravity 7.27 Splatting 15 9% 11 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.42% Great: 6%
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% PNY(196E 11D8) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2126 MHz, MLim: 2202 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	63.8% Good	Lighting 79.4 Reflection 80.7 Parallax 69.4 65% 76.5 fps	MRender 76.7 Gravity 74.7 Splatting 76.2 62% 75.9 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 63.8% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 78GB 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 99 99 4736 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 802 (B1) Unknown 97 97 51 (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 54 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 53 (F1) Unknown 99 99 24394407840	117% Outstanding	Read 511 Write 405 Mixed 415 99% 443 MB/s	4K Read 46.4 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 48.3 188% 66.6 MB/s	DQ Read 358 DQ Write 280 DQ Mixed 116 142% 251 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 124%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 1TB-$68 105,708 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 174GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 137743472 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3646 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 85 60 394677822 (09) Power-on hours count 82 82 16259 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 2017 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 6 (BD) vendor-specific 36 36 64 (BE) vendor-specific 77 61 387121175 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 395 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 91 91 18390 (C2) HDA temperature 23 40 30064771095 (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 -102095667577313 (F1) Unknown 100 253 84715967129 (F2) Unknown 100 253 54356729627	95.2% Outstanding	Read 177 Write 154 Mixed 127 114% 153 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 5.28 4K Mixed 0.76 209% 2.23 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 95.2% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$65 6,723 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	79.9% Very good	MC Read 30.9 MC Write 28 MC Mixed 25.1 80% 28 GB/s	SC Read 16.4 SC Write 28.8 SC Mixed 25.2 67% 23.5 GB/s	Latency 53.6 75% 53.6 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 79.9% Great: 105%

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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	6,619x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	3,671x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	1,044x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	2,165x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	1,381x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,247x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	884x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	786x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $129Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	320x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	806x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	565x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	559x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $750

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) $35	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