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 above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 86.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	233% 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170 PRO GAMING (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161227
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 01 '18 at 08:52
Run Duration	184 Seconds
Run User	BEL-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing above expectations (68^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 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	86.4% Excellent	Memory 90.6 1-Core 126 2-Core 255 88% 157 Pts	4-Core 443 8-Core 676 69% 560 Pts	64-Core 697 43% 697 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 86.4% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 780-$329 50,279 User benchmarks, average bench 45% MSI(1462 2980) 3GB CLim: 1381 MHz, MLim: 1714 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 391.1 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 54 Reflection 49.8 Parallax 66.4 44% 56.7 fps	Gravity 61.5 Splatting 49.3 48% 55.4 fps
Poor: 41% Great: 49%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 176GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	233% Outstanding	Read 1,902 Write 1,364 Mixed 1,195 329% 1,487 MB/s	4K Read 53.9 4K Write 93.4 4K Mixed 46 190% 64.4 MB/s	DQ Read 489 DQ Write 218 DQ Mixed 149 165% 286 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 233% Great: 254%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC46 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 109 99 21161472 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2202 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 73 60 21247904 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2943 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 808 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 61 555745313 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 7 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 91 91 19713 (C2) HDA temperature 33 40 17179869217 (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 35227321762783 (F1) Unknown 100 253 5980739233 (F2) Unknown 100 253 39473430293	99.8% Outstanding	Read 190 Write 158 Mixed 162 128% 170 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 1.46 4K Mixed 0.17 73% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 99.8% Great: 114%
Hitachi HUA721050KLA330 500GB 1,003 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 465GB free Firmware: GK6OA70M Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 130 130 150 (03) Spinup time 119 119 25797067170 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 14664 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 130 130 34 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 19353 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 7699 (C0) Power-off retract count 84 84 20084 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 84 84 20084 (C2) HDA temperature 142 142 249108430890 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	48.7% Average	Read 85.7 Write 83.8 Mixed 85 64% 84.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.88 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.5 120% 0.96 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 48.7% Great: 47%
Hitachi HUA721050KLA330 500GB 1,003 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 465GB free Firmware: GK6OA70M Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 130 130 150 (03) Spinup time 120 120 21501968799 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 18886 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 132 132 33 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 19319 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 7721 (C0) Power-off retract count 80 80 24339 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 80 80 24339 (C2) HDA temperature 142 142 236223529002 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	47.3% Average	Read 81.1 Write 83.5 Mixed 98.8 67% 87.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.92 4K Write 1.62 4K Mixed 0.5 123% 1.01 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 47.3% Great: 47%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 285GB free Firmware: CC46 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 111 99 32074688 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3600 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 66 60 3876274 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2942 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 807 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 64 56 606208036 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 10 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 10767 (C2) HDA temperature 36 44 21474836516 (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 7095285973573 (F1) Unknown 100 253 8062203632 (F2) Unknown 100 253 34634068547	84.5% Excellent	Read 155 Write 140 Mixed 139 109% 145 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 1.48 4K Mixed 0.21 80% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 84.5% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (16^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	66.8% Good	MC Read 24.9 MC Write 26.1 MC Mixed 19.1 67% 23.4 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 23.8 SC Mixed 20.7 58% 20.2 GB/s	Latency 66.4 60% 66.4 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 66.8% Great: 104%

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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	6,620x
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	2,166x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	1,382x
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 $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	320x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	807x
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) $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