Asus Z170I 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 (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	62.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170I PRO GAMING (all builds)
Memory	27.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160919
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 10 '18 at 09:26
Run Duration	203 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	15%

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PC Performing above expectations (69^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-$219 588,978 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% Excellent	Memory 90.1 1-Core 127 2-Core 250 87% 156 Pts	4-Core 442 8-Core 697 70% 569 Pts	64-Core 703 44% 703 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 86% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-3GB-$119 627,793 User benchmarks, average bench 52% Nvidia(10DE 1C02) 3GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 391.24 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 71.9 Reflection 69.5 Parallax 60 59% 67.1 fps	Gravity 65.1 Splatting 67.8 59% 66.4 fps
Poor: 48% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SHSS37A480G 480GB 14,802 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 447GB free Firmware: SAFM00.Y Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1544 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 529 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 717 (AD) Unknown 100 100 262152 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 77 (C2) HDA temperature 72 48 223339151388 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 2042 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1987 (F2) Unknown 100 100 187 (F4) Unknown 100 100 4 (F5) Unknown 100 100 8 (F6) Unknown 100 100 542144	96.2% Outstanding	Read 523 Write 500 Mixed 508 114% 510 MB/s	4K Read 29.1 4K Write 96.2 4K Mixed 13.3 112% 46.2 MB/s	DQ Read 303 DQ Write 280 DQ Mixed 13.6 86% 199 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 96.2% Great: 110%
SanDisk X400 512GB-$99 7,913 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 374GB free (System drive) Firmware: X4162000 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1562 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 526 (A5) Unknown 100 100 270727251820 (A6) Unknown 100 100 3 (A7) Unknown 100 100 26 (A8) Unknown 100 100 73 (A9) Unknown 100 100 365 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 31 (AE) Unknown 100 100 76 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 53 72 309238825007 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 5678016628010 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 15710 (EA) Unknown 100 100 18294 (F1) Unknown 253 253 16587 (F2) Unknown 253 253 4891 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	62.9% Good	Read 491 Write 216 Mixed 250 70% 319 MB/s	4K Read 24.6 4K Write 33.9 4K Mixed 14.7 74% 24.4 MB/s	DQ Read 222 DQ Write 143 DQ Mixed 34.4 66% 133 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 62.9% Great: 104%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$51 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 1.5TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 184 183 3791 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 537 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 1591 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 536 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 86 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 450 (C2) HDA temperature 118 108 29 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	94.5% Outstanding	Read 168 Write 161 Mixed 140 117% 156 MB/s	4K Read 0.77 4K Write 2.94 4K Mixed 0.52 144% 1.41 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 94.5% Great: 112%
Samsung SSD 840 Series 250GB 16 User benchmarks, average bench 173% 232GB free, PID 55aa Operating at USB 3.1 Speed Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	331% Outstanding	Read 465 Write 248 Mixed 251 370% 321 MB/s	4K Read 24.7 4K Write 66.4 4K Mixed 12.3 2,768% 34.5 MB/s	DQ Read 26.8 DQ Write 85.2 DQ Mixed 12.3 3,418% 41.5 MB/s
Poor: 108% ↑ This bench: 331% Great: 323%
Samsung D3 Station 2TB 2,805 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 88GB free, PID 6123 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	77.3% Very good	Read 147 Write 141 Mixed 56.8 138% 115 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 8.18 4K Mixed 0.55 300% 3.16 MB/s	DQ Read 0.94 DQ Write 8.05 DQ Mixed 0.68 300% 3.22 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 77.3% Great: 80%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905625-066.A00G 2x16GB 758 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 2 of 2 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	74.5% Very good	MC Read 27 MC Write 28.4 MC Mixed 22.9 74% 26.1 GB/s	SC Read 17.9 SC Write 29.5 SC Mixed 23.3 67% 23.6 GB/s	Latency 67.1 60% 67.1 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 74.5% Great: 78%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 58%

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Motherboard: Asus Z170I PRO GAMING - $165

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $219Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	581x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	436x
Core i7-6700Intel $219Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	144x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	218x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	168x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	152x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	72x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	68x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	43x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	100x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	83x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	49x

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Value: 92% - Outstanding

Total price: $664

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $95	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16