Asus Z170 PRO GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 82% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 71% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 83.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	96.4% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	44.6% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

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Motherboard	Asus Z170 PRO GAMING (all builds)
Memory	12 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160705
Uptime	3.2 Days
Run Date	Apr 17 '18 at 06:34
Run Duration	179 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	27%

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PC Performing as expected (57^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 (72^nd percentile)	83.9% Excellent	Memory 86.6 1-Core 126 2-Core 242 85% 151 Pts	4-Core 437 8-Core 680 69% 558 Pts	64-Core 654 40% 654 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 83.9% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6180) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing below potential (16^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	96.4% Outstanding	Lighting 123 Reflection 131 Parallax 117 101% 124 fps	MRender 106 Gravity 122 Splatting 98.3 88% 109 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 96.4% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Vertex 3 120GB-$42 25,948 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 99GB free Firmware: 2.25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 4355363 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 2843268368023 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2051 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 1009 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 128 129 545469300864 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 4355363 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 4355363 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 4355363 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 4535 (EA) Unknown 0 0 3197 (F1) Unknown 0 0 3197 (F2) Unknown 0 0 3350	68.6% Good	Read 506 Write 134 Mixed 217 62% 286 MB/s	4K Read 27.3 4K Write 91.7 4K Mixed 20.1 116% 46.3 MB/s	DQ Read 144 DQ Write 140 DQ Mixed 44.6 60% 109 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 68.6% Great: 82%
Intel 320 Series 120GB-$89 9,651 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 70GB free Firmware: 4PC10362 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 18108 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3211 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 29 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1010 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 159331 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 65535 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 159331 (F2) Unknown 100 100 112951	45.3% Average	Read 259 Write 135 Mixed 153 40% 182 MB/s	4K Read 20.7 4K Write 38.5 4K Mixed 16.7 73% 25.3 MB/s	DQ Read 153 DQ Write 62.5 DQ Mixed 32 44% 82.5 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 45.3% Great: 48%
Intel 320 Series 120GB-$89 9,651 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 59GB free (System drive) Firmware: 4PC10362 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 19203 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3288 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 97 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 112 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 1 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1308293 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 65535 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 93 93 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1308293 (F2) Unknown 100 100 503766	44.6% Average	Read 257 Write 132 Mixed 164 41% 184 MB/s	4K Read 20.3 4K Write 37.5 4K Mixed 16.3 72% 24.7 MB/s	DQ Read 153 DQ Write 62 DQ Mixed 29.7 42% 81.6 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 44.6% Great: 48%
WD Black 2TB (2010)-$107 47,617 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 975GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 6 (03) Spinup time 253 253 8800 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3645 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 71 71 21678 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2921 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 1093 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2550 (C2) HDA temperature 104 100 48 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 13	69.2% Good	Read 135 Write 106 Mixed 119 90% 120 MB/s	4K Read 0.66 4K Write 1.88 4K Mixed 0.34 100% 0.96 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 69.2% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LED DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GB-$33 14,163 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	71.9% Very good	MC Read 26 MC Write 27.4 MC Mixed 22.5 72% 25.3 GB/s	SC Read 16.4 SC Write 27.2 SC Mixed 23.3 64% 22.3 GB/s	Latency 70.8 56% 70.8 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 71.9% Great: 95%

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Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

Motherboard: Asus Z170 PRO GAMING - $295

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	6,629x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	3,674x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	1,045x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	2,168x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	1,383x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,250x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	885x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	787x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	321x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	808x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	566x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	560x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $750

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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