Asus Z170 PRO GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 68% Battle cruiser	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 60% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 95.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	65.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	76.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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 (17%). 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	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160307
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Jun 24 '18 at 07:06
Run Duration	175 Seconds
Run User	NZL-User
Background CPU	17%

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PC Performing as expected (60^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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95.8% Outstanding	Memory 95.3 1-Core 147 2-Core 291 98% 178 Pts	4-Core 518 8-Core 810 82% 664 Pts	64-Core 821 51% 821 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 95.8% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Asus(1043 85AC) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2052 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 397.93 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	65.5% Good	Lighting 83.1 Reflection 82.2 Parallax 71.1 68% 78.8 fps	MRender 72.1 Gravity 74.7 Splatting 76.1 61% 74.3 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 65.5% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata S510 120GB 690 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 68GB free Firmware: 3.3.2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 120 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 50 50 -139741055898699 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1662 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 78 (B1) Unknown 0 0 9 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 30 115966083102 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 17875 (EA) Unknown 0 0 11915 (F1) Unknown 0 0 11915 (F2) Unknown 0 0 14219	51.9% Above average	Read 192 Write 107 Mixed 120 31% 140 MB/s	4K Read 23.1 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 15.1 114% 50 MB/s	DQ Read 125 DQ Write 104 DQ Mixed 30.4 46% 86.3 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 51.9% Great: 79%
Adata XPG SX900 256GB-$164 6,726 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 14GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5.6.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 5811272 (05) Reallocated sector count 87 87 0 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 -40295383156725 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 310 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 38 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 24 45 1009320263704 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 5811272 (C4) Reallocation count 87 87 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 5811272 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 5811272 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 30064771072 (E9) Unknown 0 0 34605 (EA) Unknown 0 0 33243 (F1) Unknown 0 0 33243 (F2) Unknown 0 0 17275	76.8% Very good	Read 503 Write 248 Mixed 316 78% 356 MB/s	4K Read 28.1 4K Write 99.8 4K Mixed 15 115% 47.6 MB/s	DQ Read 213 DQ Write 178 DQ Mixed 11.8 59% 134 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 76.8% Great: 90%
Adata S510 120GB 690 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 11GB free Firmware: 3.3.2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 94 94 13375386 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 50 50 18992345426731 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1620 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 56 (B1) Unknown 0 0 7 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 20 40 34362359828 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 13375386 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 13375386 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 13375386 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 6126 (EA) Unknown 0 0 4341 (F1) Unknown 0 0 4341 (F2) Unknown 0 0 8035	52% Above average	Read 200 Write 106 Mixed 129 32% 145 MB/s	4K Read 24.4 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 13.6 112% 49.1 MB/s	DQ Read 137 DQ Write 109 DQ Mixed 36.4 51% 94.1 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 52% Great: 79%
WD Black 3TB (2013)-$151 16,992 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 1.5TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 148 131 11575 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4397 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 61 61 28589 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 484 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 81 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4318 (C2) HDA temperature 122 102 30 (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 0	89.3% Excellent	Read 149 Write 162 Mixed 136 112% 149 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 3.37 4K Mixed 0.24 119% 1.44 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 89.3% Great: 100%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Adata DDR4 2800 2OZ 2x8GB 1,327 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2747 MHz Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	93% Outstanding	MC Read 34.4 MC Write 35.1 MC Mixed 28.5 93% 32.7 GB/s	SC Read 21.4 SC Write 38.7 SC Mixed 28.6 84% 29.6 GB/s	Latency 56.3 71% 56.3 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 93% Great: 99%

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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	6,654x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	3,686x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	1,048x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	2,174x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	1,385x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,255x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	890x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	791x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	322x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $37Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	814x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	570x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	560x

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Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $744

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16