Asus Z170 PRO GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 104% UFO	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 87% Aircraft carrier


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 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 93%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	108% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	136% 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	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.

High background CPU (23%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170 PRO GAMING (all builds)
Memory	28.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170315
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	May 12 '17 at 18:32
Run Duration	289 Seconds
Run User	FIN-User
Background CPU	23%

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-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	93% Outstanding	Memory 96.3 1-Core 127 2-Core 255 90% 160 Pts	4-Core 484 8-Core 696 74% 590 Pts	64-Core 694 43% 694 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 93% 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. 21.20.16.4534 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.67% Terrible	Lighting 8 Reflection 11.8 Parallax 7.72 6% 9.19 fps	MRender 11.1 Gravity 6.9 Splatting 16.5 10% 11.5 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.67% Great: 6%
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3362) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Lighting 143 Reflection 146 Parallax 125 116% 138 fps	MRender 113 Gravity 136 Splatting 107 96% 119 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 600p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$49 58,154 User benchmarks, average bench 116% 74GB free (System drive) Firmware: PSF100C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	136% Outstanding	Read 1,339 Write 556 Mixed 812 198% 902 MB/s	4K Read 20.6 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 17.2 114% 50.8 MB/s	DQ Read 247 DQ Write 467 DQ Mixed 19 110% 244 MB/s
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 136% Great: 157%
Samsung 830 256GB-$261 25,763 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 41GB free Firmware: CXM03B1Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 99 99 4096 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 23966 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2006 (B1) Unknown 92 92 271 (B3) Unknown 99 99 2 (B5) Unknown 99 99 1 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 52 28 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 253 253 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 476 (F1) Unknown 99 99 64861335611	68.5% Good	Read 501 Write 309 Mixed 383 88% 398 MB/s	4K Read 17.9 4K Write 36 4K Mixed 18.9 70% 24.3 MB/s	DQ Read 272 DQ Write 86.7 DQ Mixed 12.2 53% 124 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 68.5% Great: 86%
Kingston SKC100S3480G 480GB 46 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 14GB free Firmware: 332ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 16707503 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 -114048561563245 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1123 (0D) Soft read error rate 60 60 81874978271151 (64) Unknown 0 0 6592 (AA) Unknown 0 0 32128 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 89 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 26 49 42952884250 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 16707503 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 107 107 -17940078395392 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 16707503 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 16707503 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 0 0 62 (E9) Unknown 0 0 6191 (EA) Unknown 0 0 6938 (F1) Unknown 0 0 6938 (F2) Unknown 0 0 14256	59.1% Above average	Read 503 Write 230 Mixed 292 75% 342 MB/s	4K Read 21.2 4K Write 17.6 4K Mixed 13.9 59% 17.6 MB/s	DQ Read 225 DQ Write 95.4 DQ Mixed 9.83 47% 110 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 59.1% Great: 67%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$50 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 237GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 185 175 5708 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1410 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 11865 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 866 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 143 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 165 165 105319 (C2) HDA temperature 124 96 26 (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	56.2% Above average	Read 94.8 Write 101 Mixed 91.5 72% 95.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 2.15 4K Mixed 0.24 90% 0.98 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 56.2% Great: 84%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 89GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 172 167 2358 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1154 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 6405 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 629 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 171 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5873 (C2) HDA temperature 116 90 27 (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	85.4% Excellent	Read 181 Write 117 Mixed 152 113% 150 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 2.42 4K Mixed 0.18 89% 1.06 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 85.4% Great: 109%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 129GB free Firmware: 12.01C02 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 179 174 6033 (04) Start/Stop count 86 86 14503 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 32 32 49990 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3598 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 659 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 196 196 14503 (C2) HDA temperature 119 92 31 (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	42.7% Average	Read 70.8 Write 77.5 Mixed 72.3 55% 73.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 2.44 4K Mixed 0.46 124% 1.19 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 42.7% Great: 69%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 5TB 1,185 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 3TB free, PID d011 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	78.2% Very good	Read 186 Write 189 Mixed 130 212% 168 MB/s	4K Read 12.6 4K Write 2.31 4K Mixed 0.28 135% 5.05 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 78.2% Great: 81%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GB 89,024 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	MC Read 37.8 MC Write 40.3 MC Mixed 33.9 107% 37.3 GB/s	SC Read 21.1 SC Write 41.5 SC Mixed 31.8 90% 31.5 GB/s	Latency 52.9 76% 52.9 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 119%

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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	6,666x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	3,689x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	1,050x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	2,180x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	1,386x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,257x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	891x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	791x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	323x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	817x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	570x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	561x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $752

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	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