Asus Z170 PRO GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 66% Battle cruiser	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 56% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	83.5% 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	63.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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.

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Motherboard	Asus Z170 PRO GAMING (all builds)
Memory	14.2 GB free of 24 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160919
Uptime	14.2 Days
Run Date	Jun 14 '17 at 11:31
Run Duration	204 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	26%

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PC Performing above expectations (61^st 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 below expectations (23^rd percentile)	76.9% Very good	Memory 81 1-Core 120 2-Core 226 80% 142 Pts	4-Core 394 8-Core 559 60% 477 Pts	64-Core 590 36% 590 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 76.9% Great: 90%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Nvidia(10DE 119E) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 382.33 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	83.5% Excellent	Lighting 115 Reflection 122 Parallax 101 93% 113 fps	MRender 66.2 Gravity 109 Splatting 64.3 64% 79.7 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 83.5% Great: 110%
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 (99^th percentile)	7% Terrible	Lighting 6.9 Reflection 9.96 Parallax 7.53 6% 8.13 fps	MRender 9.43 Gravity 6.97 Splatting 16.9 10% 11.1 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 540s Series 120GB 4,012 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 31GB free (System drive) Firmware: LSF031C Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 417 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 106 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 8 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 40 44 120261967912 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 8 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 927728 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 0 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 0 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 63 63 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 927728 (F2) Unknown 100 100 100589 (F9) Unknown 100 100 29905 (FC) Unknown 100 100 241	63.7% Good	Read 515 Write 85.6 Mixed 140 53% 247 MB/s	4K Read 27 4K Write 51.7 4K Mixed 18.6 92% 32.5 MB/s	DQ Read 258 DQ Write 216 DQ Mixed 63.9 95% 179 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 63.7% Great: 84%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 100 191632056 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 68 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 109893 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1172 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 68 (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 76 66 403636248 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2734 (C2) HDA temperature 24 40 51539607576 (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 -70231305223221 (F1) Unknown 100 253 389771540 (F2) Unknown 100 253 4335434883	111% Outstanding	Read 206 Write 179 Mixed 178 141% 188 MB/s	4K Read 0.77 4K Write 1.69 4K Mixed 0.18 84% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 114%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$84 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 1TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 204 170 2791 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 162 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 3747 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 103 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 6 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 155 155 135320 (C2) HDA temperature 120 109 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	79% Very good	Read 155 Write 121 Mixed 121 99% 132 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 2.08 4K Mixed 0.24 92% 0.98 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 79% Great: 84%
PHD 3.0 Silicon-Power 1TB 4,921 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 303GB free, PID 55aa Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	33.9% Below average	Read 78.9 Write 80.5 Mixed 61.6 94% 73.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 1.56 4K Mixed 0.21 62% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 33.9% Great: 49%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMK16GX4M2A2133C13 CMK8GX4M2A2400C14 CMK16GX4M2A2133C13 CMK8GX4M2A2400C14 24GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	64.9% Good	MC Read 23.8 MC Write 26 MC Mixed 19.4 66% 23.1 GB/s	SC Read 13.6 SC Write 25.3 SC Mixed 18.3 54% 19.1 GB/s	Latency 78.8 51% 78.8 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 64.9% Great: 76%

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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	6,626x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	3,674x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	1,044x

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	1,248x

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	559x

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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 $179	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