Asus Z170-PRO

Performance Results


Gaming 67% Battle cruiser	Desktop 100% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 54% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 98.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	64.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	96.6% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus Z170-PRO (all builds)
Memory	4.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161129
Uptime	4.2 Days
Run Date	Jun 27 '17 at 03:13
Run Duration	163 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	16%

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PC Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	98.2% Outstanding	Memory 95 1-Core 150 2-Core 300 100% 182 Pts	4-Core 584 8-Core 593 78% 588 Pts	64-Core 592 37% 592 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 98.2% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Gigabyte(1458 371A) CLim: 2088 MHz, MLim: 2277 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 382.53 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	64.5% Good	Lighting 80.4 Reflection 79.7 Parallax 70.3 66% 76.8 fps	MRender 80.8 Gravity 73.5 Splatting 74.9 62% 76.4 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 64.5% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 49GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 876 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 131 (B1) Unknown 99 99 18 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 62 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 14 (F1) Unknown 99 99 6185543494	96.6% Outstanding	Read 513 Write 405 Mixed 417 99% 445 MB/s	4K Read 47.8 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 27.5 163% 60.2 MB/s	DQ Read 48.2 DQ Write 113 DQ Mixed 27.6 36% 62.9 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 96.6% Great: 124%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$30 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 268GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 142 142 70 (03) Spinup time 127 127 12896764084 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 464 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 113 113 35 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2821 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 456 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1119 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1119 (C2) HDA temperature 200 200 150324969502 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1	83.7% Excellent	Read 143 Write 149 Mixed 149 111% 147 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 1.72 4K Mixed 0.22 75% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 83.7% Great: 107%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 250GB-$33 44,469 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 464GB free Firmware: CC38 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 179633226 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8927 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 87 60 496671495 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 15343 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4139 (B7) Unknown 96 96 4 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 426 (BC) Unknown 100 99 13 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 54 471072796 (C2) HDA temperature 28 46 47244640284 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 27 27 179633226 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 1 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 1 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 137421773629586 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1525470248 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3181506301	70.3% Very good	Read 121 Write 124 Mixed 118 91% 121 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 1.62 4K Mixed 0.58 123% 0.96 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 70.3% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x4GB-$67 46,617 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	74.9% Very good	MC Read 26.6 MC Write 29.2 MC Mixed 22.4 74% 26.1 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 28.6 SC Mixed 22.9 65% 22.9 GB/s	Latency 57 70% 57 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 74.9% Great: 81%

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Typical Z170-PRO Builds (Compare 957 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

Motherboard: Asus Z170-PRO - $210

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	513x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	125x
Core i7-7700KIntel $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	78x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	169x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	105x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	71x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	62x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	55x
950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung $625Bench 223%, 54,978 samples	23x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	69x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	55x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x16GBCorsair $560Bench 84%, 34,441 samples	34x

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Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $674

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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