Asus Z170 PRO GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 29% Raft	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 25% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 95.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	61.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	45.4% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	4GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and although it's sufficient for most games, some will benefit from up to 8GB of RAM. 4GB is also enough for modest file and system caches which allow for a responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

6 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170 PRO GAMING (all builds)
Memory	2 GB free of 4 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170623
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 28 '17 at 17:30
Run Duration	124 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing as expected (56^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$250 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	95.2% Outstanding	Memory 93.1 1-Core 141 2-Core 278 94% 170 Pts	4-Core 524 8-Core 772 81% 648 Pts	64-Core 778 48% 778 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 95.2% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% MSI(1462 3170) CLim: 1418 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 385.69 Performing below potential (75^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	61.1% Good	Lighting 77.5 Reflection 81 Parallax 72 63% 76.8 fps	MRender 78.2 Gravity 70.7 Splatting 63.7 57% 70.9 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 61.1% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata Premier Pro SP900 128GB-$40 2,820 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 42GB free (System drive) Firmware: 6.0.3b Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 7034512 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 37409165148482 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 269 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 99 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 38 47 51542687782 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 7034512 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 7034512 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 7034512 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 4294967296 (E9) Unknown 0 0 375 (EA) Unknown 0 0 445 (F1) Unknown 0 0 445 (F2) Unknown 0 0 642	45.4% Average	Read 292 Write 125 Mixed 160 42% 192 MB/s	4K Read 13.4 4K Write 81.6 4K Mixed 9.79 76% 34.9 MB/s	DQ Read 80.1 DQ Write 114 DQ Mixed 24.9 39% 73 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 45.4% Great: 80%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$40 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 794GB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 140 140 69 (03) Spinup time 138 138 21492859154 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1190 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3107 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1149 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1190 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1190 (C2) HDA temperature 214 214 150324772892 (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 0	79.1% Very good	Read 145 Write 130 Mixed 162 110% 146 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 1.74 4K Mixed 0.2 80% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 79.1% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Adata DDR4 2800 2OZ 1x4GB 23 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 1 of 4 slots used 4GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (19^th percentile) - ensure that an XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	38.1% Below average	MC Read 14.6 MC Write 13.3 MC Mixed 10.4 36% 12.8 GB/s	SC Read 10.2 SC Write 10.2 SC Mixed 7.9 27% 9.43 GB/s	Latency 61.9 65% 61.9 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 38.1% Great: 53%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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	6,618x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	3,671x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	1,044x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	2,165x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	1,381x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,247x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	884x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	786x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $129Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	320x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	806x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	565x
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 $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