Asus Z170 PRO GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 63% Destroyer	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 54% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 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 90.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	66% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	79.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Motherboard	Asus Z170 PRO GAMING (all builds)
Memory	28.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1360 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150717
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 26 '17 at 06:20
Run Duration	166 Seconds
Run User	NZL-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing above expectations (82^nd 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 (97^th percentile)	90.3% Outstanding	Memory 90.6 1-Core 128 2-Core 254 88% 158 Pts	4-Core 485 8-Core 711 75% 598 Pts	64-Core 713 44% 713 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 90.3% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% EVGA(3842 2983) CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.0 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	66% Good	Lighting 84.1 Reflection 89.9 Parallax 79.7 68% 84.5 fps	MRender 81.4 Gravity 75.3 Splatting 69.4 61% 75.3 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 66% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 525GB-$150 105,037 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 489GB free Firmware: M0CR050 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 9 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (AE) Unknown 100 100 6 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 73 66 146030460955 (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 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 8092953 (F7) Unknown 100 100 259546 (F8) Unknown 100 100 73339 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1932 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	76.9% Very good	Read 462 Write 325 Mixed 338 83% 375 MB/s	4K Read 21.6 4K Write 66.4 4K Mixed 20.1 94% 36 MB/s	DQ Read 265 DQ Write 211 DQ Mixed 44.2 86% 173 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 76.9% Great: 99%
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$28 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 178GB free (System drive) Firmware: U21010RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (09) Power-on hours count 75 100 331 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1167 (A6) Unknown 100 100 483 (A7) Unknown 100 100 1 (A8) Unknown 100 100 535 (A9) Unknown 100 100 43 (AA) Unknown 100 100 1 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 518 (AE) Unknown 100 100 14 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 18 (C2) HDA temperature 66 100 249108103202 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 17 (E8) Unknown 100 100 99 (E9) Unknown 100 100 111820 (F1) Unknown 253 253 6025 (F2) Unknown 253 253 4058	79.4% Very good	Read 463 Write 405 Mixed 447 98% 438 MB/s	4K Read 23.9 4K Write 85 4K Mixed 5.01 88% 38 MB/s	DQ Read 255 DQ Write 289 DQ Mixed 31.4 90% 192 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 79.4% Great: 86%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB 8,189 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 2TB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 122 100 455900144 (03) Spinup time 92 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3709 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 76 60 44120501 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 5791 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3574 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 96 96 4 (BE) vendor-specific 72 40 8641979351068 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 570 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 3880 (C2) HDA temperature 28 60 55834574876 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 26 18 455900144 (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 13168369735537 (F1) Unknown 100 253 500915385 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3046886359	74% Very good	Read 134 Write 124 Mixed 112 92% 123 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 0.98 4K Mixed 0.14 63% 0.61 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 74% Great: 74%
Samsung Spinpoint T166 500GB-$40 43,024 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 466GB free Firmware: CR100-12 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 253 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 7168 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7785 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 4 (07) Seek error rate 253 253 0 (08) Seek timer performance 253 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 15895 (0A) Spinup retry count 253 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 253 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4242 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 311739 (BB) vendor-specific 253 253 0 (BC) Unknown 99 99 110 (BE) vendor-specific 73 57 27 (C2) HDA temperature 157 106 27 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 311739 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 4 (C5) Current pending sector count 253 253 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 253 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 70	48.7% Average	Read 82.2 Write 87.3 Mixed 83.5 64% 84.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 1.63 4K Mixed 0.41 102% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 48.7% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4-2400C15-8GFX F4-2400C15-8GFX F4-2400C15-8GRR F4-2400C15-8GRR 32GB 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	74.4% Very good	MC Read 26.5 MC Write 28.2 MC Mixed 23.6 75% 26.1 GB/s	SC Read 16.8 SC Write 29.5 SC Mixed 23.4 66% 23.2 GB/s	Latency 66.3 60% 66.3 ns

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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	6,619x
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 $130Bench 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