Asus Z170 PRO GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 70% Battle cruiser	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 57% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	74.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	152% 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	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.

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

Motherboard	Asus Z170 PRO GAMING (all builds)
Memory	19.6 GB free of 24 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170623
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Dec 13 '17 at 00:28
Run Duration	253 Seconds
Run User	FIN-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7600K-$190 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	87.6% Excellent	Memory 87.6 1-Core 140 2-Core 278 92% 168 Pts	4-Core 494 8-Core 563 69% 528 Pts	64-Core 580 36% 580 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 87.6% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Asus(1043 8506) CLim: 1614 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.59 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	74.1% Very good	Lighting 95.2 Reflection 94 Parallax 84.1 78% 91.1 fps	MRender 91 Gravity 84.4 Splatting 75 67% 83.5 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 74.1% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Pro 256GB-$190 73,119 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 186GB free Firmware: DXM06B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 17574 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1757 (B1) Unknown 95 95 168 (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 56 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 125 (F1) Unknown 99 99 26730153923	105% Outstanding	Read 498 Write 451 Mixed 505 108% 485 MB/s	4K Read 34.7 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 27 148% 58.9 MB/s	DQ Read 348 DQ Write 301 DQ Mixed 73.8 124% 241 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 116%
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 96GB free Firmware: SBFK71E0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 29 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 10 (94) Unknown 255 255 0 (95) Unknown 255 255 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 6 (AA) Unknown 100 100 7 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 255 255 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 6 (C2) HDA temperature 62 58 180390199334 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 68 (F1) Unknown 100 100 178 (F2) Unknown 100 100 34 (F4) Unknown 100 100 0 (F5) Unknown 100 100 1 (F6) Unknown 100 100 3696	47.8% Average	Read 281 Write 46.4 Mixed 327 48% 218 MB/s	4K Read 29.4 4K Write 63.9 4K Mixed 6.43 86% 33.2 MB/s	DQ Read 216 DQ Write 226 DQ Mixed 9.39 66% 151 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 47.8% Great: 100%
Samsung 840 250GB-$251 41,998 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 70GB free Firmware: DXT0AB0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 30485 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 955 (B1) Unknown 92 92 85 (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 65 49 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 1 91 (F1) Unknown 99 99 21896830755	76% Very good	Read 470 Write 230 Mixed 132 60% 277 MB/s	4K Read 28.6 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 13.2 114% 47.8 MB/s	DQ Read 293 DQ Write 193 DQ Mixed 31 80% 172 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 76% Great: 85%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 45GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 3191 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 412 (B1) Unknown 99 99 4 (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 60 44 40 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 129 (F1) Unknown 99 99 2703582155	107% Outstanding	Read 515 Write 413 Mixed 419 100% 449 MB/s	4K Read 45.6 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 28.8 163% 60.9 MB/s	DQ Read 331 DQ Write 271 DQ Mixed 46 104% 216 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 124%
Kingston A400 120GB-$32 166,392 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 27GB free Firmware: SBFK71E0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3170 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 376 (94) Unknown 255 255 0 (95) Unknown 255 255 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 15 (AA) Unknown 100 100 17 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 262154 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 255 255 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 195 (C2) HDA temperature 63 49 219044380709 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 99 (E9) Unknown 100 100 483 (F1) Unknown 100 100 626 (F2) Unknown 100 100 304 (F4) Unknown 100 100 4 (F5) Unknown 100 100 10 (F6) Unknown 100 100 24624	56.7% Above average	Read 248 Write 241 Mixed 289 58% 260 MB/s	4K Read 28.7 4K Write 69.6 4K Mixed 4.62 86% 34.3 MB/s	DQ Read 155 DQ Write 225 DQ Mixed 6.63 56% 129 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 56.7% Great: 85%
Intel 600p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$49 58,154 User benchmarks, average bench 116% 21GB free (System drive) Firmware: PSF121C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	152% Outstanding	Read 1,384 Write 555 Mixed 760 197% 900 MB/s	4K Read 33.4 4K Write 145 4K Mixed 26.3 161% 68.1 MB/s	DQ Read 215 DQ Write 505 DQ Mixed 26.5 116% 249 MB/s
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 152% Great: 157%
WD WD5000AAVS-00ZTB0 500GB 13,629 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 151GB free Firmware: 01.01B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 161 152 4916 (04) Start/Stop count 89 89 11292 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 40 40 44245 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2435 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 1377 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 19 19 543877 (C2) HDA temperature 112 86 35 (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	30.6% Below average	Read 54.5 Write 51.6 Mixed 51.1 39% 52.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 1.92 4K Mixed 0.37 100% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 30.6% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMK16GX4M2A2400C16 CMK8GX4M2A2400C14 CMK16GX4M2A2400C16 CMK8GX4M2A2400C14 24GB 25 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2667, 2667, 2667, 2667 MHz 8192, 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	84.3% Excellent	MC Read 31.1 MC Write 33.4 MC Mixed 27.3 87% 30.6 GB/s	SC Read 15.8 SC Write 31.3 SC Mixed 22.7 66% 23.3 GB/s	Latency 70 57% 70 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 84.3% Great: 85%

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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	6,618x
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