Asus Z170 PRO GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 19% Surfboard	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	12.9% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	43.1% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z170 PRO GAMING (all builds)
Memory	5.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160113
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Feb 06 '16 at 20:44
Run Duration	182 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	17%

PC Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-6300-$44 3,672 User benchmarks, average bench 67% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	76.9% Very good	Memory 96.4 1-Core 118 2-Core 200 82% 138 Pts	4-Core 335 8-Core 326 44% 331 Pts	64-Core 331 20% 331 Pts
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 76.9% Great: 75%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 750-Ti-$92 309,423 User benchmarks, average bench 17% Nvidia(10DE 105F) 2GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.5906 Relative performance (0^th percentile)	12.9% Very poor	Lighting 13.5 Reflection 16.9 Parallax 20.6 11% 17 fps	MRender 23.5 Gravity 21.1 Splatting 17.7 17% 20.7 fps
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 12.9% Great: 19%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandis S128G 126GB 58 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 76GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3.2.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2272 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1079 (A5) Unknown 100 100 148540 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 37 (AE) Unknown 100 100 212 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 65 35 214749216803 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 123 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 304 (F1) Unknown 100 100 6628137706 (F2) Unknown 100 100 16178483691	43.1% Average	Read 438 Write 245 Mixed 315 74% 332 MB/s	4K Read 13 4K Write 10.6 4K Mixed 5.71 33% 9.77 MB/s	DQ Read 37.8 DQ Write 12.1 DQ Mixed 7.45 10% 19.1 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 43.1% Great: 48%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$78 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 177 173 4141 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 27 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 32 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 27 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 4 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 400 (C2) HDA temperature 112 106 35 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	60.1% Good	Read 104 Write 106 Mixed 93.9 76% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.86 4K Write 0.47 4K Mixed 0.15 61% 0.49 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 60.1% Great: 84%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 494GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 173 2216 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 853 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2420 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 351 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 37 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 815 (C2) HDA temperature 108 101 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 79 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	84.8% Excellent	Read 158 Write 138 Mixed 133 107% 143 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 2.09 4K Mixed 0.25 93% 0.99 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 84.8% Great: 109%
SanDisk Ultra 124GB 3,905 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 87GB free, PID 5581 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	41% Average	Read 132 Write 70.8 Mixed 88.2 114% 97 MB/s	4K Read 3.79 4K Write 1.79 4K Mixed 0.85 104% 2.14 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 41% Great: 36%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2666 C15 2x4GB 5,273 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	92.4% Outstanding	MC Read 33 MC Write 36.6 MC Mixed 27.6 93% 32.4 GB/s	SC Read 20.9 SC Write 36.4 SC Mixed 28.7 82% 28.7 GB/s	Latency 52.6 76% 52.6 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 92.4% Great: 98%

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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	6,620x
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	2,166x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	1,382x
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	807x
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) $30	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