Asus Z170 PRO GAMING

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 70% Battle cruiser	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 60% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	80.4% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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	26.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150924
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	May 11 '18 at 20:42
Run Duration	1569 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$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 (89^th percentile)	87.2% Excellent	Memory 89.2 1-Core 127 2-Core 254 87% 157 Pts	4-Core 459 8-Core 703 72% 581 Pts	64-Core 703 44% 703 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 87.2% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6171) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 397.64 Performing below potential (58^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	80.4% Excellent	Lighting 99.8 Reflection 110 Parallax 101 81% 104 fps	MRender 96 Gravity 93 Splatting 97.8 78% 95.6 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 80.4% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate FireCuda 2.5" 2TB-$75 71,106 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 516GB free (System drive) Firmware: SDM1 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 84 64 237690478 (03) Spinup time 99 99 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 779 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 85 60 346393784 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 -46119358817726 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 330 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 393233 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 63 60 656605221 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 100 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 959 (C2) HDA temperature 37 40 73014444069 (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 86440511805946 (F1) Unknown 100 253 31506314905 (F2) Unknown 100 253 45915409560 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	35.5% Below average	Read 73.4 Write 50.4 Mixed 37.6 40% 53.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 0.76 4K Mixed 0.44 81% 0.54 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 35.5% Great: 68%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 247GB free Firmware: JB0OA3T0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 36 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 121 100 81604378625 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 3875 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 4787 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1578 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 90 -85749021736350 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 43 471859231 (BF) G-sense error rate 92 92 2164 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 7012459 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 36147 (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 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0	53.7% Above average	Read 91.2 Write 96.1 Mixed 85.4 68% 90.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.19 71% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 53.7% Great: 75%
Seagate ST3250820AS Q 250GB 167 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 229GB free Firmware: 3.BQE Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 253 0 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 1 1 141754 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 87 60 557777104 (09) Power-on hours count 63 63 33008 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 89 89 11538 (BB) vendor-specific 92 92 8 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 56 39 365813301292 (C2) HDA temperature 44 61 77309411372 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 79 56 166221221 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	43.3% Average	Read 76.6 Write 74.1 Mixed 74.8 57% 75.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.37 90% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 43.3% Great: 45%
ASMT 2105 500GB 17 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 466GB free, PID a0a9 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	49.4% Average	Read 119 Write 120 Mixed 98.2 143% 112 MB/s	4K Read 1.59 4K Write 1.83 4K Mixed 0.15 73% 1.19 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 49.4% Great: 49%
CENTON 16GB 33 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 15GB free, PID 6387 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	6.41% Terrible	Read 24.4 Write 7.13 Mixed 6.72 13% 12.7 MB/s	4K Read 5.57 4K Write 0.002 4K Mixed 0.003 21% 1.86 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 6.41% Great: 8%
Generic- SD/MMC 8GB 452 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 7GB free, PID null Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	6.51% Terrible	Read 18.1 Write 11.7 Mixed 13.2 17% 14.3 MB/s	4K Read 5.34 4K Write 0.03 4K Mixed 0.02 22% 1.8 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.51% Great: 12%
Generic STORAGE DEVICE 8GB 244 User benchmarks, average bench 8% 7GB free, PID 0745 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	4.63% Terrible	Read 17 Write 6.54 Mixed 9.2 12% 10.9 MB/s	4K Read 2.9 4K Write 0.02 4K Mixed 0.02 12% 0.98 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 4.63% Great: 15%
Imation Flash Drive 4GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 4GB free, PID 0086 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	6.35% Terrible	Read 18.8 Write 6.26 Mixed 9.88 13% 11.6 MB/s	4K Read 9.28 4K Write 0.02 4K Mixed 0.02 36% 3.11 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.35% Great: 6%
DaneElec MicroUSB 4GB 250 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 4GB free, PID 0008 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	4.52% Terrible	Read 14.9 Write 6.43 Mixed 8.56 11% 9.95 MB/s	4K Read 4.02 4K Write 0.004 4K Mixed 0.006 15% 1.34 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 4.52% Great: 6%
SanDisk Cruzer 2GB 438 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 2GB free, PID 5530 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	8.98% Terrible	Read 21.3 Write 9.12 Mixed 11 16% 13.8 MB/s	4K Read 5.49 4K Write 0.85 4K Mixed 0.24 58% 2.19 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 8.98% Great: 11%
Generic USB Flash Disk 1GB 70 User benchmarks, average bench 3% 1GB free, PID 0042 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	2.69% Terrible	Read 10.3 Write 4.75 Mixed 6.47 8% 7.17 MB/s	4K Read 0.1 4K Write 0.04 4K Mixed 0.08 4% 0.07 MB/s
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 2.69% Great: 8%
V88 V88 1GB 26 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 1GB free, PID 2088 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	4.57% Terrible	Read 15.5 Write 3.3 Mixed 5.42 8% 8.07 MB/s	4K Read 6.52 4K Write 0.02 4K Mixed 0.02 26% 2.19 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.57% Great: 8%
16 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 1GB free, PID null Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Read 15.5 Write 4.67 Mixed 6.73 10% 8.98 MB/s
Poor: 3% Great: 7%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 4x8GB-$154 8,498 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (31^st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	74% Very good	MC Read 26.4 MC Write 27.6 MC Mixed 23.6 74% 25.9 GB/s	SC Read 17.5 SC Write 29.2 SC Mixed 24.5 68% 23.7 GB/s	Latency 68.3 59% 68.3 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 74% Great: 113%

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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	6,619x
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 $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