Asus Z170 PRO GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 101% UFO	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 88% Aircraft carrier


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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 89.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	113% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	89.6% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

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Motherboard	Asus Z170 PRO GAMING (all builds)
Memory	10.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160307
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	May 17 '17 at 21:37
Run Duration	168 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	20%

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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 i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	89.4% Excellent	Memory 91.5 1-Core 147 2-Core 281 96% 173 Pts	4-Core 469 8-Core 748 75% 609 Pts	64-Core 774 48% 774 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 89.4% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 36FD) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2062 MHz, MLim: 2551 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.49 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Lighting 152 Reflection 155 Parallax 145 124% 151 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 147 Splatting 110 101% 124 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 240GB-$89 105,079 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 135GB free Firmware: 0C3J96R9 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^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 100 100 506 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 95 (64) Unknown 100 100 110976 (65) Unknown 100 100 31264 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 2 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 32 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 1262 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 28 100 146029740060 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 203 (EA) Unknown 100 100 183 (F1) Unknown 100 100 193 (F2) Unknown 100 100 45 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 0	63.8% Good	Read 440 Write 152 Mixed 218 59% 270 MB/s	4K Read 31 4K Write 57.7 4K Mixed 13 94% 33.9 MB/s	DQ Read 290 DQ Write 157 DQ Mixed 27.7 73% 158 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 63.8% Great: 88%
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 26GB free Firmware: 603ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 14206164 (05) Reallocated sector count 99 99 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 112493783416841 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 0 (B1) Unknown 0 0 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 25 43 34362556441 (C2) HDA temperature 25 43 34362556441 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 14206164 (C4) Reallocation count 99 99 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 14206164 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 14206164 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 98 98 8589934593 (E9) Unknown 0 0 4294962128 (EA) Unknown 0 0 40 (F1) Unknown 0 0 40 (F2) Unknown 0 0 20 (F4) Unknown 100 100 2687004	74.3% Very good	Read 510 Write 194 Mixed 219 67% 308 MB/s	4K Read 23.1 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 18.4 117% 50.9 MB/s	DQ Read 152 DQ Write 200 DQ Mixed 51.6 74% 135 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 74.3% Great: 85%
Plextor M6 Pro 128GB-$161 708 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 15GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd 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 1457 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2064 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 286 (AE) Unknown 100 100 102 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 293199 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 704 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 2 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 102 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 1 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 19262 (F1) Unknown 100 100 308196 (F2) Unknown 100 100 203419	89.6% Excellent	Read 477 Write 299 Mixed 373 85% 383 MB/s	4K Read 35.2 4K Write 95.6 4K Mixed 22.3 132% 51 MB/s	DQ Read 314 DQ Write 301 DQ Mixed 65 116% 227 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 89.6% Great: 103%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 310GB free Firmware: JC4B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 164972200 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3140 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 37838594 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 8234 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2905 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 97 85900722306 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 58 471007260 (C2) HDA temperature 28 42 30064771100 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 33 22 164972200 (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 -89442693924347 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2601207557 (F2) Unknown 100 253 822068528	50.2% Above average	Read 99.1 Write 75.6 Mixed 85.5 65% 86.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 1.55 4K Mixed 0.46 107% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 50.2% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x4GB-$408 6,794 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (10^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	70.6% Very good	MC Read 25.2 MC Write 26.8 MC Mixed 22.1 71% 24.7 GB/s	SC Read 16.7 SC Write 28 SC Mixed 20.2 62% 21.6 GB/s	Latency 64.9 62% 64.9 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 70.6% Great: 115%

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Gaming 69%

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Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

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Motherboard: Asus Z170 PRO GAMING - $295

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	6,626x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	3,674x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	1,044x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	2,168x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	1,383x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,248x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	885x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	787x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	321x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	808x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	566x
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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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