Asus Z170 PRO GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 72% Battleship	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 58% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 88.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	75.6% 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	27.4% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170 PRO GAMING (all builds)
Memory	10.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161227
Uptime	3 Days
Run Date	Jun 24 '17 at 14:38
Run Duration	220 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing as expected (54^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	88.9% Excellent	Memory 93.1 1-Core 124 2-Core 265 89% 161 Pts	4-Core 492 8-Core 477 65% 484 Pts	64-Core 491 30% 491 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 88.9% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4995) CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 376.53 Performing below potential (36^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	75.6% Very good	Lighting 98.2 Reflection 102 Parallax 102 80% 101 fps	MRender 84.7 Gravity 89.1 Splatting 74.2 67% 82.7 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 75.6% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 600p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$49 58,154 User benchmarks, average bench 116% 84GB free Firmware: PSF100C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	89.2% Excellent	Read 170 Write 177 Mixed 287 48% 211 MB/s	4K Read 33.4 4K Write 134 4K Mixed 47.4 182% 71.6 MB/s	DQ Read 277 DQ Write 430 DQ Mixed 99.5 147% 269 MB/s
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 89.2% Great: 157%
Intel 320 Series 120GB-$89 9,651 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 19GB free Firmware: 4PC10362 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 20570 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2565 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 27 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 176 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 49129 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 2982 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 0 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 1267557 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 49129 (F2) Unknown 100 100 224390	45.1% Average	Read 259 Write 132 Mixed 165 41% 185 MB/s	4K Read 20.4 4K Write 39.2 4K Mixed 16.5 73% 25.4 MB/s	DQ Read 153 DQ Write 63.4 DQ Mixed 31.5 44% 82.7 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 45.1% Great: 48%
Intel X25-M 80GB 12,660 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 12GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2CV102HA Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 4 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 26116 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3395 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 260 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 899064 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 8560 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 1 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 815049931 (E8) Unknown 99 99 0 (E9) Unknown 90 90 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0	27.4% Poor	Read 257 Write 81.2 Mixed 126 34% 155 MB/s	4K Read 20.4 4K Write 4.51 4K Mixed 6.84 42% 10.6 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 27.4% Great: 44%
Seagate ST31000340AS 1TB-$136 7,908 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 613GB free Firmware: LC11 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 155326874 (03) Spinup time 87 79 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6471 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 3 (07) Seek error rate 70 60 21531206491 (09) Power-on hours count 76 76 21322 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 7 (0C) Power cycle count 99 37 1994 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295032833 (BD) vendor-specific 97 97 3 (BE) vendor-specific 57 52 722993195 (C2) HDA temperature 43 48 30064771115 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 22 15 155326874 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	51.4% Above average	Read 91.8 Write 87.2 Mixed 81 65% 86.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 1.43 4K Mixed 0.45 106% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 51.4% Great: 59%
Samsung Spinpoint F1 750GB-$60 30,974 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 140GB free Firmware: 1AA01113 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 77 77 7880 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9012 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 1 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 22789 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 99 99 420 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3110 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 63 57 622067749 (C2) HDA temperature 61 55 655622183 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 41480 (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 31 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0	44.4% Average	Read 87.3 Write 67.1 Mixed 72.8 57% 75.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.83 4K Mixed 0.4 98% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 44.4% Great: 60%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$45 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	93.7% Outstanding	MC Read 32.1 MC Write 36.6 MC Mixed 31.9 96% 33.5 GB/s	SC Read 20.2 SC Write 37.2 SC Mixed 26.3 80% 27.9 GB/s	Latency 61.9 65% 61.9 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 93.7% Great: 104%

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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	6,668x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	3,689x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	1,050x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	2,180x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	1,386x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,257x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	891x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	791x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	323x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	817x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	570x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	561x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $752

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16