Asus Z170 PRO GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 51% Yacht	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 41% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	62.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent 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	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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z170 PRO GAMING (all builds)
Memory	9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20160919
Uptime	15.2 Days
Run Date	Dec 29 '17 at 15:07
Run Duration	170 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	18%

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PC Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	75.5% Very good	Memory 82.9 1-Core 97.4 2-Core 214 74% 132 Pts	4-Core 392 8-Core 402 53% 397 Pts	64-Core 434 27% 434 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 75.5% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Asus(1043 85AE) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 388.71 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	62.8% Good	Lighting 79.2 Reflection 79.1 Parallax 68.1 64% 75.4 fps	MRender 70.1 Gravity 72.3 Splatting 74.7 60% 72.4 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 62.8% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SUV300S37A120G 120GB 4,336 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 54GB free Firmware: SAFM12.G Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (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 100 100 5668 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 730 (A8) Unknown 100 100 22 (AA) Unknown 100 100 107 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1638449 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 65 (C2) HDA temperature 78 64 154619674646 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 22 (DA) Unknown 100 100 22 (E7) Temperature 100 100 96 (E9) Unknown 100 100 3314 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 4280 (F2) Unknown 100 100 3835 (F4) Unknown 100 100 25 (F5) Unknown 100 100 49 (F6) Unknown 100 100 595328	91.3% Outstanding	Read 506 Write 451 Mixed 473 106% 477 MB/s	4K Read 29.1 4K Write 85.1 4K Mixed 13.5 106% 42.6 MB/s	DQ Read 291 DQ Write 304 DQ Mixed 58.4 110% 218 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 91.3% Great: 83%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 544GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 168 167 2591 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1432 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 5010 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 670 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 70 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 196 196 14680 (C2) HDA temperature 118 108 25 (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 1 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	93% Outstanding	Read 169 Write 155 Mixed 127 112% 150 MB/s	4K Read 0.84 4K Write 1.99 4K Mixed 0.33 108% 1.05 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 93% Great: 109%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$61 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 252GB free (System drive) Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 170 168 4500 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 402 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3431 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 400 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 11 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 7390 (C2) HDA temperature 122 111 25 (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	68.8% Good	Read 105 Write 135 Mixed 104 86% 114 MB/s	4K Read 0.78 4K Write 1.59 4K Mixed 0.26 90% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 68.8% Great: 84%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 500GB 1,694 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 229GB free, PID a202 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	38% Below average	Read 86.5 Write 95.8 Mixed 79.8 113% 87.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.28 4K Write 1.48 4K Mixed 0.16 57% 0.64 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 38% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial CT8G4DFS8213.C8FBD1 2x8GB 2,416 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	66.7% Good	MC Read 25.3 MC Write 25.5 MC Mixed 21.1 68% 24 GB/s	SC Read 14.2 SC Write 21.7 SC Mixed 18.8 52% 18.2 GB/s	Latency 75.3 53% 75.3 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 66.7% Great: 76%

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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	6,631x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	3,676x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	1,045x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	2,169x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	1,383x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,251x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	885x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 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	809x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	567x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	560x

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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 $177	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