Asus Z170 PRO GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 72% Battleship	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 62% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 86.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	78.8% 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	135% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

High background CPU (26%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z170 PRO GAMING (all builds)
Memory	21.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160111
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Apr 11 '17 at 13:47
Run Duration	218 Seconds
Run User	SVK-User
Background CPU	26%

PC Performing above expectations (62^nd 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 above expectations (84^th percentile)	86.4% Excellent	Memory 93.3 1-Core 122 2-Core 228 85% 148 Pts	4-Core 429 8-Core 670 68% 550 Pts	64-Core 675 42% 675 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 86.4% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Gigabyte(1458 3676) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 376.53 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	78.8% Very good	Lighting 118 Reflection 62.4 Parallax 57.7 96% 79.2 fps	MRender 62.8 Gravity 55.7 Splatting 51.6 46% 56.7 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 78.8% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston HyperX Predator AHCI PCIe M.2 240GB-$141 6,458 User benchmarks, average bench 131% 51GB free (System drive) Firmware: OC34L5TA Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 816 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 100 12872 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 322 (64) Unknown 100 100 5830208 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 0 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 110 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 0 0 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 88 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 9502 (B3) Unknown 0 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 37 100 244814250021 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 816 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 370 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 816 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 13143 (F1) Unknown 100 100 9741 (F2) Unknown 100 100 7657 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 12998	135% Outstanding	Read 1,168 Write 602 Mixed 741 184% 837 MB/s	4K Read 36.1 4K Write 92.7 4K Mixed 18.5 128% 49.1 MB/s	DQ Read 447 DQ Write 222 DQ Mixed 18.1 98% 229 MB/s
Poor: 84% ↑ This bench: 135% Great: 159%
Patriot Blast 240GB 5,061 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 35GB free Firmware: SAFM12.2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5347 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 93 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 189 (AD) Unknown 100 100 458774 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 35 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850984990 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 2276	79.9% Very good	Read 514 Write 330 Mixed 341 87% 395 MB/s	4K Read 30.6 4K Write 70.4 4K Mixed 10.2 97% 37.1 MB/s	DQ Read 308 DQ Write 231 DQ Mixed 44.8 94% 195 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 79.9% Great: 94%
Intel 520 Series 120GB-$199 19,348 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 24GB free Firmware: 400i Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 -115036403132689 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 612 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 569 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 112 112 69277528 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 569 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 95883 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 55 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 95883 (F2) Unknown 100 100 121240 (F9) Unknown 100 100 2922	76.4% Very good	Read 501 Write 142 Mixed 195 61% 279 MB/s	4K Read 33.4 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 21.7 135% 54 MB/s	DQ Read 220 DQ Write 156 DQ Mixed 57.5 78% 144 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 76.4% Great: 88%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$50 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 1.5TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 253 0 (03) Spinup time 187 183 5625 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 28 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 1480 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 28 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 22 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1612 (C2) HDA temperature 121 112 29 (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	68.3% Good	Read 117 Write 121 Mixed 122 90% 120 MB/s	4K Read 0.82 4K Write 1.71 4K Mixed 0.2 88% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 68.3% Great: 88%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$50 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 1.5TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 180 174 5983 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 28 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 1480 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 28 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 22 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1587 (C2) HDA temperature 118 109 32 (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	75.3% Very good	Read 146 Write 117 Mixed 120 96% 127 MB/s	4K Read 0.83 4K Write 1.68 4K Mixed 0.25 94% 0.92 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 75.3% Great: 88%
WD Red 2TB (2012)-$82 64,359 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 488GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 176 172 4175 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2720 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 63 63 27228 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 563 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 144 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2575 (C2) HDA temperature 114 94 33 (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	65.8% Good	Read 117 Write 112 Mixed 111 85% 113 MB/s	4K Read 0.91 4K Write 2.57 4K Mixed 0.26 115% 1.25 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 65.8% Great: 86%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2666 C15 4x8GB-$165 7,179 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing below potential (31^st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	84.3% Excellent	MC Read 30.3 MC Write 32.8 MC Mixed 27.4 86% 30.2 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 30.3 SC Mixed 24.1 69% 24 GB/s	Latency 61.3 65% 61.3 ns
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 84.3% Great: 118%

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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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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