Asus Z170 PRO GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 114% UFO	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 100% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 90.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	124% 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	109% 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.

High background CPU (27%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z170 PRO GAMING (all builds)
Memory	11.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160307
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 17 '17 at 09:36
Run Duration	221 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	27%

PC Performing as expected (55^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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	90.9% Outstanding	Memory 92.9 1-Core 150 2-Core 272 96% 172 Pts	4-Core 478 8-Core 780 77% 629 Pts	64-Core 767 48% 767 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 90.9% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Nvidia(10DE 120F) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 381.65 Performing below potential (55^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	124% Outstanding	Lighting 172 Reflection 192 Parallax 168 140% 177 fps	MRender 127 Gravity 164 Splatting 118 110% 136 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial_CT2050MX300SSD1 2TB 2,359 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 1TB free Firmware: M0CR031 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^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 1486 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 47 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 2 (AE) Unknown 100 100 2 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 60 41 253403988008 (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 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 4378096807 (F7) Unknown 100 100 136836643 (F8) Unknown 100 100 42544047 (B4) Unknown 0 0 9131 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	85% Excellent	Read 483 Write 333 Mixed 341 86% 386 MB/s	4K Read 27.5 4K Write 82.5 4K Mixed 27.6 121% 45.9 MB/s	DQ Read 175 DQ Write 229 DQ Mixed 24.1 68% 143 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 85% Great: 99%
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 103GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 8345 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 214 (B1) Unknown 98 98 40 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 57 47 43 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 22 (F1) Unknown 99 99 49116342082	109% Outstanding	Read 520 Write 405 Mixed 413 99% 446 MB/s	4K Read 43.1 4K Write 97.2 4K Mixed 35.8 163% 58.7 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 282 DQ Mixed 137 155% 266 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 133%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 168 152 10591 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 985 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2629 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 98 (10) Unknown 0 200 6959907872 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 1 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 983 (C2) HDA temperature 117 110 35 (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	92.4% Outstanding	Read 170 Write 153 Mixed 148 118% 157 MB/s	4K Read 0.87 4K Write 2.55 4K Mixed 0.34 122% 1.26 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 92.4% Great: 112%
Seagate Expansion Desk 5TB 11,776 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 664GB free Firmware: 9401 Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	49.5% Average	Read 75.3 Write 94.9 Mixed 67.6 59% 79.3 MB/s	4K Read 1.03 4K Write 7.24 4K Mixed 0.51 234% 2.93 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 49.5% Great: 87%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 9GB free Firmware: JC4B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 209583951 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6193 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 51 51 4269323559359 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 14445 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2142 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 96 131252 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 49 589365283 (C2) HDA temperature 35 51 64424509475 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 34 25 209583951 (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 -74242804660987 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1485039098 (F2) Unknown 100 253 160232260	29.6% Poor	Read 62.8 Write 40.1 Mixed 41.7 36% 48.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 0.79 4K Mixed 0.31 71% 0.55 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 29.6% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2666 C15 2x8GB 19,779 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	89% Excellent	MC Read 32.7 MC Write 33.6 MC Mixed 27.9 90% 31.4 GB/s	SC Read 21 SC Write 35.2 SC Mixed 28.2 80% 28.1 GB/s	Latency 62.2 64% 62.2 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 89% Great: 96%

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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	6,628x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	3,674x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	1,045x

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	1,249x

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 $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	566x
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 $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 $40	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