Asus Z170 PRO GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 58% Gunboat	Desktop 70% Battle cruiser	Workstation 55% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (35th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 65 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 63.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	86.8% 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	68.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Very high background CPU (55%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170 PRO GAMING (all builds)
Memory	22 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170315
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 15 '18 at 10:39
Run Duration	228 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	55%

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PC Performing below expectations (35^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-$250 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.75 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	63.3% Good	Memory 58.4 1-Core 110 2-Core 162 63% 110 Pts	4-Core 367 8-Core 603 59% 485 Pts	64-Core 825 51% 825 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 63.3% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3703) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	86.8% Excellent	Lighting 110 Reflection 114 Parallax 95.8 89% 106 fps	MRender 96.4 Gravity 101 Splatting 102 82% 99.8 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 86.8% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 156GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 11864 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1074 (B1) Unknown 94 94 121 (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 71 59 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 1 (EB) Unknown 99 99 225 (F1) Unknown 99 99 91821507977	68.3% Good	Read 497 Write 122 Mixed 259 64% 293 MB/s	4K Read 30.4 4K Write 53.6 4K Mixed 22.6 103% 35.5 MB/s	DQ Read 292 DQ Write 162 DQ Mixed 72.4 95% 176 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 68.3% Great: 134%
OCZ Vertex 4 256GB-$400 12,355 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 124GB free Firmware: 1.5 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 6 0 6 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 17481 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1782 (E8) Unknown 100 100 34673982309 (E9) Unknown 99 0 99	97.3% Outstanding	Read 464 Write 416 Mixed 405 96% 428 MB/s	4K Read 31.4 4K Write 97 4K Mixed 30 137% 52.8 MB/s	DQ Read 283 DQ Write 266 DQ Mixed 116 130% 222 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 97.3% Great: 106%
WD Red 4TB (2013)-$110 55,507 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 1.5TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 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 162 152 6891 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1502 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3435 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 160 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 32 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 6970 (C2) HDA temperature 126 112 24 (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 7 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	80.2% Excellent	Read 161 Write 118 Mixed 129 102% 136 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 1.78 4K Mixed 0.23 86% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 80.2% Great: 100%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016)-$80 112,118 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 85372056 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 265 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 8512712 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1221 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 82 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 1 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 75 64 420544537 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 12 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 94 94 13794 (C2) HDA temperature 25 40 51539607577 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 3 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -83558588743088 (F1) Unknown 100 253 5362936167 (F2) Unknown 100 253 31344094687	69% Good	Read 141 Write 100 Mixed 125 92% 122 MB/s	4K Read 0.24 4K Write 0.76 4K Mixed 0.12 38% 0.37 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 69% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 4x8GB-$140 4,858 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	63.2% Good	MC Read 23.4 MC Write 27 MC Mixed 22.3 69% 24.2 GB/s	SC Read 7.4 SC Write 20.7 SC Mixed 12.2 38% 13.4 GB/s	Latency 133 30% 133 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 63.2% Great: 120%

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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	6,618x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	3,671x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	1,044x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	2,165x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	1,381x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,247x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	884x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	786x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $129Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	320x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	806x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	565x
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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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