Asus Z170 PRO GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 68% Battle cruiser	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 55% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 95.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	66.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	87.2% 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.

Very high background CPU (38%). 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 @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160705
Uptime	4.6 Days
Run Date	Mar 20 '18 at 19:35
Run Duration	174 Seconds
Run User	FIN-User
Background CPU	38%

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PC Performing above expectations (65^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-$130 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95.8% Outstanding	Memory 93.7 1-Core 134 2-Core 280 94% 169 Pts	4-Core 564 8-Core 571 76% 567 Pts	64-Core 522 32% 522 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 95.8% 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 85B6) CLim: 2126 MHz, MLim: 2157 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 391.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	66.5% Good	Lighting 84 Reflection 83.5 Parallax 72 68% 79.8 fps	MRender 75.5 Gravity 75.9 Splatting 78.1 63% 76.5 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 66.5% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 79GB free Firmware: 541ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 3060012 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 87445534157576 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2600 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 104 (B1) Unknown 0 0 99 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 36 47 73017524260 (C2) HDA temperature 36 47 73017524260 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 3060012 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 3060012 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 3060012 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 8649 (EA) Unknown 0 0 9795 (F1) Unknown 0 0 9795 (F2) Unknown 0 0 8285	49.5% Average	Read 153 Write 152 Mixed 134 33% 146 MB/s	4K Read 19.3 4K Write 90.5 4K Mixed 13.9 95% 41.2 MB/s	DQ Read 135 DQ Write 166 DQ Mixed 42 62% 114 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 49.5% Great: 85%
Kingdian S280-240GB 240GB 2,188 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 66GB free (System drive) Firmware: P0414B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd 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 1473 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1431 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 130 (A3) Unknown 100 100 22 (A4) Unknown 100 100 67813 (A5) Unknown 100 100 81 (A6) Unknown 100 100 8 (A7) Unknown 100 100 35 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 97 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 28 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 20 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 40 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (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 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 320108 (F2) Unknown 100 100 210486 (F5) Unknown 100 100 271252	87.2% Excellent	Read 492 Write 381 Mixed 434 97% 436 MB/s	4K Read 23.9 4K Write 75.7 4K Mixed 32.6 118% 44.1 MB/s	DQ Read 256 DQ Write 92.4 DQ Mixed 79.9 84% 143 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 87.2% Great: 100%
Toshiba DT01ACA300 3TB-$80 85,620 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 1.5TB free Firmware: MX6OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 140 140 67 (03) Spinup time 133 133 34387984815 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 2029 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3132 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 919 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 2029 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2029 (C2) HDA temperature 162 162 188979871781 (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 200 200 0	85.8% Excellent	Read 147 Write 152 Mixed 146 112% 148 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.06 4K Mixed 0.24 94% 1 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 85.8% Great: 107%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 38GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 233612328 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7671 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 68 60 7125085 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 13856 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2624 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (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 67 54 655818785 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 48 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 90 90 20213 (C2) HDA temperature 33 46 68719476769 (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 101485782241273 (F1) Unknown 100 253 10508524924 (F2) Unknown 100 253 8487015658	73.9% Very good	Read 160 Write 97.3 Mixed 92.3 87% 117 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 1.76 4K Mixed 0.25 82% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 73.9% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Patriot 2400 C15 Series 2x8GB 960 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	85.7% Excellent	MC Read 30.4 MC Write 33 MC Mixed 27.9 87% 30.4 GB/s	SC Read 18.6 SC Write 31.9 SC Mixed 26.4 73% 25.6 GB/s	Latency 60.4 66% 60.4 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 85.7% Great: 88%

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Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

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Motherboard: Asus Z170 PRO GAMING - $295

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	6,657x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	3,688x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	1,049x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	2,178x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	1,385x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,255x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	891x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 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	815x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16