Asus Z170 PRO GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 17% Surfboard	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 15% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 94.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	9.15% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	84.8% 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170 PRO GAMING (all builds)
Memory	10.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161227
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 05 '18 at 16:13
Run Duration	210 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (80^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 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94.2% Outstanding	Memory 93.8 1-Core 140 2-Core 279 95% 171 Pts	4-Core 544 8-Core 555 73% 549 Pts	64-Core 552 34% 552 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 94.2% Great: 85%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) 188,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 8694) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 22.20.16.4749 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.87% Terrible	Lighting 8.13 Reflection 11.8 Parallax 7.94 7% 9.28 fps	MRender 12.2 Gravity 7.43 Splatting 16.5 10% 12 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.87% Great: 6%
Nvidia GTX 650-$112 69,673 User benchmarks, average bench 8% MSI(1462 8A96) 1GB CLim: 1071 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	9.15% Terrible	Lighting 10.3 Reflection 9.46 Parallax 11.9 8% 10.6 fps	MRender 13.7 Gravity 12.1 Splatting 13.1 11% 13 fps
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 9.15% Great: 9%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$26 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 39GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z22000RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 14 (09) Power-on hours count 71 100 9543 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 962 (A6) Unknown 100 100 9095 (A7) Unknown 100 100 10 (A8) Unknown 100 100 9147 (A9) Unknown 100 100 34 (AA) Unknown 100 100 14 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 9095 (AE) Unknown 100 100 228 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 34 (C2) HDA temperature 66 100 249108103202 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 1 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 304 (E8) Unknown 100 100 95 (E9) Unknown 100 100 1729128 (F1) Unknown 253 253 87351 (F2) Unknown 253 253 35233	84.8% Excellent	Read 470 Write 377 Mixed 373 90% 406 MB/s	4K Read 31.9 4K Write 122 4K Mixed 4.67 119% 52.9 MB/s	DQ Read 179 DQ Write 300 DQ Mixed 26.9 80% 169 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 84.8% Great: 86%
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$37 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 19GB free Firmware: 603ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 3693817 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 131082401880326 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 570 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 189 (B1) Unknown 0 0 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 26 41 42952359962 (C2) HDA temperature 26 41 42952359962 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 3693817 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 3693817 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 3693817 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 4294967296 (E9) Unknown 0 0 953 (EA) Unknown 0 0 1136 (F1) Unknown 0 0 1136 (F2) Unknown 0 0 2285 (F4) Unknown 100 100 2359320	66.7% Good	Read 512 Write 128 Mixed 159 58% 266 MB/s	4K Read 28.3 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 13.6 120% 51.7 MB/s	DQ Read 67.9 DQ Write 122 DQ Mixed 29.7 41% 73.3 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 66.7% Great: 73%
Samsung Spinpoint F4 2TB-$119 45,158 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 451GB free Firmware: 1AQ10001 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 3983 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 68 22 9943 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4174 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 41291 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 1 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3461 (B5) Unknown 88 88 275586738 (BF) G-sense error rate 98 98 23281 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 51 210453921817 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 28 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 1 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 1152 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 1 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 4318	41.6% Average	Read 62.2 Write 82.4 Mixed 76.9 56% 73.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 1.56 4K Mixed 0.23 77% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 41.6% Great: 72%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$51 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 388GB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 107 81 209510042 (03) Spinup time 95 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 615 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 77 60 51983785 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 11216 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 501 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 2076 (BC) Unknown 100 98 2 (BD) vendor-specific 97 97 3 (BE) vendor-specific 73 53 454557723 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 4 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 79 79 42621 (C2) HDA temperature 27 47 55834574875 (C5) Current pending sector count 89 89 1944 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 89 89 1944 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -90628104905584 (F1) Unknown 100 253 25616381085 (F2) Unknown 100 253 44943236361
Poor: 51% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GB-$42 131,007 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	81.6% Excellent	MC Read 30.4 MC Write 31.6 MC Mixed 24.2 82% 28.7 GB/s	SC Read 18.3 SC Write 30.4 SC Mixed 26 71% 24.9 GB/s	Latency 60.3 66% 60.3 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 81.6% Great: 95%

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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	6,614x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	3,671x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	1,043x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	2,164x
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	785x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $131	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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