Asus Z170 PRO GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 17% Surfboard	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 15% Surfboard


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 98.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	7.37% 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	44.1% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 (33%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z170 PRO GAMING (all builds)
Memory	13.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160919
Uptime	6.7 Days
Run Date	Mar 04 '17 at 04:44
Run Duration	234 Seconds
Run User	CYP-User
Background CPU	33%

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)	98.6% Outstanding	Memory 95 1-Core 149 2-Core 298 99% 181 Pts	4-Core 591 8-Core 584 79% 588 Pts	64-Core 585 36% 585 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 98.6% 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. 20.19.15.4474 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.37% Terrible	Lighting 7.67 Reflection 11.6 Parallax 7.75 6% 9.01 fps	MRender 10.6 Gravity 6.77 Splatting 15.9 10% 11.1 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.37% Great: 6%
Nvidia GeForce GT 610 62,458 User benchmarks, average bench 2% MSI(1462 809F) 2GB CLim: 810 MHz, MLim: 250 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 376.53 Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	1.86% Terrible	Lighting 2.33 Reflection 2.88 Parallax 1.62 2% 2.28 fps	MRender 2.48 Gravity 2.27 Splatting 1.87 2% 2.2 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 1.86% Great: 2%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Agility 3 240GB-$199 10,165 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 153GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 117 158575033 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 2 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 31284541794230 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 251 (AB) Unknown 0 0 1 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 544 (B1) Unknown 0 0 2 (B5) Unknown 0 0 1 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 30 128850984990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 158575033 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 2 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 158575033 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 158575033 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 7288 (EA) Unknown 0 0 8057 (F1) Unknown 0 0 8057 (F2) Unknown 0 0 13608	44.1% Average	Read 204 Write 173 Mixed 136 38% 171 MB/s	4K Read 20.4 4K Write 52.9 4K Mixed 10.5 72% 27.9 MB/s	DQ Read 22.2 DQ Write 181 DQ Mixed 8.39 34% 70.4 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 44.1% Great: 66%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 1TB 8,981 User benchmarks, average bench 108% 834GB free Firmware: 1.0. Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	72.9% Very good	Read 101 Write 152 Mixed 108 90% 120 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 3.46 4K Mixed 0.34 121% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 72.9% Great: 184%
Freebsd iSCSI DISK 400GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 340GB free Firmware: 0001 Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	36.3% Below average	Read 64.6 Write 61.9 Mixed 78.8 52% 68.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.17 4K Mixed 0.2 62% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 36.3% Great: 59%
Freebsd iSCSI DISK 1TB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 340GB free Firmware: 0001 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	49.8% Average	Read 88.9 Write 84.1 Mixed 72.3 61% 81.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 2.52 4K Mixed 0.34 106% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 49.8% Great: 50%
Freebsd iSCSI DISK 500GB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 340GB free Firmware: 0001 Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	48.8% Average	Read 86.2 Write 84.1 Mixed 75.7 62% 82 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 1.17 4K Mixed 0.18 61% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 48.8% Great: 50%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2666 C15 2x8GB-$169 37,519 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2730 MHz Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	95% Outstanding	MC Read 34.3 MC Write 36.3 MC Mixed 31 97% 33.9 GB/s	SC Read 20.4 SC Write 37 SC Mixed 27.6 81% 28.3 GB/s	Latency 57.2 70% 57.2 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 95% Great: 97%

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Motherboard: Asus Z170 PRO GAMING - $295

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	6,678x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	3,694x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	1,053x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	2,184x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	1,386x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,261x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	894x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	793x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	323x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	817x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	572x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	561x

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Value: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $755

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16