Asus Z170 PRO GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 87% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 101% UFO	Workstation 75% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 100%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	82.3% 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	115% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus Z170 PRO GAMING (all builds)
Memory	13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160307
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Feb 18 '17 at 00:51
Run Duration	124 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing above expectations (77^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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	Memory 96.9 1-Core 150 2-Core 293 99% 180 Pts	4-Core 556 8-Core 818 86% 687 Pts	64-Core 819 51% 819 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Zotac(19DA 1394) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1597 MHz, MLim: 1905 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 378.66 Performing below potential (74^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	82.3% Excellent	Lighting 106 Reflection 113 Parallax 101 86% 107 fps	MRender 96 Gravity 98.1 Splatting 81.6 74% 91.9 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 82.3% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$80 69,224 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 14GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 4734 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 658 (B1) Unknown 95 95 97 (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 68 59 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 9 (EB) Unknown 99 99 28 (F1) Unknown 99 99 16382421441	115% Outstanding	Read 516 Write 415 Mixed 418 100% 450 MB/s	4K Read 48 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 40.8 183% 65.9 MB/s	DQ Read 347 DQ Write 276 DQ Mixed 107 136% 243 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 115%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$50 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 354GB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 160346648 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 317 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 73 60 22009727 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 2411 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 317 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 57 638976035 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 5 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1795 (C2) HDA temperature 35 43 77309411363 (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 -48249662600300 (F1) Unknown 100 253 13830612019 (F2) Unknown 100 253 24058464045	68.3% Good	Read 119 Write 118 Mixed 115 88% 117 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 5.12 4K Mixed 0.49 171% 2.04 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 68.3% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3060 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	102% Outstanding	MC Read 36.9 MC Write 39.2 MC Mixed 32.1 103% 36.1 GB/s	SC Read 18 SC Write 42.8 SC Mixed 31.4 88% 30.7 GB/s	Latency 50.7 79% 50.7 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 104%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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	6,629x
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	1,250x

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 $124	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	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