Asus Z170 PRO GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 19% Surfboard	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 101%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	13.4% 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	45.8% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (35%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z170 PRO GAMING (all builds)
Memory	4.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170426
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Aug 15 '17 at 23:07
Run Duration	118 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	35%

PC Performing as expected (50^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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Memory 97 1-Core 144 2-Core 288 98% 176 Pts	4-Core 566 8-Core 796 86% 681 Pts	64-Core 793 49% 793 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 460-$203 31,648 User benchmarks, average bench 12% Gigabyte(1458 34FC) 1GB CLim: 715 MHz, MLim: 900 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	13.4% Very poor	Lighting 15.4 Reflection 18 Parallax 13.8 13% 15.7 fps	MRender 21.6 Gravity 15.5 Splatting 18 15% 18.4 fps
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 13.4% Great: 14%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Mushkin Chronos Deluxe 120GB-$65 368 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 54GB free (System drive) Firmware: 607ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 14619069 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 -48962627171363 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1275 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 289 (B1) Unknown 0 0 99 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 35 51 55837917219 (C2) HDA temperature 35 51 55837917219 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 14619069 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 14619069 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 14619069 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 99 99 4294967297 (E9) Unknown 0 0 8875 (EA) Unknown 0 0 5222 (F1) Unknown 0 0 5222 (F2) Unknown 0 0 9617	45.8% Average	Read 468 Write 130 Mixed 168 55% 255 MB/s	4K Read 23.4 4K Write 13.1 4K Mixed 10.3 56% 15.6 MB/s	DQ Read 90.6 DQ Write 37.6 DQ Mixed 24.7 29% 50.9 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 45.8% Great: 84%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 384GB free Firmware: CC38 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 112150504 (03) Spinup time 92 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 88 88 12907 (05) Reallocated sector count 92 92 360 (07) Seek error rate 82 60 201190507 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 10976 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 94 94 6440 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 1 1 390 (BB) vendor-specific 19 19 81 (BC) Unknown 100 95 21475164430 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 47 672596003 (C2) HDA temperature 35 53 55834574883 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 37 24 112150504 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 126 12199 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 5016521826764 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1209856823 (F2) Unknown 100 253 4182534639	54.7% Above average	Read 102 Write 88.2 Mixed 97.7 72% 96.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 1.27 4K Mixed 0.36 87% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 54.7% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x4GB 7,238 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	59.8% Above average	MC Read 21.7 MC Write 20.5 MC Mixed 16.8 56% 19.7 GB/s	SC Read 17.8 SC Write 21.9 SC Mixed 20 57% 19.9 GB/s	Latency 50.1 80% 50.1 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 59.8% Great: 111%

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

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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	6,618x
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