Asus Z170 PRO GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 53% Yacht	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 41% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (39th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 61 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	60.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	78.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170 PRO GAMING (all builds)
Memory	10.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150924
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 17 '17 at 11:07
Run Duration	130 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	21%

PC Performing below expectations (39^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 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	79.4% Very good	Memory 88.7 1-Core 113 2-Core 223 80% 141 Pts	4-Core 404 8-Core 415 55% 410 Pts	64-Core 309 19% 309 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 79.4% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Asus(1043 8518) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1443 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 385.41 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	60.1% Good	Lighting 77 Reflection 78.4 Parallax 69 63% 74.8 fps	MRender 70 Gravity 70.7 Splatting 63 55% 67.9 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 60.1% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$25 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 183GB free Firmware: Z22000RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 70 100 326 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 4056 (A6) Unknown 100 100 70 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 121 (A9) Unknown 100 100 36 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 110 (AE) Unknown 100 100 131 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 55 100 261993005101 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 1 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 3 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 18448 (F1) Unknown 253 253 6739 (F2) Unknown 253 253 9867	39.9% Below average	Read 445 Write 328 Mixed 354 83% 376 MB/s	4K Read 0.32 4K Write 0.53 4K Mixed 3.7 6% 1.52 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 39.9% Great: 86%
Samsung 750 EVO 250GB-$55 75,831 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 32GB free (System drive) Firmware: MAT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 4985 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1160 (B1) Unknown 92 92 39 (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 65 52 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 14 (F1) Unknown 99 99 12265844528	78.5% Very good	Read 480 Write 262 Mixed 270 74% 337 MB/s	4K Read 34.6 4K Write 46.6 4K Mixed 24.4 108% 35.2 MB/s	DQ Read 325 DQ Write 164 DQ Mixed 48.7 88% 179 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 78.5% Great: 114%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 906GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 179 148 10041 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1188 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 4974 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1158 (10) Unknown 2 198 37670969808 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 16 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1171 (C2) HDA temperature 118 111 34 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	84.2% Excellent	Read 151 Write 142 Mixed 133 107% 142 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 3.08 4K Mixed 0.2 110% 1.34 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 84.2% Great: 112%

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 @ 2667 MHz Performing below potential (22^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	77.6% Very good	MC Read 27.8 MC Write 31.2 MC Mixed 26.4 81% 28.5 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 24.1 SC Mixed 18.8 54% 19.1 GB/s	Latency 68.8 58% 68.8 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 77.6% Great: 97%

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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	6,619x
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