Asus Z170 PRO GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 82% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 71% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 90%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	87.9% 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	77.4% 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.

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

Motherboard	Asus Z170 PRO GAMING (all builds)
Memory	10.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170623
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Dec 29 '17 at 03:04
Run Duration	217 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing above expectations (61^st 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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	90% Outstanding	Memory 93.1 1-Core 140 2-Core 275 94% 169 Pts	4-Core 468 8-Core 729 74% 599 Pts	64-Core 738 46% 738 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 90% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Asus(1043 855B) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1532 MHz, MLim: 1800 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 388.31 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	87.9% Excellent	Lighting 114 Reflection 116 Parallax 108 93% 113 fps	MRender 98 Gravity 107 Splatting 85.5 78% 96.8 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 87.9% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Inte SSDSCKJW240H6 240GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 112GB free (System drive) Firmware: RG11 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 980 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 645 (AA) Unknown 97 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 4 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 42 100 1017910788138 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 4 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 164894 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 52 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 97 100 0 (E9) Unknown 92 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 164894 (F2) Unknown 100 100 179839 (F9) Unknown 100 100 42158	77.4% Very good	Read 490 Write 202 Mixed 289 72% 327 MB/s	4K Read 24.5 4K Write 96.1 4K Mixed 23 117% 47.9 MB/s	DQ Read 284 DQ Write 196 DQ Mixed 54.8 91% 178 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 77.4% Great: 83%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$78 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 786GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 173 172 4333 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 573 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3018 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 573 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 18 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 195 195 17526 (C2) HDA temperature 117 107 30 (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 1	67.7% Good	Read 125 Write 111 Mixed 120 89% 119 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 2.21 4K Mixed 0.21 94% 1.05 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 67.7% Great: 84%
Hitachi Deskstar P7K500 500GB-$159 43,620 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 261GB free Firmware: GM4OA52A Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 65536 (02) Throughput performance 133 133 139 (03) Spinup time 110 110 25792676187 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 3065 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 129 129 30 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 21707 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3052 (C0) Power-off retract count 92 92 10722 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 92 92 10722 (C2) HDA temperature 206 206 197569151005 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	42.1% Average	Read 63.8 Write 82.8 Mixed 59.9 52% 68.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.28 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.4 82% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 42.1% Great: 51%
WD WD1003FZEX-00MK2 1TB 602 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 166GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 877 (03) Spinup time 170 169 2458 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1259 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 6953 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1252 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 74 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1184 (C2) HDA temperature 114 102 29 (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	65.2% Good	Read 114 Write 113 Mixed 115 86% 114 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 2.31 4K Mixed 0.31 106% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 65.2% Great: 103%
WD Elements 2TB 35,768 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 515GB free, PID 1021 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	20.1% Poor	Read 37.2 Write 34.5 Mixed 12.9 34% 28.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.94 4K Write 2.27 4K Mixed 0.42 95% 1.21 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 20.1% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D240FSA.M16FAD 2x8GB 1,299 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	81.1% Excellent	MC Read 29.1 MC Write 30.9 MC Mixed 25.6 82% 28.5 GB/s	SC Read 18.6 SC Write 31.5 SC Mixed 25.2 72% 25.1 GB/s	Latency 61.8 65% 61.8 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 81.1% Great: 88%

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Gaming 69%

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Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

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Motherboard: Asus Z170 PRO GAMING - $295

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	6,620x
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	2,166x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	1,382x
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 $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	320x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	807x
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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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