Asus Z170 PRO GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 52% Yacht	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 43% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 95.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	46.9% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	50.6% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z170 PRO GAMING (all builds)
Memory	11.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160620
Uptime	1.9 Days
Run Date	Mar 17 '18 at 20:03
Run Duration	141 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	15%

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PC Performing above expectations (74^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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95.8% Outstanding	Memory 96 1-Core 145 2-Core 291 98% 177 Pts	4-Core 552 8-Core 554 74% 553 Pts	64-Core 554 34% 554 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 95.8% Great: 85%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
AMD RX 480-$75 261,163 User benchmarks, average bench 46% Asus(1043 04A8) CLim: 1266 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 18.2.1 Performing below potential (58^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	46.9% Average	Lighting 57.1 Reflection 66.3 Parallax 73.3 46% 65.6 fps	MRender 66.8 Gravity 54.6 Splatting 55 48% 58.8 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 46.9% Great: 53%
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) 188,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 8694) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 22.20.16.4836 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.84% Terrible	Lighting 8.2 Reflection 11.6 Parallax 8.19 7% 9.33 fps	MRender 11.8 Gravity 7.4 Splatting 16.2 10% 11.8 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.84% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Trion 150 240GB-$196 15,660 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 62GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFZ12.2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5986 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 387 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 151 151 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 60 (C2) HDA temperature 67 62 163209674785 (F1) Unknown 100 100 501733	50.6% Above average	Read 431 Write 318 Mixed 313 78% 354 MB/s	4K Read 14.2 4K Write 35.5 4K Mixed 3.93 45% 17.9 MB/s	DQ Read 14.6 DQ Write 44.8 DQ Mixed 8.02 12% 22.5 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 50.6% Great: 95%
Hitachi HTS725050A7E630 500GB-$125 56,661 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 356GB free Firmware: GH2OA440 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 95 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 209 100 81604378625 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 516 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 393288 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 64 64 15824 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 499 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 1992865153024 (BC) Unknown 100 100 485339037696 (BE) vendor-specific 67 47 320929825 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 84 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1835036 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 93 93 74381 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 7 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0	68% Good	Read 114 Write 123 Mixed 111 87% 116 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.39 4K Mixed 0.2 68% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 68% Great: 72%

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 @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	102% Outstanding	MC Read 35.8 MC Write 39.7 MC Mixed 33.7 104% 36.4 GB/s	SC Read 21.4 SC Write 39.2 SC Mixed 29.3 86% 30 GB/s	Latency 53.9 74% 53.9 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 104%

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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 $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) $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