Asus Z170 PRO GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 49% Yacht	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 43% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	60.9% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	78.2% 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 (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Asus Z170 PRO GAMING (all builds)
Memory	10.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150924
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 25 '18 at 16:14
Run Duration	180 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing as expected (41^st percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700-$180 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	74.5% Very good	Memory 76.7 1-Core 106 2-Core 205 73% 129 Pts	4-Core 389 8-Core 598 61% 494 Pts	64-Core 621 38% 621 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 74.5% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX Titan X-$615 15,621 User benchmarks, average bench 75% Asus(1043 8539) CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing below potential (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	60.9% Good	Lighting 82.6 Reflection 77.9 Parallax 61.2 67% 73.9 fps	MRender 58.8 Gravity 71.3 Splatting 50.9 48% 60.3 fps
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 60.9% Great: 83%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M500 240GB-$54 31,779 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 62GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 1 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3812 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1352 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 79 79 658 (AE) Unknown 100 100 105 (B4) Unknown 0 0 4066 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 68 60 171798691872 (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 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 79 79 21 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 98592093619 (F7) Unknown 100 100 3100721511 (F8) Unknown 100 100 2975333187	78.2% Very good	Read 492 Write 269 Mixed 355 82% 372 MB/s	4K Read 23.2 4K Write 76.1 4K Mixed 24.9 107% 41.4 MB/s	DQ Read 234 DQ Write 201 DQ Mixed 52 84% 162 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 78.2% Great: 91%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 4TB-$230 19,674 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 233351832 (03) Spinup time 94 90 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 3044 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 76 60 46603379 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 8264 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 870 (B7) Unknown 1 1 152 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 1 4295099464 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 59 454688795 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 19 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 86 86 29166 (C2) HDA temperature 27 41 47244640283 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 190 1497 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 46351287063927 (F1) Unknown 100 253 42471075304 (F2) Unknown 100 253 213053579097	82% Excellent	Read 140 Write 145 Mixed 108 98% 131 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 5.31 4K Mixed 0.79 216% 2.27 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 82% Great: 94%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1TB free Firmware: CC25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 113 99 54654488 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2386 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 73 60 23499163 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 10289 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1058 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 262149 (BD) vendor-specific 97 97 3 (BE) vendor-specific 73 60 471531547 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 5 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 51 51 99954 (C2) HDA temperature 27 40 42949672987 (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 -86118389249058 (F1) Unknown 100 253 19027713739 (F2) Unknown 100 253 233671201504	94% Outstanding	Read 179 Write 149 Mixed 163 123% 164 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.21 80% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 94% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 103GB free Firmware: CC4B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 94 201320824 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6760 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 112 (07) Seek error rate 76 60 34752932898 (09) Power-on hours count 74 74 22932 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3357 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 425 (BC) Unknown 100 100 1 (BD) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 74 48 454688794 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 209 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 53 53 95179 (C2) HDA temperature 26 52 38654705690 (C5) Current pending sector count 96 94 784 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 96 94 784 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 10557029627941 (F1) Unknown 100 253 27755860320253 (F2) Unknown 100 253 -28702535427689	92.7% Outstanding	Read 160 Write 163 Mixed 145 117% 156 MB/s	4K Read 0.76 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.32 95% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 92.7% Great: 112%
Toshib DT01ACA200 2TB 577 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 84GB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 139 139 72 (03) Spinup time 146 146 17198940387 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 2695 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 18155 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2053 (C0) Power-off retract count 98 98 3197 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 3197 (C2) HDA temperature 200 200 180389347358 (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	73.7% Very good	Read 148 Write 109 Mixed 102 89% 120 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 1.81 4K Mixed 0.19 80% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 73.7% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 4266 C19 2x8GB 3,530 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (13^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	65.2% Good	MC Read 24.9 MC Write 26 MC Mixed 19.2 67% 23.4 GB/s	SC Read 13.9 SC Write 24.4 SC Mixed 19 55% 19.1 GB/s	Latency 86.8 46% 86.8 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 65.2% Great: 123%

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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