Asus Z170-PRO

Performance Results


Gaming 18% Surfboard	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 95.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	8.36% 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	152% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-PRO (all builds)
Memory	26.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180314
Uptime	1.9 Days
Run Date	May 31 '18 at 15:40
Run Duration	155 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (81^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 (100^th percentile)	95.3% Outstanding	Memory 95 1-Core 141 2-Core 286 96% 174 Pts	4-Core 514 8-Core 798 81% 656 Pts	64-Core 807 50% 807 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 95.3% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) 188,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 8694) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 22.20.16.4749 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	8.36% Terrible	Lighting 8.63 Reflection 12.7 Parallax 8.47 7% 9.92 fps	MRender 12.8 Gravity 7.97 Splatting 17.7 11% 12.8 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 8.36% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 600p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$119 20,782 User benchmarks, average bench 128% 349GB free (System drive) Firmware: PSF121C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	152% Outstanding	Read 1,577 Write 545 Mixed 788 212% 970 MB/s	4K Read 30.9 4K Write 92.7 4K Mixed 43.4 152% 55.7 MB/s	DQ Read 239 DQ Write 163 DQ Mixed 104 104% 169 MB/s
Poor: 95% ↑ This bench: 152% Great: 144%
WD Blue 3TB (2015)-$80 75,644 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 180 178 5966 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3751 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 9772 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 110 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 40 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 195 195 15255 (C2) HDA temperature 105 101 45 (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	82.5% Excellent	Read 140 Write 147 Mixed 146 109% 144 MB/s	4K Read 0.81 4K Write 2.22 4K Mixed 0.2 97% 1.08 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 82.5% Great: 96%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$51 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 1TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 164 164 6758 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3404 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 10760 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 110 (10) Unknown 17 183 306560021044 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 40 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3363 (C2) HDA temperature 105 100 45 (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	80.7% Excellent	Read 138 Write 143 Mixed 137 105% 139 MB/s	4K Read 0.77 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 0.26 115% 1.31 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 80.7% Great: 112%
Microsoft Virtual Disk 48GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 14GB free Firmware: 1.0 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	83.8% Excellent	Read 149 Write 143 Mixed 131 106% 141 MB/s	4K Read 0.88 4K Write 2.77 4K Mixed 0.25 116% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 83.8% Great: 84%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GB-$103 110,884 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3020 MHz Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	94.2% Outstanding	MC Read 35.2 MC Write 35.8 MC Mixed 28.4 95% 33.1 GB/s	SC Read 21.5 SC Write 39.7 SC Mixed 28.6 86% 29.9 GB/s	Latency 57.1 70% 57.1 ns
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 94.2% Great: 114%

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Gaming 69%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 58%

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Motherboard: Asus Z170-PRO - $210

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	518x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	126x
Core i7-7700KIntel $235Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	80x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	171x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	106x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	71x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	62x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	55x
950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung $625Bench 223%, 54,978 samples	23x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	69x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	56x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x16GBCorsair $110Bench 84%, 34,441 samples	34x

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Value: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $660

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $95	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16