Asus Z170 PRO GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 79% Battleship	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 66% Battle cruiser


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 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 82.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	91.5% 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	97% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 11 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z170 PRO GAMING (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20160705
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 23 '17 at 01:49
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	TWN-User
Background CPU	17%

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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 i7-6700-$170 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	82.5% Excellent	Memory 92.7 1-Core 114 2-Core 225 82% 144 Pts	4-Core 391 8-Core 572 60% 481 Pts	64-Core 634 39% 634 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 82.5% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$278 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8599) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 372.70 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.5% Outstanding	Lighting 116 Reflection 124 Parallax 104 95% 115 fps	MRender 99 Gravity 106 Splatting 106 85% 104 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 91.5% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Plexto PX-256M5S 256GB 15 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 99GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.04 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 914 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 877 (B1) Unknown 100 100 14508 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 55 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 73103 (F2) Unknown 100 100 139542	97% Outstanding	Read 495 Write 377 Mixed 406 95% 426 MB/s	4K Read 32.7 4K Write 78.7 4K Mixed 35.6 137% 49 MB/s	DQ Read 283 DQ Write 273 DQ Mixed 83.3 116% 213 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 97% Great: 97%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$58 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 393GB free Firmware: 05.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 179 175 4016 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1588 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 8936 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 850 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 32 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1555 (C2) HDA temperature 110 101 37 (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	41.8% Average	Read 72.4 Write 72.8 Mixed 79.9 57% 75 MB/s	4K Read 0.98 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.48 127% 1.09 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 41.8% Great: 76%
WD Red 2TB (2012)-$82 64,359 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 339GB free Firmware: 82.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 179 171 4041 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1008 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 3724 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 384 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 11 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3778 (C2) HDA temperature 111 109 36 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	81.8% Excellent	Read 164 Write 122 Mixed 117 100% 134 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.26 4K Mixed 0.25 94% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 81.8% Great: 86%
WD WD10EALX-009BA0 1TB 76 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 174GB free Firmware: 15.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 173 166 4308 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4178 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 10798 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1055 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 36 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4141 (C2) HDA temperature 109 106 38 (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	60.2% Good	Read 107 Write 103 Mixed 96 77% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 1.76 4K Mixed 0.34 93% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 60.2% Great: 74%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GB 122,822 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	79.5% Very good	MC Read 30.3 MC Write 31.2 MC Mixed 23.2 81% 28.2 GB/s	SC Read 17 SC Write 29.9 SC Mixed 22.8 66% 23.2 GB/s	Latency 62.6 64% 62.6 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 79.5% Great: 90%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

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Motherboard: Asus Z170 PRO GAMING - $295

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	6,737x
Core i5-6600KIntel $49Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	3,732x
Core i7-6700Intel $170Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	1,062x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	2,206x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	1,394x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,270x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	902x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	800x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	326x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $50Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	825x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	576x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	563x

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Value: 71% - Very good

Total price: $893

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $170	Nvidia RTX 4060 $291	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $150
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $388	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $79
Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4070 $520	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $353