Asus Z170 PRO GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 63% Destroyer	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 53% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (38th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 62 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	73.9% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	59.8% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

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Motherboard	Asus Z170 PRO GAMING (all builds)
Memory	4 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160119
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Jan 13 '18 at 00:13
Run Duration	367 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	26%

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PC Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	82% Excellent	Memory 91.6 1-Core 123 2-Core 230 84% 148 Pts	4-Core 391 8-Core 588 61% 490 Pts	64-Core 590 36% 590 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 82% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3301) CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing below potential (16^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	73.9% Very good	Lighting 92.4 Reflection 99.3 Parallax 86 75% 92.6 fps	MRender 88.4 Gravity 82.4 Splatting 89.1 71% 86.7 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 73.9% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HyperX Savage 120GB-$80 7,194 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 25GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM00.Y Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4599 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 664 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 256 (AD) Unknown 100 100 9699547 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 44 (C2) HDA temperature 66 58 180389740578 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 96 (E9) Unknown 100 100 19792 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 17958 (F2) Unknown 100 100 10510 (F4) Unknown 100 100 148 (F5) Unknown 100 100 219 (F6) Unknown 100 100 5105856	59.8% Above average	Read 512 Write 23.1 Mixed 462 73% 332 MB/s	4K Read 26.1 4K Write 96.7 4K Mixed 11.8 106% 44.8 MB/s	DQ Read 30.9 DQ Write 323 DQ Mixed 13.3 59% 123 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 59.8% Great: 104%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 924GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 178 170 2066 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1231 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 4463 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 636 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 40 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2629 (C2) HDA temperature 107 98 36 (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	91.9% Outstanding	Read 172 Write 148 Mixed 145 117% 155 MB/s	4K Read 1.33 4K Write 2.43 4K Mixed 0.35 140% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 91.9% Great: 109%
Verbatim STORE N GO 4GB 2,873 User benchmarks, average bench 4% 4GB free, PID 0302 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	3.9% Terrible	Read 13.5 Write 3.24 Mixed 4.87 7% 7.19 MB/s	4K Read 5.18 4K Write 0.007 4K Mixed 0.003 20% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 3.9% Great: 6%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 2400 C15 2x4GB 38,955 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (14^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	65.8% Good	MC Read 24.9 MC Write 24.8 MC Mixed 20.7 67% 23.5 GB/s	SC Read 15 SC Write 19.1 SC Mixed 18.5 50% 17.5 GB/s	Latency 64.8 62% 64.8 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 65.8% Great: 91%

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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