Asus Z170 PRO GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 83% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 72% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 79.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	102% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	61.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

High background CPU (22%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170 PRO GAMING (all builds)
Memory	26.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160919
Uptime	4.6 Days
Run Date	Jun 04 '17 at 19:37
Run Duration	184 Seconds
Run User	BEL-User
Background CPU	22%

PC Performing as expected (54^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 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	79.9% Very good	Memory 84.2 1-Core 116 2-Core 250 83% 150 Pts	4-Core 407 8-Core 640 64% 524 Pts	64-Core 669 41% 669 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 79.9% Great: 90%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) 188,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 8694) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4463 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.68% Terrible	Lighting 8.27 Reflection 11.8 Parallax 8.19 7% 9.42 fps	MRender 8.81 Gravity 7.37 Splatting 16.5 10% 10.9 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.68% Great: 6%
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3362) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2527 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 382.33 Performing below potential (51^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	102% Outstanding	Lighting 133 Reflection 141 Parallax 134 108% 136 fps	MRender 111 Gravity 126 Splatting 107 93% 115 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$28 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 147GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z32080RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 100 1844 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 354 (A5) Unknown 100 100 2800378250093 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 5 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 2 (AE) Unknown 100 100 52 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 43 32 292057776185 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 1254133203236 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 704 (EA) Unknown 100 100 8223 (F1) Unknown 253 253 3129 (F2) Unknown 253 253 1969 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	61.3% Good	Read 494 Write 312 Mixed 266 79% 358 MB/s	4K Read 21 4K Write 72.7 4K Mixed 3.67 75% 32.4 MB/s	DQ Read 13.4 DQ Write 75.1 DQ Mixed 4.94 15% 31.1 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 61.3% Great: 86%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$60 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 657GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 180 174 6000 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 367 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 2017 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 348 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 68 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 182 182 56588 (C2) HDA temperature 108 102 42 (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	57.6% Above average	Read 106 Write 95 Mixed 93.8 74% 98.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.93 4K Mixed 0.26 86% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 57.6% Great: 84%
Hitachi HTS545050B9A300 500GB-$71 21,137 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 454GB free Firmware: PB4OC64G Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 135 135 94489280514 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 4139 (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 92 92 3746 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 2879 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 88 88 2442 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 6403 (C2) HDA temperature 148 148 214749020197 (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 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0	43.9% Average	Read 76.3 Write 76.7 Mixed 74.7 57% 75.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1.13 4K Mixed 0.34 79% 0.65 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 43.9% Great: 45%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D240FSC.16FBR2 4x8GB 58 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	69% Good	MC Read 23.4 MC Write 27.1 MC Mixed 23 70% 24.5 GB/s	SC Read 15.4 SC Write 25.2 SC Mixed 20.5 58% 20.4 GB/s	Latency 73.1 55% 73.1 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 69% Great: 84%

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Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

Motherboard: Asus Z170 PRO GAMING - $295

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	6,648x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	3,685x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	1,047x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	2,173x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	1,385x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,254x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	889x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	790x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	322x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $37Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	812x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	569x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	560x

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Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $744

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16