Asus Z170 PRO GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 87% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 77% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 90.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	95.3% 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	77.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB 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 (27%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170 PRO GAMING (all builds)
Memory	58.7 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit couleurs, 4096 x 2160 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180222
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Aug 06 '18 at 16:48
Run Duration	225 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	27%

PC Performing as expected (58^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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	90.4% Outstanding	Memory 85.3 1-Core 148 2-Core 288 94% 174 Pts	4-Core 513 8-Core 814 82% 663 Pts	64-Core 807 50% 807 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 90.4% 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. 21.20.16.4542 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.81% Terrible	Lighting 8.3 Reflection 12.4 Parallax 8.06 7% 9.58 fps	MRender 9.9 Gravity 7.17 Splatting 17 10% 11.3 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.81% Great: 6%
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 8593) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.82 Performing below potential (11^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	95.3% Outstanding	Lighting 117 Reflection 144 Parallax 144 95% 135 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 141 Splatting 100 96% 119 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 95.3% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force GT 180GB-$395 889 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 77GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5.05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 187 154 148 154 148 155 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	77.8% Very good	Read 312 Write 212 Mixed 243 SusWrite 158 52% 231 MB/s	4K Read 30.6 4K Write 94.6 4K Mixed 38.2 145% 54.5 MB/s	DQ Read 284 DQ Write 213 DQ Mixed 148 138% 215 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 77.8% Great: 87%
Crucial M4 256GB-$218 17,938 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 147GB free Firmware: 000F SusWrite @10s intervals: 245 244 247 263 260 258 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	66% Good	Read 432 Write 241 Mixed 239 SusWrite 253 65% 291 MB/s	4K Read 17.7 4K Write 94.9 4K Mixed 14.6 96% 42.4 MB/s	DQ Read 126 DQ Write 118 DQ Mixed 23.3 45% 89.1 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 66% Great: 74%
WD Blue 160GB (2007)-$26 56,540 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 114GB free Firmware: 05.06H05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 40 40 40 40 40 40 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	31.5% Below average	Read 69.2 Write 64.7 Mixed 47 SusWrite 40.1 41% 55.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.9 160% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 31.5% Great: 59%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 377GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 158 162 159 161 162 162 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	86% Excellent	Read 139 Write 132 Mixed 80.8 SusWrite 160 94% 128 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.2 236% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 86% Great: 108%
WD Green 500GB (2009)-$23 63,281 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 448GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 22 92 92 89 92 94 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	23.1% Poor	Read 0.5 Write 1.5 Mixed 1.8 SusWrite 80.3 15% 21 MB/s	4K Read 0 4K Write 0.3 4K Mixed 0 6% 0.1 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 23.1% Great: 54%
Verbatim 8GB 462 User benchmarks, average bench 4% 7GB free, PID 0302 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 6.7 6.3 6.6 6.3 5.2 5.4 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	8.3% Terrible	Read 30 Write 11 Mixed 6.8 SusWrite 6.1 15% 13.5 MB/s	4K Read 5.9 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.9 66% 2.4 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 8.3% Great: 7%
WDC WD10 JPVX-22JC3T0 1TB 26 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 849GB free, PID 2338 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 25 23 24 24 27 27 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	16.8% Very poor	Read 33.3 Write 32 Mixed 28 SusWrite 25 40% 29.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.8 100% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 16.8% Great: 20%
ST 750GB 477GB free, PID 2338 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 3.2 2.8 3 3 3.4 3.4 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	7.96% Terrible	Read 32.5 Write 30.5 Mixed 25.2 SusWrite 3.1 29% 22.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.6 50% 0.63 MB/s

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2133 C15 4x16GB 354 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 4 of 4 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2144 MHz Performing below potential (21^st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	69.5% Good	MC Read 24.5 MC Write 26.2 MC Mixed 22.1 69% 24.3 GB/s	SC Read 16.4 SC Write 28 SC Mixed 22.8 64% 22.4 GB/s	Latency 71.7 56% 71.7 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 69.5% Great: 116%

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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	6,620x
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 $134	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