Asus Z170-PRO

Performance Results


Gaming 105% UFO	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 92% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	123% 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	124% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus Z170-PRO (all builds)
Memory	24.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170630
Uptime	2.7 Days
Run Date	Aug 09 '18 at 14:39
Run Duration	162 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	19%

PC Performing as expected (47^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	84.6% Excellent	Memory 90.9 1-Core 127 2-Core 245 87% 154 Pts	4-Core 422 8-Core 729 70% 575 Pts	64-Core 728 45% 728 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 84.6% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6393) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing below potential (47^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	123% Outstanding	Lighting 167 Reflection 198 Parallax 180 136% 182 fps	MRender 126 Gravity 169 Splatting 126 114% 140 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 267GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 360 339 454 446 470 441 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	124% Outstanding	Read 502 Write 477 Mixed 400 SusWrite 418 101% 450 MB/s	4K Read 46.6 4K Write 135 4K Mixed 50.9 207% 77.4 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 327 DQ Mixed 267 224% 325 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 134%
OCZ Vertex 4 128GB-$215 19,372 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 8GB free Firmware: 1.5 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 396 Write 192 Mixed 214 59% 267 MB/s	4K Read 29 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 33.7 150% 60.6 MB/s	DQ Read 349 DQ Write 223 DQ Mixed 242 192% 271 MB/s
Poor: 64% Great: 104%
SanDisk SSD 256GB-$150 2,567 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 13GB free Firmware: 2.0.0 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 455 Write 268 Mixed 128 62% 283 MB/s	4K Read 19.1 4K Write 8.7 4K Mixed 8.9 45% 12.2 MB/s	DQ Read 33.9 DQ Write 8.1 DQ Mixed 11 11% 17.7 MB/s
Poor: 25% Great: 54%
WD WD5000AACS-00ZUB0 500GB 19,716 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 33GB free Firmware: 01.01B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 48 48 48 47 47 48 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	22% Poor	Read 28.7 Write 50.8 Mixed 36.7 SusWrite 47.5 30% 40.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 22% Great: 49%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3600 C19 2x16GB 9,340 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (26^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	72.3% Very good	MC Read 26.3 MC Write 28.1 MC Mixed 23.4 74% 25.9 GB/s	SC Read 15.1 SC Write 25.3 SC Mixed 18.4 56% 19.6 GB/s	Latency 66 61% 66 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 72.3% Great: 125%

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

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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	513x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	125x
Core i7-7700KIntel $242Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	78x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	169x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	105x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	71x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 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 $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	69x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	55x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x16GBCorsair $560Bench 84%, 34,441 samples	34x

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Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $674

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 $184	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