Asus Z170 PRO GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 19% Surfboard	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 91.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	8.1% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	306% 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.

Motherboard	Asus Z170 PRO GAMING (all builds)
Memory	28.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160119
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Sep 28 '18 at 16:24
Run Duration	266 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	91.3% Outstanding	Memory 95.8 1-Core 126 2-Core 253 89% 158 Pts	4-Core 500 8-Core 507 67% 504 Pts	64-Core 506 31% 506 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 91.3% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GTS 450 25,436 User benchmarks, average bench 7% Asus(1043 83A7) 1GB CLim: 783 MHz, MLim: 902 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	8.1% Terrible	Lighting 9.43 Reflection 11.2 Parallax 7.97 8% 9.52 fps	MRender 12.6 Gravity 9.83 Splatting 10.5 9% 11 fps
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 8.1% Great: 8%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 407GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1915 851 613 615 608 611 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	306% Outstanding	Read 2,416 Write 2,200 Mixed 1,317 SusWrite 869 380% 1,701 MB/s	4K Read 47.4 4K Write 168 4K Mixed 91.6 278% 102 MB/s	DQ Read 1,712 DQ Write 1,391 DQ Mixed 1,484 1,129% 1,529 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 306% Great: 340%
HyperX Savage 240GB-$120 39,518 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 89GB free Firmware: SAFM00.U SusWrite @10s intervals: 444 178 452 152 456 181 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	99.6% Outstanding	Read 479 Write 455 Mixed 320 SusWrite 310 88% 391 MB/s	4K Read 24.8 4K Write 123 4K Mixed 36.9 150% 61.7 MB/s	DQ Read 353 DQ Write 355 DQ Mixed 69.6 131% 259 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 99.6% Great: 111%
Adata Premier Pro SP900 128GB-$40 2,820 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 2GB free Firmware: 5.0.7b Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 345 Write 123 Mixed 193 48% 220 MB/s	4K Read 24.2 4K Write 99.9 4K Mixed 28.8 126% 51 MB/s	DQ Read 140 DQ Write 144 DQ Mixed 88.9 81% 124 MB/s
Poor: 57% Great: 80%
Seagate ST31000520AS 1TB-$250 11,608 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 131GB free Firmware: CC32 SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 91 93 94 94 93 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	59.8% Above average	Read 116 Write 114 Mixed 60.2 SusWrite 92 70% 95.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.9 159% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 59.8% Great: 62%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$50 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 762GB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 96 97 97 97 96 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	54.7% Above average	Read 94 Write 97.2 Mixed 60.5 SusWrite 96.1 64% 86.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.9 184% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 54.7% Great: 88%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 389GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 92 94 92 95 95 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	51% Above average	Read 83.9 Write 78.1 Mixed 61.2 SusWrite 93.5 58% 79.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.9 176% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 51% Great: 84%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 484GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 127 139 138 138 140 139 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	79.8% Very good	Read 141 Write 114 Mixed 74.5 SusWrite 137 86% 117 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.9 161% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 79.8% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GB 76,101 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	MC Read 37.9 MC Write 40 MC Mixed 35.9 108% 37.9 GB/s	SC Read 21.5 SC Write 43 SC Mixed 32 92% 32.2 GB/s	Latency 54.7 73% 54.7 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 106%

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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 $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