Asus Z170 PRO GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 87% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 68% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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 83.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	106% 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	82.9% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170 PRO GAMING (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150717
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Oct 15 '18 at 23:07
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing as expected (52^nd 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 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	83.2% Excellent	Memory 90.4 1-Core 111 2-Core 226 81% 142 Pts	4-Core 435 8-Core 465 60% 450 Pts	64-Core 466 29% 466 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 83.2% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 85AA) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 411.70 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	106% Outstanding	Lighting 138 Reflection 150 Parallax 128 112% 139 fps	MRender 115 Gravity 134 Splatting 108 96% 119 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$80 69,224 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 48GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 336 155 154 154 154 155 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 484 Write 440 Mixed 390 SusWrite 185 84% 375 MB/s	4K Read 43.9 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 59.1 203% 72.4 MB/s	DQ Read 277 DQ Write 305 DQ Mixed 53.9 106% 212 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 115%
Crucial MX300 525GB-$150 105,037 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 341GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0CR040 SusWrite @10s intervals: 398 366 334 236 223 240 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	82.9% Excellent	Read 452 Write 446 Mixed 361 SusWrite 300 88% 390 MB/s	4K Read 23.4 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 39.7 141% 55.5 MB/s	DQ Read 23.8 DQ Write 96 DQ Mixed 38.8 36% 52.9 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 82.9% Great: 99%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 233GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 85 85 85 87 85 84 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	62% Good	Read 130 Write 109 Mixed 76.3 SusWrite 85.5 74% 100 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1.2 234% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 62% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Patriot PSD48G24002 2x8GB 353 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (13^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	47.8% Average	MC Read 16.5 MC Write 16.7 MC Mixed 15 46% 16.1 GB/s	SC Read 12.5 SC Write 16.3 SC Mixed 15.6 42% 14.8 GB/s	Latency 66.6 60% 66.6 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 47.8% Great: 87%

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

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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	6,629x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	3,676x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	1,045x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	2,169x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	1,383x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,250x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	885x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	787x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	321x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	809x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	566x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	560x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $750

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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