Asus Z170 PRO GAMING

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 139%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 103%
UFO
Workstation
Workstation 111%
UFO
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 99.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics140% 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 Drive137% 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.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
MotherboardAsus Z170 PRO GAMING  (all builds)
Memory12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20170315
Uptime0.8 Days
Run DateMay 01 '17 at 19:19
Run Duration110 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU7%

 PC Performing above expectations (69th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-6600K-$130
LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
99.2% Outstanding
Memory 97.2
1-Core 149
2-Core 299
100% 182 Pts
4-Core 584
8-Core 588
78% 586 Pts
64-Core 593
37% 593 Pts
Poor: 57%
This bench: 99.2%
Great: 85%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485
CLim: 2088 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 381.89
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
140% Outstanding
Lighting 199
Reflection 215
Parallax 209
162% 208 fps
MRender 140
Gravity 193
Splatting 133
125% 155 fps
Poor: 109%
This bench: 140%
Great: 133%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250
5GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (7th percentile)
137% Outstanding
Read 1,160
Write 429
Mixed 632
162% 740 MB/s
4K Read 31.8
4K Write 65.7
4K Mixed 28.1
119% 41.9 MB/s
DQ Read 1,111
DQ Write 161
DQ Mixed 162
239% 478 MB/s
Poor: 131%
This bench: 137%
Great: 243%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32
361GB free
Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing below expectations (38th percentile)
78.2% Very good
Read 132
Write 140
Mixed 130
101% 134 MB/s
4K Read 1.3
4K Write 2.56
4K Mixed 0.33
139% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 52%
This bench: 78.2%
Great: 109%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
G.SKILL Ripjaws 4 DDR4 2133 C15 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2900 MHz
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
105% Outstanding
MC Read 37.4
MC Write 39.7
MC Mixed 33.8
106% 37 GB/s
SC Read 23.2
SC Write 40.8
SC Mixed 32.6
92% 32.2 GB/s
Latency 49.6
81% 49.6 ns
Poor: 39%
This bench: 105%
Great: 80%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Z170 PRO GAMING Builds (Compare 13,990 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 69%
Battle cruiser
Desktop
Desktop 87%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 58%
Gunboat

Motherboard: Asus Z170 PRO GAMING - $295

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 95% - Outstanding Total price: $752
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HDDRAMUSB
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WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16
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