Asus Z170 PRO GAMING

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 79%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 91%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 67%
Battle cruiser
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 87.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics86.7% 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 Drive69.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.
MotherboardAsus Z170 PRO GAMING  (all builds)
Memory11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display5760 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OSWindows 8.1
BIOS Date20160111
Uptime18.4 Days
Run DateJul 17 '17 at 20:43
Run Duration115 Seconds
Run User ESP-User
Background CPU8%

 PC Performing as expected (57th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180
LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (92nd percentile)
87.7% Excellent
Memory 92.7
1-Core 130
2-Core 258
90% 160 Pts
4-Core 446
8-Core 661
69% 553 Pts
64-Core 687
42% 687 Pts
Poor: 70%
This bench: 87.7%
Great: 90%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560
Gigabyte(1458 36B7) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1544 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 375.95
Performing way above expectations (95th percentile)
86.7% Excellent
Lighting 111
Reflection 117
Parallax 106
91% 111 fps
MRender 97
Gravity 102
Splatting 92
79% 96.9 fps
Poor: 70%
This bench: 86.7%
Great: 87%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Series 500GB
110GB free (System drive)
Firmware: DXT07B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing as expected (41st percentile)
69.2% Good
Read 488
Write 119
Mixed 139
54% 249 MB/s
4K Read 28.9
4K Write 88.5
4K Mixed 14.6
109% 44 MB/s
DQ Read 368
DQ Write 130
DQ Mixed 32.4
81% 177 MB/s
Poor: 53%
This bench: 69.2%
Great: 89%
Seagate ST32000644NS 2TB
772GB free
Firmware: SN11 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (10th percentile)
46.4% Average
Read 70.3
Write 91.5
Mixed 107
68% 89.5 MB/s
4K Read 0.4
4K Write 1.4
4K Mixed 0.47
95% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 42%
This bench: 46.4%
Great: 74%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Crucial Ballistix Sport LT DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GB-$118
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz
Performing as expected (46th percentile)
78% Very good
MC Read 27.8
MC Write 29.7
MC Mixed 25
79% 27.5 GB/s
SC Read 14.8
SC Write 31.3
SC Mixed 24.6
67% 23.6 GB/s
Latency 62.8
64% 62.8 ns
Poor: 45%
This bench: 78%
Great: 87%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Z170 PRO GAMING Builds (Compare 13,921 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: $750
The Best.
CPUGPUSSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273Nvidia RTX 4060 $300Crucial MX500 250GB $40
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Intel Core i5-12600K $177Nvidia RTX 4070 $539Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52
HDDRAMUSB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16
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