Asus Z170-PRO

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 69%
Battle cruiser
Desktop
Desktop 90%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 56%
Gunboat
PC StatusOverall 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.
ProcessorWith 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 84.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics78.9% 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 Drive128% 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.
High background CPU (23%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
Run History
6 years ago, 6 years ago.
MotherboardAsus Z170-PRO  (all builds)
Memory11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20150917
Uptime7.4 Days
Run DateAug 17 '17 at 12:30
Run Duration118 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 23%

 PC Performing as expected (47th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-6600K-$81
LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (95th percentile)
84.6% Excellent
Memory 84.4
1-Core 129
2-Core 260
87% 158 Pts
4-Core 484
8-Core 517
66% 500 Pts
64-Core 520
32% 520 Pts
Poor: 57%
This bench: 84.6%
Great: 85%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560
CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 382.5
Performing below potential (55th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
78.9% Very good
Lighting 101
Reflection 106
Parallax 96.8
82% 101 fps
MRender 89.7
Gravity 92.9
Splatting 84.6
72% 89.1 fps
Poor: 70%
This bench: 78.9%
Great: 87%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250
104GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (5th percentile)
128% Outstanding
Read 1,155
Write 617
Mixed 880
195% 884 MB/s
4K Read 37.9
4K Write 97.7
4K Mixed 23.4
139% 53 MB/s
DQ Read 38.3
DQ Write 125
DQ Mixed 26.6
36% 63.4 MB/s
Poor: 131%
This bench: 128%
Great: 243%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30
523GB free
Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing as expected (59th percentile)
88.3% Excellent
Read 172
Write 135
Mixed 136
111% 148 MB/s
4K Read 0.79
4K Write 2.59
4K Mixed 0.26
110% 1.21 MB/s
Poor: 52%
This bench: 88.3%
Great: 109%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GB-$125
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 1867 MHz
Performing below potential (18th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
67.3% Good
MC Read 23.6
MC Write 25.6
MC Mixed 22.2
68% 23.8 GB/s
SC Read 15.3
SC Write 24.4
SC Mixed 20.4
57% 20 GB/s
Latency 72.8
55% 72.8 ns
Poor: 49%
This bench: 67.3%
Great: 85%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Z170-PRO Builds (Compare 957 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 - $210

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 96% - Outstanding Total price: $674
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