Asus Z170 PRO GAMING

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 74%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 106%
UFO
Workstation
Workstation 60%
Destroyer
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing way above expectations (92nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 8 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 101%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics66.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive235% 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.
Memory8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
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.
Run History
8 years ago, 8 years ago.
MotherboardAsus Z170 PRO GAMING  (all builds)
Memory6.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 3.1 GHz
Display2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 8.1
BIOS Date20160113
Uptime0 Days
Run DateJan 29 '16 at 13:29
Run Duration114 Seconds
Run User FIN-User
Background CPU2%

 PC Performing way above expectations (92nd 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 4.6 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
101% Outstanding
Memory 97.8
1-Core 152
2-Core 304
102% 185 Pts
4-Core 606
8-Core 607
81% 607 Pts
64-Core 609
38% 609 Pts
Poor: 57%
This bench: 101%
Great: 85%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD R9 Fury-$199
Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.301.1201.0
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
66.2% Good
Lighting 85.9
Reflection 57.7
Parallax 110
70% 84.6 fps
MRender 57.5
Gravity 82.7
Splatting 73.4
59% 71.2 fps
Poor: 53%
This bench: 66.2%
Great: 62%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250
112GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (89th percentile)
235% Outstanding
Read 1,837
Write 885
Mixed 1,113
281% 1,278 MB/s
4K Read 55
4K Write 214
4K Mixed 55.9
268% 108 MB/s
DQ Read 908
DQ Write 310
DQ Mixed 197
254% 472 MB/s
Poor: 131%
This bench: 235%
Great: 243%
Seagate ST9250410AS 250GB-$42
62GB free
Firmware: 0006HPM1 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s
Performing above expectations (74th percentile)
47.3% Average
Read 79.5
Write 85.4
Mixed 84.6
63% 83.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.52
4K Write 1.17
4K Mixed 0.38
85% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 11%
This bench: 47.3%
Great: 56%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3000 C15 2x4GB
2 of 4 slots used
8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3068 MHz
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
107% Outstanding
MC Read 39
MC Write 42.3
MC Mixed 31.7
108% 37.7 GB/s
SC Read 23.7
SC Write 42.5
SC Mixed 30.9
92% 32.4 GB/s
Latency 46.9
85% 46.9 ns
Poor: 53%
This bench: 107%
Great: 106%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Z170 PRO GAMING Builds (Compare 13,890 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
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HDDRAMUSB
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