Asus Z170-PRO

Performance Results


Gaming 56% Gunboat	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 45% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 89.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	55.4% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	153% 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.
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 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

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-PRO (all builds)
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20150917
Uptime	1.9 Days
Run Date	Mar 19 '18 at 15:20
Run Duration	146 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (71^st 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 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	89.2% Excellent	Memory 93 1-Core 127 2-Core 254 88% 158 Pts	4-Core 492 8-Core 501 66% 497 Pts	64-Core 498 31% 498 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 89.2% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Gigabyte(1458 367B) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1539 MHz, MLim: 1822 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 391.1 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	55.4% Above average	Lighting 69.2 Reflection 62.4 Parallax 56.5 56% 62.7 fps	MRender 73.4 Gravity 65.5 Splatting 59.3 53% 66.1 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 55.4% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 326GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 4534 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1650 (B1) Unknown 99 99 4 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 54 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 66 (F1) Unknown 99 99 9469072212	101% Outstanding	Read 496 Write 402 Mixed 417 98% 438 MB/s	4K Read 33.5 4K Write 74.9 4K Mixed 36.5 137% 48.3 MB/s	DQ Read 365 DQ Write 282 DQ Mixed 128 149% 258 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 133%
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250 40,327 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 29GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	153% Outstanding	Read 1,240 Write 662 Mixed 880 205% 927 MB/s	4K Read 36.6 4K Write 167 4K Mixed 39.4 194% 81 MB/s	DQ Read 36.8 DQ Write 204 DQ Mixed 172 117% 138 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 153% Great: 243%
StoreJet Transcend 1TB 14,954 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 914GB free, PID 5106 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	43.4% Average	Read 103 Write 101 Mixed 88.9 124% 97.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 2.09 4K Mixed 0.35 85% 1 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 43.4% Great: 45%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial Ballistix Sport LT DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GB-$118 9,846 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	87.3% Excellent	MC Read 31.3 MC Write 33 MC Mixed 28.9 89% 31.1 GB/s	SC Read 18.8 SC Write 33.4 SC Mixed 26.2 75% 26.1 GB/s	Latency 62.1 64% 62.1 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 87.3% Great: 87%

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Typical Z170-PRO Builds (Compare 957 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 69%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 58%

Gunboat

Motherboard: Asus Z170-PRO - $210

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	513x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	125x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	78x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	169x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	105x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	71x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	62x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	55x
950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung $625Bench 223%, 54,978 samples	23x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	69x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	55x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x16GBCorsair $560Bench 84%, 34,441 samples	34x

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Value: 99% - Outstanding

Total price: $660

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