Asus Z170 PRO GAMING

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 86%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 100%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 69%
Battle cruiser
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 94%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics88.9% 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 Drive218% 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)
Memory11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20170623
Uptime0 Days
Run DateMay 24 '18 at 20:56
Run Duration138 Seconds
Run User DNK-User
Background CPU3%
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 PC Performing above expectations (70th 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 4.4 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
94% Outstanding
Memory 93.2
1-Core 142
2-Core 285
96% 173 Pts
4-Core 551
8-Core 530
73% 540 Pts
64-Core 533
33% 533 Pts
Poor: 57%
This bench: 94%
Great: 85%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132
CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 391.35
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
88.9% Excellent
Lighting 113
Reflection 116
Parallax 99.8
92% 110 fps
MRender 98
Gravity 101
Splatting 102
82% 100 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 88.9%
Great: 88%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45
119GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
Performing above expectations (76th percentile)
218% Outstanding
Read 2,055
Write 1,086
Mixed 1,138
314% 1,426 MB/s
4K Read 56.5
4K Write 129
4K Mixed 28.4
190% 71.4 MB/s
DQ Read 303
DQ Write 366
DQ Mixed 26.3
106% 232 MB/s
Poor: 142%
This bench: 218%
Great: 236%
HyperX Fury 120GB-$160
51GB free
Firmware: 60AABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing below expectations (31st percentile)
59% Above average
Read 512
Write 97.1
Mixed 118
52% 242 MB/s
4K Read 19.9
4K Write 98.5
4K Mixed 12.5
98% 43.6 MB/s
DQ Read 84.1
DQ Write 114
DQ Mixed 31.1
42% 76.5 MB/s
Poor: 52%
This bench: 59%
Great: 75%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32
638GB free
Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing above expectations (63rd percentile)
90% Outstanding
Read 155
Write 159
Mixed 149
116% 154 MB/s
4K Read 1.25
4K Write 2.64
4K Mixed 0.36
141% 1.42 MB/s
Poor: 52%
This bench: 90%
Great: 109%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GB-$125
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing as expected (52nd percentile)
75% Very good
MC Read 26.4
MC Write 29
MC Mixed 24.8
76% 26.7 GB/s
SC Read 12.7
SC Write 28.1
SC Mixed 21.8
60% 20.9 GB/s
Latency 61.8
65% 61.8 ns
Poor: 49%
This bench: 75%
Great: 85%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Z170 PRO GAMING Builds (Compare 13,976 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) $51G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16
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