Asus Z170 PRO GAMING

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 13%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 77%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 11%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 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 85.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics9.59% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
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)
Memory12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20160513
Uptime0 Days
Run DateJul 18 '18 at 17:30
Run Duration138 Seconds
Run User DEU-User
Background CPU5%

 PC Performing above expectations (83rd 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 3.6 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
85.7% Excellent
Memory 91.7
1-Core 107
2-Core 238
82% 146 Pts
4-Core 462
8-Core 454
61% 458 Pts
64-Core 447
28% 447 Pts
Poor: 57%
This bench: 85.7%
Great: 85%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GTX 285
Gainward(10B0 0801) 1GB
Ram: 1GB, Driver: 342.1
Performing way above expectations (91st percentile)
9.59% Terrible
Lighting 13
Reflection 9.23
Parallax 5.91
11% 9.39 fps
MRender 10.3
Gravity 10.9
Splatting 7.35
8% 9.52 fps
Poor: 8%
This bench: 9.59%
Great: 10%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 830 256GB-$261
7GB free (System drive)
Firmware: CXM03B1Q
Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete
Read 397
Write 282
Mixed 232
67% 304 MB/s
4K Read 20.7
4K Write 66.9
4K Mixed 27
101% 38.2 MB/s
DQ Read 269
DQ Write 94.9
DQ Mixed 139
114% 168 MB/s
Poor: 53% Great: 86%
Samsung Spinpoint F1 750GB-$60
467GB free
Firmware: 1AA01113
SusWrite @10s intervals: 75 77 75 77 75 75 MB/s
Performing above expectations (61st percentile)
45.3% Average
Read 81.8
Write 71.7
Mixed 55.1
SusWrite 75.7
52% 71.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 2
4K Mixed 0.9
174% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 28%
This bench: 45.3%
Great: 60%
Samsung Spinpoint F1 750GB-$60
140GB free
Firmware: 1AA01113
SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 87 85 86 86 86 MB/s
Performing above expectations (82nd percentile)
51.7% Above average
Read 93.8
Write 80.6
Mixed 58.1
SusWrite 86.1
59% 79.7 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 2.1
4K Mixed 0.9
172% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 28%
This bench: 51.7%
Great: 60%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston HyperX 2133 C14 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing way above expectations (86th percentile)
74.9% Very good
MC Read 28
MC Write 28.8
MC Mixed 21.8
75% 26.2 GB/s
SC Read 18.2
SC Write 29.2
SC Mixed 23.2
67% 23.5 GB/s
Latency 64.5
62% 64.5 ns
Poor: 42%
This bench: 74.9%
Great: 80%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Z170 PRO GAMING Builds (Compare 13,973 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: 94% - Outstanding Total price: $755
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