Asus Z170 PRO GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 56% Gunboat	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 47% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 61%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	84.9% 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 Drive	296% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Asus Z170 PRO GAMING (all builds)
Memory	14 GB free of 16 GB @ 2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170426
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 11 '18 at 00:53
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	20%

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PC Performing as expected (48^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	61% Good	Memory 84.8 1-Core 84.9 2-Core 82.9 57% 84.2 Pts	4-Core 203 8-Core 331 33% 267 Pts	64-Core 513 32% 513 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 61% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8599) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.82 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	84.9% Excellent	Lighting 106 Reflection 116 Parallax 97.6 87% 107 fps	MRender 97.1 Gravity 101 Splatting 98.7 81% 99 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 84.9% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$139 63,520 User benchmarks, average bench 266% 119GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B6QCXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 971 1677 1722 1753 1678 409 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	296% Outstanding	Read 2,320 Write 1,812 Mixed 882 SusWrite 1,368 356% 1,596 MB/s	4K Read 45.6 4K Write 127 4K Mixed 67.7 223% 80 MB/s	DQ Read 1,249 DQ Write 1018 DQ Mixed 1,093 829% 1,120 MB/s
Poor: 159% ↑ This bench: 296% Great: 353%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 61GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 321 308 307 306 307 306 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	117% Outstanding	Read 446 Write 472 Mixed 390 SusWrite 309 91% 404 MB/s	4K Read 40.3 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 65.9 203% 71.4 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 357 269% 359 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 124%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 301GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 124 125 125 123 125 126 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	72.9% Very good	Read 129 Write 131 Mixed 65 SusWrite 124 82% 112 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1.2 232% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 72.9% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2133 C13 2x8GB-$46 47,721 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 1981 MHz Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	61.8% Good	MC Read 22.2 MC Write 24.9 MC Mixed 21.1 65% 22.7 GB/s	SC Read 12.7 SC Write 13.1 SC Mixed 15 39% 13.6 GB/s	Latency 72.1 56% 72.1 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 61.8% Great: 80%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 58%

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Motherboard: Asus Z170 PRO GAMING - $295

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	6,619x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	3,671x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	1,044x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	2,165x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	1,381x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,247x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	884x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	786x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	320x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	806x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	565x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	559x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $750

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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