Asus Z170 PRO GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 86% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 75% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (89th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 11 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 91.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	88.9% 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	131% 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 (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus Z170 PRO GAMING (all builds)
Memory	11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit väriä
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170315
Uptime	5.6 Days
Run Date	Aug 22 '18 at 08:57
Run Duration	174 Seconds
Run User	FIN-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing way above expectations (89^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	91.5% Outstanding	Memory 96.3 1-Core 140 2-Core 277 95% 171 Pts	4-Core 467 8-Core 762 75% 615 Pts	64-Core 763 47% 763 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 91.5% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% MSI(1462 3233) CLim: 1631 MHz, MLim: 1952 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 398.82 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	88.9% Excellent	Lighting 115 Reflection 122 Parallax 122 94% 120 fps	MRender 103 Gravity 106 Splatting 88.3 80% 99 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 88.9% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 108GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 470 439 452 459 462 360 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	131% Outstanding	Read 503 Write 488 Mixed 403 SusWrite 440 103% 459 MB/s	4K Read 47 4K Write 123 4K Mixed 64.3 219% 78.2 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 361 272% 363 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 131% Great: 134%
Kingston HyperX 3K 240GB-$70 27,495 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 21GB free Firmware: 580ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 194 197 206 181 153 203 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	94.9% Outstanding	Read 400 Write 279 Mixed 315 SusWrite 189 66% 296 MB/s	4K Read 40.9 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 45.8 184% 68.6 MB/s	DQ Read 260 DQ Write 248 DQ Mixed 296 211% 268 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 94.9% Great: 94%
Kingston HyperX 3K 120GB-$100 46,066 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 67GB free Firmware: 521ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 146 166 168 167 166 162 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	90.8% Outstanding	Read 386 Write 212 Mixed 256 SusWrite 162 57% 254 MB/s	4K Read 38.3 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 51.9 182% 66.3 MB/s	DQ Read 213 DQ Write 188 DQ Mixed 203 152% 201 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 90.8% Great: 87%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 384GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 114 128 130 130 131 129 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	87.5% Excellent	Read 178 Write 135 Mixed 85.5 SusWrite 127 96% 131 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 140% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 87.5% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 196 206 206 206 205 208 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 196 Write 162 Mixed 85 SusWrite 204 118% 162 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 137% 1 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$36 287,720 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	99.6% Outstanding	MC Read 35.9 MC Write 38.5 MC Mixed 31.6 101% 35.3 GB/s	SC Read 17.4 SC Write 41.7 SC Mixed 31.5 86% 30.2 GB/s	Latency 53.1 75% 53.1 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 99.6% Great: 109%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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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	6,642x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	3,682x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	1,045x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	2,171x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	1,385x
GTX 1080Nvidia $265Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,252x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	888x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	789x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	322x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	811x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	569x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	560x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $750

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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 $40	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