Asus Z170 PRO GAMING

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 85% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 67% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 97.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	87.9% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

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Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170 PRO GAMING (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160307
Uptime	11.1 Days
Run Date	Aug 30 '18 at 16:13
Run Duration	174 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	28%

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PC Performing above expectations (77^th 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-$130 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	97.5% Outstanding	Memory 95.7 1-Core 146 2-Core 292 98% 178 Pts	4-Core 575 8-Core 564 76% 569 Pts	64-Core 549 34% 549 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 97.5% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3701) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 399.7 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	87.9% Excellent	Lighting 111 Reflection 117 Parallax 100 90% 109 fps	MRender 98.3 Gravity 103 Splatting 103 83% 101 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 87.9% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 13GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 509 Write 493 Mixed 379 103% 460 MB/s	4K Read 46.1 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 59.7 206% 73.1 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 240 214% 322 MB/s
Poor: 64% Great: 118%
Samsung 750 EVO 250GB-$130 75,831 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 20GB free (System drive) Firmware: MAT01B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 514 Write 486 Mixed 344 100% 448 MB/s	4K Read 42.7 4K Write 128 4K Mixed 59 208% 76.5 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 348 265% 358 MB/s
Poor: 63% Great: 114%
Toshiba MK5065GSXF 500GB 2,703 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 52GB free Firmware: GP006B SusWrite @10s intervals: 48 47 49 49 49 49 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	27.1% Poor	Read 45.5 Write 46.5 Mixed 33 SusWrite 48.6 32% 43.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.5 100% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 27.1% Great: 44%
Seagate Expansion 1TB 1,630 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 154GB free, PID 2322 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 101 101 101 101 101 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	43.7% Average	Read 99.5 Write 70.8 Mixed 59 SusWrite 99.9 109% 82.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.9 114% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 43.7% Great: 48%
SanDisk Ultra USB 3.0 32GB-$8 33,725 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 21GB free, PID 5581 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 43 45 28 14 15 14 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	33.5% Below average	Read 134 Write 43.8 Mixed 49.2 SusWrite 26.2 70% 63.4 MB/s	4K Read 6.6 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1.5 150% 3.43 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 33.5% Great: 38%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2666 C15 2x8GB 19,779 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	85% Excellent	MC Read 28.9 MC Write 35.1 MC Mixed 26.4 86% 30.1 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 30.9 SC Mixed 26.1 70% 24.5 GB/s	Latency 54.8 73% 54.8 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 85% Great: 96%

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Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

Motherboard: Asus Z170 PRO GAMING - $295

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	6,659x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	3,689x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	1,050x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	2,179x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	1,386x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,255x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	891x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	791x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	323x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	816x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	570x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	561x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $752

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16