Asus Z170 PRO GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 69% Battle cruiser	Desktop 64% Destroyer	Workstation 58% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (33rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 67 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 54%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	122% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	109% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.

Very high background CPU (83%). 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	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180516
Uptime	4 Days
Run Date	Sep 07 '18 at 10:46
Run Duration	147 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	83%

PC Performing below expectations (33^rd 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-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	54% Above average	Memory 53.3 1-Core 83.6 2-Core 160 55% 99.1 Pts	4-Core 304 8-Core 374 44% 339 Pts	64-Core 433 27% 433 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 54% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85E5) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 398.82 Performing below potential (43^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	122% Outstanding	Lighting 170 Reflection 184 Parallax 185 138% 180 fps	MRender 118 Gravity 164 Splatting 115 107% 132 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 EVO M.2 500GB 25,072 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 105GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT21B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 404 248 176 156 143 129 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 485 Write 450 Mixed 383 SusWrite 209 86% 382 MB/s	4K Read 43.1 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 59.1 199% 70.3 MB/s	DQ Read 364 DQ Write 308 DQ Mixed 327 248% 333 MB/s
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 131%
Crucial BX100 250GB-$141 42,930 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 46GB free Firmware: MU02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 356 353 363 364 365 355 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 497 Write 363 Mixed 311 SusWrite 360 86% 383 MB/s	4K Read 29.5 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 42.6 153% 57.7 MB/s	DQ Read 265 DQ Write 282 DQ Mixed 195 168% 248 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 103%
WD Blue 3TB (2015)-$80 75,644 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 253GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 47 49 41 46 47 50 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	40.4% Average	Read 94.5 Write 55.5 Mixed 39.2 SusWrite 46.6 43% 58.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.2 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.3 56% 0.43 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 40.4% Great: 96%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB 13,205 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	67.4% Good	MC Read 25 MC Write 27.4 MC Mixed 24.5 73% 25.6 GB/s	SC Read 12 SC Write 20.7 SC Mixed 15.4 46% 16 GB/s	Latency 149 27% 149 ns
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 67.4% Great: 103%

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

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Gaming 69%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 58%

Gunboat

Motherboard: Asus Z170 PRO GAMING - $295

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	6,630x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	3,676x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	1,045x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	2,169x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	1,383x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,251x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	885x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	787x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	321x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	809x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	566x
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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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 $45	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