Asus Z170 PRO GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 107% UFO	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 85% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	124% 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	78.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). 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	11.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180516
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 15 '18 at 01:30
Run Duration	147 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	19%

PC Performing as expected (56^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-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	86.1% Excellent	Memory 89.1 1-Core 129 2-Core 258 88% 159 Pts	4-Core 479 8-Core 484 64% 481 Pts	64-Core 502 31% 502 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 86.1% 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 (55^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	124% Outstanding	Lighting 173 Reflection 187 Parallax 172 141% 177 fps	MRender 120 Gravity 165 Splatting 117 109% 134 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 EVO M.2 500GB 25,072 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 103GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT21B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 113 116 97 110 109 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	78.7% Very good	Read 462 Write 122 Mixed 184 SusWrite 110 48% 219 MB/s	4K Read 28.6 4K Write 79.7 4K Mixed 38 134% 48.8 MB/s	DQ Read 369 DQ Write 169 DQ Mixed 215 174% 251 MB/s
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 78.7% Great: 131%
Crucial BX100 250GB-$141 42,930 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 46GB free Firmware: MU02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 347 330 354 360 361 363 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	99.3% Outstanding	Read 457 Write 354 Mixed 295 SusWrite 352 82% 365 MB/s	4K Read 27.7 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 41 150% 58.1 MB/s	DQ Read 281 DQ Write 312 DQ Mixed 198 176% 264 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 99.3% Great: 103%
WD Blue 3TB (2015)-$80 75,644 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 253GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 111 110 114 115 114 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	69.2% Good	Read 128 Write 126 Mixed 85 SusWrite 112 83% 113 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.9 182% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 69.2% 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 as expected (43^rd percentile)	76.6% Very good	MC Read 28 MC Write 29.4 MC Mixed 25 78% 27.5 GB/s	SC Read 15.3 SC Write 25.8 SC Mixed 24.1 62% 21.7 GB/s	Latency 68.3 59% 68.3 ns
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 76.6% Great: 103%

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

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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	6,630x
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