Asus Z170 PRO GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 94% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 101% UFO	Workstation 81% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (85th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 15 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 97.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	91.9% 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	227% 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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus Z170 PRO GAMING (all builds)
Memory	14.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit väriä
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180516
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 24 '18 at 20:59
Run Duration	163 Seconds
Run User	FIN-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (85^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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	97.6% Outstanding	Memory 95.3 1-Core 143 2-Core 287 97% 175 Pts	4-Core 537 8-Core 801 83% 669 Pts	64-Core 788 49% 788 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 97.6% 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: 1852 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 411.63 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	91.9% Outstanding	Lighting 118 Reflection 123 Parallax 111 96% 117 fps	MRender 102 Gravity 108 Splatting 101 84% 103 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 91.9% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 118GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 632 315 314 314 312 308 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	227% Outstanding	Read 2,138 Write 1,456 Mixed 574 SusWrite 366 250% 1,133 MB/s	4K Read 45.9 4K Write 173 4K Mixed 57.8 235% 92.2 MB/s	DQ Read 1,061 DQ Write 1,078 DQ Mixed 667 612% 935 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 227% Great: 236%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 29GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 508 Write 494 Mixed 416 105% 473 MB/s	4K Read 48.3 4K Write 126 4K Mixed 65.4 224% 79.8 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 360 271% 363 MB/s
Poor: 72% Great: 124%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 37GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 397 275 276 275 274 275 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	119% Outstanding	Read 508 Write 340 Mixed 445 SusWrite 295 89% 397 MB/s	4K Read 46.1 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 60.2 208% 74.1 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 229 209% 319 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 118%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 372GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 136 135 136 137 137 137 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	76.5% Very good	Read 130 Write 134 Mixed 87.4 SusWrite 137 90% 122 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.2 242% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 76.5% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2666 C15 2x8GB-$169 37,519 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	94.1% Outstanding	MC Read 34.6 MC Write 35.4 MC Mixed 29.1 94% 33 GB/s	SC Read 21.5 SC Write 38.6 SC Mixed 29.8 86% 30 GB/s	Latency 56.2 71% 56.2 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 94.1% Great: 97%

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Gaming 69%

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Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

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 $129Bench 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