Asus Z170 PRO GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 24% Surfboard	Desktop 47% Yacht	Workstation 26% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (35th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 65 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 a relatively low single core score, this CPU can handle email, light web browsing and basic audio/video playback, but it will struggle to handle CPU intensive tasks. Finally, with a gaming score of 40.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	45% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	63.6% 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.

Very high background CPU (49%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z170 PRO GAMING (all builds)
Memory	10.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151023
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 09 '18 at 02:06
Run Duration	167 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	49%

PC Performing below expectations (35^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 2.35 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	40.9% Average	Memory 48.6 1-Core 21.3 2-Core 52.2 27% 40.7 Pts	4-Core 178 8-Core 549 40% 363 Pts	64-Core 683 42% 683 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 40.9% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% EVGA(3842 2986) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1544 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 399.24 Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	45% Average	Lighting 50.3 Reflection 54.4 Parallax 75.6 41% 60.1 fps	MRender 79 Gravity 59.3 Splatting 58.3 53% 65.5 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 45% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 55GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 320 191 180 171 160 161 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	63.6% Good	Read 390 Write 390 Mixed 303 SusWrite 197 72% 320 MB/s	4K Read 22 4K Write 31.6 4K Mixed 17.5 72% 23.7 MB/s	DQ Read 342 DQ Write 294 DQ Mixed 348 252% 328 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 63.6% Great: 124%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$31 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 16GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 SusWrite @10s intervals: 150 156 139 118 137 156 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	84.4% Excellent	Read 152 Write 83.5 Mixed 35.7 SusWrite 143 75% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.4 109% 1 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 84.4% Great: 107%
Maxone USB 3.0 250GB 80 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 231GB free Firmware: 8101 SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 106 107 107 107 105 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	59.2% Above average	Read 100 Write 106 Mixed 53.7 SusWrite 106 67% 91.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.7 127% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 59.2% Great: 52%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC27 SusWrite @10s intervals: 192 193 190 195 194 189 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 190 Write 154 Mixed 77.8 SusWrite 192 112% 154 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Adata DDR4 2666 2OZ 2x8GB 9,905 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	63.9% Good	MC Read 21.2 MC Write 27.5 MC Mixed 22.1 67% 23.6 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 25.2 SC Mixed 13.7 53% 18.7 GB/s	Latency 166 24% 166 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 63.9% Great: 97%

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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	6,629x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	3,675x
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	1,250x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	885x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 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 $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 $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