Asus Z170 PRO GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 18% Surfboard	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 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 94.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	12.1% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	55.7% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Asus Z170 PRO GAMING (all builds)
Memory	5.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151116
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 21 '16 at 14:26
Run Duration	132 Seconds
Run User	MYS-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing above expectations (83^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-$130 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94.8% Outstanding	Memory 92.1 1-Core 142 2-Core 284 95% 173 Pts	4-Core 562 8-Core 564 75% 563 Pts	64-Core 562 35% 562 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 94.8% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 950-$100 111,509 User benchmarks, average bench 26% Asus(1043 856A) 2GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6519 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	12.1% Very poor	Lighting 2.73 Reflection 39.8 Parallax 35.2 2% 25.9 fps	MRender 40.2 Gravity 37 Splatting 37.7 31% 38.3 fps
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 12.1% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 42GB free (System drive) Firmware: 608ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 4319847033 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 -83442624626663 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 16 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 13 (B1) Unknown 0 0 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 36 37 103081639972 (C2) HDA temperature 36 37 103081639972 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 109 109 4319847033 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 109 109 4319847033 (CC) Soft ECC correction 109 109 4319847033 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 90194313216 (E9) Unknown 0 0 153 (EA) Unknown 0 0 172 (F1) Unknown 0 0 172 (F2) Unknown 0 0 117 (F4) Unknown 100 100 262145	55.7% Above average	Read 342 Write 119 Mixed 141 44% 201 MB/s	4K Read 23 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 10.7 104% 46.3 MB/s	DQ Read 92.3 DQ Write 144 DQ Mixed 28.5 47% 88.4 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 55.7% Great: 73%
TOSHIBA MK1652GSX 160GB 24 User benchmarks, average bench 14% 109GB free, PID 1900 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	17.4% Very poor	Read 25.7 Write 42.9 Mixed 29.9 45% 32.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.36 4K Mixed 0.27 57% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 17.4% Great: 18%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905622-024.A00G 2x4GB 435 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	74.4% Very good	MC Read 27.5 MC Write 28.7 MC Mixed 22.3 75% 26.2 GB/s	SC Read 17.5 SC Write 27.4 SC Mixed 22.7 64% 22.5 GB/s	Latency 63.8 63% 63.8 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 74.4% Great: 77%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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 $219Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	6,683x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	3,697x
Core i7-6700Intel $219Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	1,053x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	2,186x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	1,387x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,262x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	894x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	794x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	323x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	817x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	572x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	561x

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Value: 92% - Outstanding

Total price: $794

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $288	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16