Asus Z170I PRO GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 57% Gunboat	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 46% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 84.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	62.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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 (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Asus Z170I PRO GAMING (all builds)
Memory	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.5 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170710
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 18 '18 at 06:11
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	16%

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PC Performing above expectations (67^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-$130 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	84.7% Excellent	Memory 88.6 1-Core 138 2-Core 266 91% 164 Pts	4-Core 466 8-Core 477 63% 471 Pts	64-Core 454 28% 454 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 84.7% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% MSI(1462 3283) CLim: 2088 MHz, MLim: 2102 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 416.34 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	62.4% Good	Lighting 78.1 Reflection 79.6 Parallax 69.6 64% 75.7 fps	MRender 73.9 Gravity 73.1 Splatting 73.2 60% 73.4 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 62.4% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 26GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,814 Write 1,466 Mixed 582 284% 1,288 MB/s	4K Read 36.5 4K Write 182 4K Mixed 61.4 230% 93.3 MB/s	DQ Read 1,027 DQ Write 1,370 DQ Mixed 861 744% 1,086 MB/s
Poor: 153% Great: 254%
Samsung 840 Pro 128GB-$150 34,842 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 38GB free Firmware: DXM03B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 335 358 359 339 316 358 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	97.1% Outstanding	Read 434 Write 241 Mixed 204 SusWrite 344 68% 306 MB/s	4K Read 31.6 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 37.8 154% 59.3 MB/s	DQ Read 365 DQ Write 170 DQ Mixed 114 126% 217 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 97.1% Great: 110%
WD WD5000AVDS-63U7B1 500GB 24,608 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 8GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 50 49 51 51 51 51 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	26% Poor	Read 39.5 Write 28 Mixed 29.5 SusWrite 50.4 27% 36.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.6 126% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 26% Great: 52%
Kingston DataTraveler 2.0 1GB 222 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 1GB free, PID 1f00 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 3.9 4.1 4.1 3.9 4.1 4 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	4.91% Terrible	Read 14.5 Write 3.5 Mixed 4.5 SusWrite 4 7% 6.62 MB/s	4K Read 8.2 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 30% 2.73 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.91% Great: 5%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GB-$42 131,007 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2473 MHz Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	74.3% Very good	MC Read 24.7 MC Write 28.9 MC Mixed 25.1 75% 26.2 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 28.1 SC Mixed 22.8 65% 22.7 GB/s	Latency 69 58% 69 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 74.3% Great: 95%

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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 Z170I PRO GAMING - $165

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	578x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	431x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	144x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	218x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	168x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	152x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	72x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	68x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	43x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	99x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	81x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	49x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $620

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $178	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