Asus Z170 PRO GAMING

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 74% Battleship	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 63% Destroyer


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 a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 85.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	86.3% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D 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 (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z170 PRO GAMING (all builds)
Memory	9.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150924
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 17 '18 at 19:01
Run Duration	255 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	12%

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 i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	85.9% Excellent	Memory 90.9 1-Core 126 2-Core 243 86% 153 Pts	4-Core 436 8-Core 699 70% 567 Pts	64-Core 686 42% 686 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 85.9% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4996) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1582 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 416.94 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	86.3% Excellent	Lighting 110 Reflection 117 Parallax 108 89% 112 fps	MRender 96.7 Gravity 105 Splatting 94.5 80% 98.6 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 86.3% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$190 68,849 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 69GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM04B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 7,434 Write 2,372 Mixed 3,785 989% 4,530 MB/s	4K Read 394 4K Write 196 4K Mixed 250 1,022% 280 MB/s	DQ Read 1086 DQ Write 642 DQ Mixed 710 570% 813 MB/s
Poor: 71% Great: 124%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$50 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 921GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 92 102 99 103 101 99 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	66.4% Good	Read 132 Write 110 Mixed 76.3 SusWrite 99.3 77% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 1 182% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 66.4% Great: 84%
WD Elements 1TB 51,914 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 702GB free, PID 1048 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 98.3 Write 95.7 Mixed 58.2 104% 84.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.9 108% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 12% Great: 43%
Seagate USB 3.0 Cable 500GB 305 User benchmarks, average bench 19% 13GB free, PID 5031 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 37 Write 29.2 Mixed 28 39% 31.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.6 63% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 11% Great: 30%
Seagate Backup+ BK 1TB 2,655 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 922GB free, PID a013 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 5,621 Write 20 Mixed 59.7 1,276% 1,900 MB/s	4K Read 536 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 1.7 2,073% 180 MB/s
Poor: 13% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 4x4GB-$97 3,926 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (35^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	74.7% Very good	MC Read 27 MC Write 28.5 MC Mixed 23.3 75% 26.3 GB/s	SC Read 17 SC Write 28.5 SC Mixed 23.5 66% 23 GB/s	Latency 66 61% 66 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 74.7% Great: 107%

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

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Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

Motherboard: Asus Z170 PRO GAMING - $295

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	6,668x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	3,689x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	1,050x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	2,180x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	1,386x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,257x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	891x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	791x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	323x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	817x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	570x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	561x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $752

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16