Asus Z170-PRO

Performance Results


Gaming 65% Destroyer	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 54% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (31st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 69 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 good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 69.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	90.8% 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	88.2% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

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Motherboard	Asus Z170-PRO (all builds)
Memory	17.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160627
Uptime	5 Days
Run Date	Nov 20 '18 at 05:15
Run Duration	163 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	26%

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PC Performing below expectations (31^st 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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	69.5% Good	Memory 76.9 1-Core 112 2-Core 181 72% 123 Pts	4-Core 338 8-Core 470 51% 404 Pts	64-Core 544 34% 544 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 69.5% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Nvidia(10DE 119E) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.82 Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	90.8% Outstanding	Lighting 116 Reflection 126 Parallax 120 95% 121 fps	MRender 102 Gravity 112 Splatting 93.9 83% 103 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 90.8% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$139 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 163GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 327 347 175 99 106 98 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	88.2% Excellent	Read 425 Write 192 Mixed 353 SusWrite 192 65% 291 MB/s	4K Read 31.2 4K Write 77.6 4K Mixed 40.6 140% 49.8 MB/s	DQ Read 374 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 356 268% 357 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 88.2% Great: 133%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$90 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 881GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 108 106 108 107 107 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	81.9% Excellent	Read 177 Write 117 Mixed 63.8 SusWrite 107 85% 116 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 5 4K Mixed 2.3 402% 2.87 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 81.9% Great: 108%
WD My Passport 25E2 4TB 31,793 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 3.5TB free, PID 25e2 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 113 114 112 113 112 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	62.9% Good	Read 133 Write 104 Mixed 68.5 SusWrite 113 136% 104 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 6.1 4K Mixed 0.8 240% 2.77 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 62.9% Great: 59%
WD My Passport 0820 2TB 18,744 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 544GB free, PID 0820 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 46 53 55 65 69 71 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	30.3% Below average	Read 104 Write 37.8 Mixed 42.5 SusWrite 59.8 73% 60.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.3 36% 0.5 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 30.3% Great: 42%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
PNY 8GBF2X04JEEE35-12-K 4x8GB 18 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	55.2% Above average	MC Read 18.7 MC Write 20.8 MC Mixed 20.2 57% 19.9 GB/s	SC Read 11.7 SC Write 17.9 SC Mixed 13.9 41% 14.5 GB/s	Latency 86.5 46% 86.5 ns
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 55.2% Great: 99%

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

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Gaming 69%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 58%

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Motherboard: Asus Z170-PRO - $210

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	512x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	125x
Core i7-7700KIntel $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	78x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	169x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	105x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	71x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	62x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	55x
950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung $625Bench 223%, 54,978 samples	23x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	69x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	55x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x16GBCorsair $560Bench 84%, 34,441 samples	34x

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Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $674

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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