Asus Z170 PRO GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 70% Battleship	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 60% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 81.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	81.4% 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	90.6% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170 PRO GAMING (all builds)
Memory	24.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170623
Uptime	2.2 Days
Run Date	Nov 21 '18 at 07:56
Run Duration	148 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	18%

PC Performing as expected (58^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 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	81.6% Excellent	Memory 93.3 1-Core 113 2-Core 216 81% 141 Pts	4-Core 378 8-Core 606 60% 492 Pts	64-Core 616 38% 616 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 81.6% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Asus(1043 855B) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1506 MHz, MLim: 1800 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 416.34 Performing below potential (68^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	81.4% Excellent	Lighting 105 Reflection 108 Parallax 98.9 85% 104 fps	MRender 90.5 Gravity 96.8 Splatting 85.7 74% 91 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 81.4% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Seagate 600 480GB-$199 1,254 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 203GB free (System drive) Firmware: C675 SusWrite @10s intervals: 352 305 322 328 323 313 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	90.6% Outstanding	Read 423 Write 376 Mixed 324 SusWrite 324 81% 362 MB/s	4K Read 20.9 4K Write 87 4K Mixed 36.9 125% 48.3 MB/s	DQ Read 344 DQ Write 328 DQ Mixed 254 213% 308 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 90.6% Great: 104%
HGST Deskstar NAS 4TB-$60 7,986 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2TB free Firmware: MJAOA5E0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 130 127 133 133 134 132 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	76.4% Very good	Read 134 Write 133 Mixed 19.2 SusWrite 132 75% 105 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.8 170% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 76.4% Great: 92%
Samsung Spinpoint F1 750GB-$60 30,974 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 454GB free Firmware: 1AA01113 SusWrite @10s intervals: 91 86 76 86 90 75 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	48.5% Average	Read 84.3 Write 45 Mixed 57.2 SusWrite 84.1 50% 67.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1 187% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 48.5% Great: 60%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GB 6,294 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing below potential (33^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	81.1% Excellent	MC Read 29.2 MC Write 30.6 MC Mixed 26.3 82% 28.7 GB/s	SC Read 17.8 SC Write 30.1 SC Mixed 24.9 69% 24.3 GB/s	Latency 61.5 65% 61.5 ns
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 81.1% Great: 110%

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

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Typical Z170 PRO GAMING Builds (Compare 13,914 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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	6,626x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	3,674x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	1,044x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	2,168x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	1,383x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,248x

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	808x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	566x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	559x

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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 $15	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