Asus Z170-PRO

Performance Results


Gaming 54% Yacht	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 48% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 86.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	56.3% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	242% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-PRO (all builds)
Memory	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180314
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 24 '18 at 19:57
Run Duration	303 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing as expected (54^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-$219 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	86.7% Excellent	Memory 91.7 1-Core 134 2-Core 263 91% 163 Pts	4-Core 440 8-Core 721 71% 580 Pts	64-Core 726 45% 726 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 86.7% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 390-$325 82,117 User benchmarks, average bench 50% Gigabyte(1458 22BD) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1025 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 18.9.3 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	56.3% Above average	Lighting 69.7 Reflection 62 Parallax 84.3 57% 72 fps	MRender 61.9 Gravity 56 Splatting 79.8 55% 65.9 fps
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 56.3% Great: 52%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 316GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1235 1272 1139 1008 880 817 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	242% Outstanding	Read 2,011 Write 1,433 Mixed 733 SusWrite 1,058 291% 1,309 MB/s	4K Read 46.6 4K Write 125 4K Mixed 58.1 211% 76.7 MB/s	DQ Read 1,054 DQ Write 390 DQ Mixed 433 396% 625 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 242% Great: 283%
Crucial M4 128GB-$116 34,516 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 32GB free Firmware: 0309 SusWrite @10s intervals: 180 196 184 193 182 194 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	67.9% Good	Read 439 Write 189 Mixed 235 SusWrite 188 58% 263 MB/s	4K Read 27.6 4K Write 93.4 4K Mixed 17.9 114% 46.3 MB/s	DQ Read 136 DQ Write 117 DQ Mixed 54.2 60% 102 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 67.9% Great: 72%
Samsung 750 EVO 500GB 31,052 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 235GB free Firmware: MAT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 450 374 328 328 328 328 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	Read 469 Write 455 Mixed 332 SusWrite 356 91% 403 MB/s	4K Read 44 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 59.3 198% 69.2 MB/s	DQ Read 165 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 348 238% 286 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 123%
WD Black 500GB (2008)-$95 28,095 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 165GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 77 78 77 78 78 79 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	47.8% Average	Read 88.3 Write 83.2 Mixed 78.2 SusWrite 78 61% 81.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.8 163% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 47.8% Great: 69%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$60 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 219GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 71 72 72 72 72 73 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	36.6% Below average	Read 55.2 Write 63 Mixed 66 SusWrite 72 48% 64.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.6 124% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 36.6% Great: 67%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 625GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 84 86 87 87 86 86 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	49% Average	Read 84.7 Write 79 Mixed 81.2 SusWrite 85.8 62% 82.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.7 138% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 49% Great: 83%
WD My Book 25EE 6TB 6,646 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 3.5TB free, PID 25ee Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 43 46 46 46 45 44 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	23.8% Poor	Read 42 Write 42.3 Mixed 36.2 SusWrite 45 57% 41.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 122% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 23.8% Great: 103%
SanDisk Cruzer 128GB 533 User benchmarks, average bench 9% 47GB free, PID 5530 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 5.5 1.6 3.9 3.1 2 4 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	6.47% Terrible	Read 10.5 Write 7.7 Mixed 8.7 SusWrite 3.3 10% 7.55 MB/s	4K Read 2.3 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 1.6 104% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 6.47% Great: 17%
Samsung STORY Station 3 2TB 380 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 924GB free, PID 6054 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 97 97 97 97 97 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	44.4% Average	Read 108 Write 50 Mixed 62.3 SusWrite 97.4 102% 79.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1 118% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 44.4% Great: 55%
BUFFALO External HDD 4TB 214 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 1TB free, PID 0257 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 152 158 157 158 158 159 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	61.5% Good	Read 162 Write 138 Mixed 73 SusWrite 157 175% 132 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.8 71% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 61.5% Great: 72%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3000 C15 4x4GB 789 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (24^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	75.7% Very good	MC Read 27 MC Write 29 MC Mixed 23.2 75% 26.4 GB/s	SC Read 18.4 SC Write 30.1 SC Mixed 24.4 69% 24.3 GB/s	Latency 64.6 62% 64.6 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 75.7% Great: 113%

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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 $219Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	519x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	126x
Core i7-7700KIntel $235Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	80x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	171x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	106x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	71x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 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 $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	69x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	56x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x16GBCorsair $110Bench 84%, 34,441 samples	34x

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Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $699

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $95	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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