Asus Z170 PRO GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 34% Sail boat	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 31% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 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 84.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	33% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	105% 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	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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Motherboard	Asus Z170 PRO GAMING (all builds)
Memory	11.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20160513
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 15 '18 at 23:37
Run Duration	173 Seconds
Run User	MYS-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing as expected (45^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 Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	84.8% Excellent	Memory 90.1 1-Core 136 2-Core 236 88% 154 Pts	4-Core 428 8-Core 763 72% 595 Pts	64-Core 770 48% 770 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 84.8% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Asus(1043 8520) CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1800 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing below potential (65^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	33% Below average	Lighting 47.4 Reflection 45.5 Parallax 40.6 39% 44.5 fps	MRender 28 Gravity 26.4 Splatting 26.6 22% 27 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 33% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$90 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 131GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 340 327 308 294 291 265 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 408 Write 422 Mixed 306 SusWrite 304 81% 360 MB/s	4K Read 40.2 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 43.8 180% 67.8 MB/s	DQ Read 354 DQ Write 328 DQ Mixed 342 256% 341 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 134%
Seagate Archive HDD 8TB (2015)-$120 2,225 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 3.5TB free Firmware: AR17 SusWrite @10s intervals: 149 149 150 149 148 148 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 21% Great: 87%
Seagate Archive HDD 8TB (2015)-$120 2,225 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 4.5TB free Firmware: AR17 SusWrite @10s intervals: 162 159 157 157 158 158 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 21% Great: 87%
WD WD20EARS-00J2GB0 2TB 13 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1TB free Firmware: 80.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 85 84 82 85 85 84 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	45.9% Average	Read 75.8 Write 76.5 Mixed 61.8 SusWrite 84 55% 74.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.5 113% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 45.9% Great: 62%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$38 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 997GB free Firmware: CC24 SusWrite @10s intervals: 141 142 142 142 142 142 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	78.7% Very good	Read 133 Write 110 Mixed 75.8 SusWrite 142 85% 115 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.7 121% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 78.7% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$45 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (36^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	73.8% Very good	MC Read 27 MC Write 28.4 MC Mixed 23.5 75% 26.3 GB/s	SC Read 16.1 SC Write 26.3 SC Mixed 21 60% 21.1 GB/s	Latency 67.1 60% 67.1 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 73.8% Great: 104%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 58%

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Motherboard: Asus Z170 PRO GAMING - $295

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	6,672x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	3,690x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	1,050x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	2,182x
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 $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	792x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 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	571x
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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $490	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