Asus Z170 PRO GAMING

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 92.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	85.3% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (32%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus Z170 PRO GAMING (all builds)
Memory	11.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180516
Uptime	1.5 Days
Run Date	Dec 16 '18 at 22:43
Run Duration	139 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	32%

PC Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$113 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92.2% Outstanding	Memory 92.5 1-Core 139 2-Core 279 94% 170 Pts	4-Core 532 8-Core 525 71% 528 Pts	64-Core 535 33% 535 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 92.2% Great: 85%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata Premier SP550 240GB-$74 29,295 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 104GB free (System drive) Firmware: O0803B5a SusWrite @10s intervals: 273 80 79 62 79 81 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	85.3% Excellent	Read 421 Write 375 Mixed 345 SusWrite 109 70% 312 MB/s	4K Read 23.9 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 45.7 152% 59.3 MB/s	DQ Read 316 DQ Write 326 DQ Mixed 251 208% 298 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 85.3% Great: 92%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$25 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 562GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 158 160 159 160 161 164 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	88.7% Excellent	Read 149 Write 150 Mixed 69.8 SusWrite 160 96% 132 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 135% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 88.7% Great: 112%
WD Red 4TB (2013)-$100 55,507 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 3TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 137 137 139 138 142 141 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	86.8% Excellent	Read 164 Write 140 Mixed 85 SusWrite 139 97% 132 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.8 169% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 86.8% Great: 100%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial Ballistix Sport LT DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GB-$118 9,846 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	84.7% Excellent	MC Read 30.1 MC Write 32.4 MC Mixed 28.1 86% 30.2 GB/s	SC Read 18.6 SC Write 31.8 SC Mixed 24.8 72% 25.1 GB/s	Latency 63 64% 63 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 84.7% Great: 87%

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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 $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	6,692x
Core i5-6600KIntel $113Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	3,704x
Core i7-6700Intel $170Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	1,056x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	2,190x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	1,388x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,263x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	895x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	795x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $135Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	324x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	818x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	572x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	562x

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Value: 72% - Very good

Total price: $891

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	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