Asus Z170 PRO GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 36% Jet ski	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 30% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (91st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 9 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 84.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	32.2% 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	264% 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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Run History

Motherboard	Asus Z170 PRO GAMING (all builds)
Memory	14.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.8 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20170426
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 24 '18 at 12:19
Run Duration	117 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6500-$67 241,476 User benchmarks, average bench 64% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	84.5% Excellent	Memory 95.1 1-Core 107 2-Core 214 80% 139 Pts	4-Core 428 8-Core 429 57% 428 Pts	64-Core 426 26% 426 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 84.5% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-Ti-$59 946,701 User benchmarks, average bench 29% Gigabyte(1458 3729) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 398.82 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	32.2% Below average	Lighting 40.3 Reflection 31.1 Parallax 37.8 33% 36.4 fps	MRender 38.8 Gravity 38.3 Splatting 36.3 31% 37.8 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 32.2% Great: 33%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 364GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 775 615 621 622 620 619 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	264% Outstanding	Read 2,168 Write 1,629 Mixed 672 SusWrite 645 283% 1,279 MB/s	4K Read 48.9 4K Write 212 4K Mixed 67.7 273% 109 MB/s	DQ Read 1096 DQ Write 1,366 DQ Mixed 850 747% 1,104 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 264% Great: 254%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2800 MHz Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	93.5% Outstanding	MC Read 34 MC Write 37.8 MC Mixed 28.2 95% 33.3 GB/s	SC Read 18.8 SC Write 37.5 SC Mixed 26.5 79% 27.6 GB/s	Latency 56.9 70% 56.9 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 93.5% 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	6,641x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	3,681x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	1,045x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	2,171x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	1,385x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,251x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	888x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	788x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	322x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	810x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	569x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	560x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $750

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	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