Asus Z170I PRO GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 64% Destroyer	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 57% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 78.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	75.8% 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	192% 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.

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Motherboard	Asus Z170I PRO GAMING (all builds)
Memory	7.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150929
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 25 '18 at 03:15
Run Duration	186 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	40%

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PC Performing as expected (59^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 below expectations (27^th percentile)	78.5% Very good	Memory 88.3 1-Core 111 2-Core 215 79% 138 Pts	4-Core 370 8-Core 673 62% 522 Pts	64-Core 682 42% 682 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 78.5% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8599) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 417.35 Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	75.8% Very good	Lighting 93 Reflection 104 Parallax 87.9 76% 95 fps	MRender 90 Gravity 91.9 Splatting 94.7 76% 92.2 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 75.8% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 94GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 557 220 217 216 213 211 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	192% Outstanding	Read 1,747 Write 1323 Mixed 576 SusWrite 272 216% 979 MB/s	4K Read 44.7 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 58.7 205% 73.8 MB/s	DQ Read 1,009 DQ Write 864 DQ Mixed 611 547% 828 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 192% Great: 236%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$76 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 126GB free Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 424 465 466 469 455 266 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	123% Outstanding	Read 498 Write 465 Mixed 444 SusWrite 424 103% 458 MB/s	4K Read 41.6 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 57.7 196% 70.2 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 358 270% 361 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 129%
SanDisk Cruzer Fit 8GB 4,577 User benchmarks, average bench 10% 7GB free, PID 5571 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 2.6 3.2 3.7 3.7 3.7 3.6 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	9.79% Terrible	Read 27.2 Write 3.3 Mixed 5.5 SusWrite 3.4 9% 9.85 MB/s	4K Read 9.9 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 2.8 162% 4.53 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 9.79% Great: 13%
Monster MONSTER DIGITAL 8GB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 7GB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 11 12 13 11 13 12 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.53% Terrible	Read 22.5 Write 6 Mixed 6 SusWrite 11.9 13% 11.6 MB/s	4K Read 7.1 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 26% 2.37 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 7.53% Great: 6%
Monster MONSTER DIGITAL 16GB 32 User benchmarks, average bench 13% 14GB free, PID 5450 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 13 10 11 9.7 10 11 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	15% Very poor	Read 69.3 Write 25 Mixed 9 SusWrite 10.8 29% 28.5 MB/s	4K Read 8.5 4K Write 0.2 4K Mixed 0 38% 2.9 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 15% Great: 23%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x8GB-$42 66,222 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	72.4% Very good	MC Read 26.8 MC Write 27.9 MC Mixed 23.3 74% 26 GB/s	SC Read 15.7 SC Write 24.2 SC Mixed 20.1 57% 20 GB/s	Latency 69.3 58% 69.3 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 72.4% Great: 88%

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Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

Motherboard: Asus Z170I PRO GAMING - $165

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	580x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	435x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	144x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	218x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	168x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	152x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	72x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	68x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	43x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	100x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	82x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	49x

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Value: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $625

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16