Asus Z170I PRO GAMING

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 113%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 88%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 98%
Nuclear submarine
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 89.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics135% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot DriveThe boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
MotherboardAsus Z170I PRO GAMING  (all builds)
Memory3.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20160919
Uptime11.2 Days
Run DateJan 20 '19 at 15:53
Run Duration134 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU8%

 PC Performing as expected (57th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180
LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
89.5% Excellent
Memory 91.3
1-Core 141
2-Core 263
92% 165 Pts
4-Core 472
8-Core 767
76% 619 Pts
64-Core 758
47% 758 Pts
Poor: 70%
This bench: 89.5%
Great: 90%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485
CLim: 2050 MHz, MLim: 2789 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 417.35
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
135% Outstanding
Lighting 188
Reflection 208
Parallax 190
153% 195 fps
MRender 132
Gravity 195
Splatting 132
124% 153 fps
Poor: 109%
This bench: 135%
Great: 133%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48
127GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 77 65 78 90 98 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (4th percentile)
48.8% Average
Read 89.4
Write 80.7
Mixed 70.7
SusWrite 80.3
59% 80.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 2.3
4K Mixed 0.9
172% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 50%
This bench: 48.8%
Great: 108%
Lacie P9223 1TB
588GB free
Firmware: 1053
SusWrite @10s intervals: 42 42 42 42 42 42 MB/s
Performing below expectations (26th percentile)
24.1% Poor
Read 41.5
Write 41.3
Mixed 36
SusWrite 41.7
30% 40.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 2.2
4K Mixed 0.9
162% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 13%
This bench: 24.1%
Great: 68%
WD Black 6TB (2016)-$235
1TB free
Firmware: 81.H0A81
SusWrite @10s intervals: 207 206 206 210 207 203 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (88th percentile)
117% Outstanding
Read 200
Write 210
Mixed 79.9
SusWrite 206
127% 174 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 4.9
4K Mixed 0.7
210% 2.2 MB/s
Poor: 64%
This bench: 117%
Great: 121%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2133 C14 1x8GB-$25
1 of 2 slots used
8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 1923 MHz
Performing below potential (28th percentile) - ensure that an XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
37.5% Below average
MC Read 13.1
MC Write 12.6
MC Mixed 10.4
34% 12 GB/s
SC Read 11.9
SC Write 12.6
SC Mixed 12
35% 12.2 GB/s
Latency 65.3
61% 65.3 ns
Poor: 33%
This bench: 37.5%
Great: 44%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

Typical Z170I PRO GAMING Builds (Compare 1,607 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 69%
Battle cruiser
Desktop
Desktop 87%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 58%
Gunboat

Motherboard: Asus Z170I PRO GAMING - $165

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 95% - Outstanding Total price: $620
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