Asus Z170 PRO GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 163% UFO	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 127% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 96.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	175% is a record breaking 3D score, it's almost off the scale. This GPU can handle all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	136% 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.

Very high background CPU (69%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170 PRO GAMING (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180516
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	Feb 05 '19 at 16:32
Run Duration	148 Seconds
Run User	NOR-User
Background CPU	69%

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PC Performing above expectations (79^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-$81 342,244 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)	96.2% Outstanding	Memory 97.2 1-Core 139 2-Core 275 95% 170 Pts	4-Core 550 8-Core 546 73% 548 Pts	64-Core 545 34% 545 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 96.2% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-Ti-$441 357,946 User benchmarks, average bench 156% Gigabyte(1458 37AC) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2280 MHz, MLim: 4150 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 418.81 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	175% Outstanding	Lighting 247 Reflection 240 Parallax 245 201% 244 fps	MRender 295 Gravity 242 Splatting 146 177% 227 fps
Poor: 128% ↑ This bench: 175% Great: 174%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 600p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$119 20,782 User benchmarks, average bench 128% 308GB free (System drive) Firmware: PSF121C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 503 193 119 154 118 364 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	136% Outstanding	Read 858 Write 527 Mixed 628 SusWrite 242 126% 564 MB/s	4K Read 35.6 4K Write 157 4K Mixed 56.5 210% 83.2 MB/s	DQ Read 502 DQ Write 492 DQ Mixed 453 352% 483 MB/s
Poor: 95% ↑ This bench: 136% Great: 144%
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 41GB free Firmware: 608ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 152 178 187 128 208 248 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	85.5% Excellent	Read 316 Write 262 Mixed 261 SusWrite 183 57% 256 MB/s	4K Read 30.9 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 46.4 169% 65.2 MB/s	DQ Read 201 DQ Write 228 DQ Mixed 188 149% 206 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 85.5% Great: 85%
Kingston A400 120GB-$29 166,392 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 28GB free Firmware: SBFKB1E1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 234 143 140 246 149 142 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	82.4% Excellent	Read 238 Write 88.2 Mixed 294 SusWrite 176 45% 199 MB/s	4K Read 34.9 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 42.7 161% 59.4 MB/s	DQ Read 256 DQ Write 319 DQ Mixed 189 170% 255 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 82.4% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 4133 C19 2x8GB 1,842 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	60.6% Good	MC Read 21.6 MC Write 21.3 MC Mixed 18.4 58% 20.4 GB/s	SC Read 15.3 SC Write 20.2 SC Mixed 17.9 51% 17.8 GB/s	Latency 49.5 81% 49.5 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 60.6% Great: 120%

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

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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	6,629x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	3,674x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	1,045x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	2,168x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	1,383x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,250x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	885x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	787x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	321x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	808x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	566x
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 $273	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 $45	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