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 (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 84.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	227% 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.

Motherboard	Asus Z170 PRO GAMING (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	Χρώματα 2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180516
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 08 '19 at 10:01
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600-$132 80,688 User benchmarks, average bench 68% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	84.7% Excellent	Memory 89.1 1-Core 116 2-Core 233 82% 146 Pts	4-Core 464 8-Core 462 62% 463 Pts	64-Core 461 28% 461 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 84.7% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Asus(1043 854D) CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 418.81 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 30% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 173GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1070 494 302 302 301 299 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	227% Outstanding	Read 1,925 Write 1,370 Mixed 573 SusWrite 461 239% 1,082 MB/s	4K Read 51.1 4K Write 150 4K Mixed 57.1 230% 86 MB/s	DQ Read 1,146 DQ Write 1,209 DQ Mixed 697 657% 1,017 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 227% Great: 236%
Transcend TS256GSSD360S 256GB 563 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 238GB free Firmware: P0226A SusWrite @10s intervals: 290 311 311 322 319 317 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	75.4% Very good	Read 448 Write 294 Mixed 222 SusWrite 312 71% 319 MB/s	4K Read 25.1 4K Write 82.5 4K Mixed 14.5 100% 40.7 MB/s	DQ Read 166 DQ Write 265 DQ Mixed 85.2 101% 172 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 75.4% Great: 82%
SanDisk Ultra 3D 500GB-$61 13,482 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 137GB free Firmware: X61170RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 367 407 407 410 392 403 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	81.1% Excellent	Read 369 Write 209 Mixed 280 SusWrite 398 71% 314 MB/s	4K Read 21.9 4K Write 58.6 4K Mixed 21.1 91% 33.9 MB/s	DQ Read 361 DQ Write 297 DQ Mixed 241 205% 300 MB/s
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 81.1% Great: 119%
WD Purple 2TB (2014)-$67 19,126 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 1TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 123 123 123 122 123 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	70.3% Very good	Read 122 Write 121 Mixed 53.7 SusWrite 122 76% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.9 178% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 70.3% Great: 86%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GB-$125 59,072 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	89% Excellent	MC Read 31.2 MC Write 35.9 MC Mixed 30.5 93% 32.5 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 31.6 SC Mixed 24.8 68% 23.8 GB/s	Latency 68.3 58% 68.3 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 89% Great: 85%

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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	6,629x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	3,675x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	1,045x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	2,169x
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	809x
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