Asus Z170 PRO GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 113% UFO	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 93% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 86.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	129% 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.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z170 PRO GAMING (all builds)
Memory	11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180329
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Feb 16 '19 at 14:19
Run Duration	182 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	18%

PC Performing above expectations (60^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 way above expectations (89^th percentile)	86.7% Excellent	Memory 94.6 1-Core 127 2-Core 245 88% 156 Pts	4-Core 429 8-Core 593 64% 511 Pts	64-Core 614 38% 614 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 86.7% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 3752) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 417.22 Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	129% Outstanding	Lighting 178 Reflection 199 Parallax 179 145% 185 fps	MRender 127 Gravity 179 Splatting 130 118% 145 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 129% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 600p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$49 58,154 User benchmarks, average bench 116% 15GB free (System drive) Firmware: PSF121C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 826 Write 553 Mixed 569 144% 650 MB/s	4K Read 30.9 4K Write 121 4K Mixed 46.8 171% 66.3 MB/s	DQ Read 278 DQ Write 550 DQ Mixed 316 268% 381 MB/s
Poor: 79% Great: 157%
Crucial MX500 500GB-$46 237,241 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 329GB free Firmware: M3CR022 SusWrite @10s intervals: 425 442 438 447 388 384 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	116% Outstanding	Read 488 Write 446 Mixed 437 SusWrite 421 101% 448 MB/s	4K Read 34.8 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 53.1 175% 63.3 MB/s	DQ Read 387 DQ Write 347 DQ Mixed 295 241% 343 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 125%
Hitachi HUS724040ALE640 4TB 2,097 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 805GB free Firmware: MJAONS04 SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 92 92 92 94 93 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	54.1% Above average	Read 96 Write 92.8 Mixed 52.7 SusWrite 92.2 61% 83.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.7 148% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 54.1% Great: 91%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 174GB free Firmware: 18.01H18 SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 95 97 98 98 97 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	54.3% Above average	Read 92.5 Write 95.5 Mixed 65.7 SusWrite 96.6 64% 87.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.9 164% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 54.3% Great: 69%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$23 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 45GB free Firmware: HP74 SusWrite @10s intervals: 71 73 75 75 76 75 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	42.1% Average	Read 72.7 Write 45 Mixed 54.2 SusWrite 74 46% 61.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.6 112% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 42.1% Great: 88%
Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.C 1TB-$40 97,793 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 162GB free Firmware: JP4OA3MA SusWrite @10s intervals: 114 114 118 115 114 117 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	72% Very good	Read 136 Write 123 Mixed 65.5 SusWrite 115 80% 110 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 72% Great: 74%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2666 C15 2x8GB-$169 37,519 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	90% Excellent	MC Read 32.7 MC Write 34.4 MC Mixed 28.3 91% 31.8 GB/s	SC Read 19.6 SC Write 36.4 SC Mixed 26.9 79% 27.6 GB/s	Latency 58.3 69% 58.3 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 90% Great: 97%

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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	6,620x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	3,671x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	1,044x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	2,166x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	1,382x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,247x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	884x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	786x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	320x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	807x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	565x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	559x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $750

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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