Asus Z170 PRO GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 15% Tree trunk	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	9.06% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170 PRO GAMING (all builds)
Memory	10.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160919
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	Mar 24 '19 at 16:55
Run Duration	278 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6400-$79 171,457 User benchmarks, average bench 61% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.7 GHz, turbo 3.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	74.9% Very good	Memory 82.3 1-Core 94.9 2-Core 190 70% 122 Pts	4-Core 390 8-Core 389 52% 390 Pts	64-Core 389 24% 389 Pts
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 74.9% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 740 30,433 User benchmarks, average bench 7% Gigabyte(1458 36FF) 2GB CLim: 1071 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	9.06% Terrible	Lighting 10.1 Reflection 9.42 Parallax 11.8 8% 10.4 fps	MRender 13.7 Gravity 12.2 Splatting 13.1 11% 13 fps
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 9.06% Great: 8%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 100GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 6,877 Write 5,769 Mixed 6,115 1,394% 6,254 MB/s	4K Read 505 4K Write 210 4K Mixed 268 1,219% 327 MB/s	DQ Read 1,475 DQ Write 441 DQ Mixed 715 590% 877 MB/s
Poor: 72% Great: 124%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 139GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 396 319 316 315 316 318 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 430 Write 401 Mixed 370 SusWrite 330 86% 383 MB/s	4K Read 40.6 4K Write 99.9 4K Mixed 56.1 186% 65.5 MB/s	DQ Read 355 DQ Write 282 DQ Mixed 311 235% 316 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 124%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$60 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 681GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 96 96 97 98 98 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	60.3% Good	Read 114 Write 95.5 Mixed 72.3 SusWrite 96.2 70% 94.4 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1 194% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 60.3% Great: 76%
Samsung HD322HJ 320GB-$44 40,147 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 225GB free Firmware: 1AC01118 SusWrite @10s intervals: 97 98 98 98 98 98 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	56% Above average	Read 97 Write 47.3 Mixed 62.3 SusWrite 97.8 56% 76.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1 183% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 56% Great: 62%
WDC WD16 00AAJB-56WRA0 160GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 62GB free, PID 0551 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 47 49 50 50 50 49 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	26.7% Poor	Read 70.7 Write 67.3 Mixed 39.3 SusWrite 49.1 74% 56.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.9 94% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 26.7% Great: 27%
BUFFALO External HDD 1TB 82 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 751GB free, PID 0184 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 42 42 42 42 42 42 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	19.1% Very poor	Read 27.5 Write 37 Mixed 33.3 SusWrite 42 50% 35 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 1 101% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 19.1% Great: 60%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 500GB 360 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 343GB free, PID 0210 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 108 108 109 109 109 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	43.6% Average	Read 101 Write 94.3 Mixed 36.8 SusWrite 108 113% 85.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.5 77% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 43.6% Great: 44%
SAMSUNG HD322HJ 320GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 297GB free, PID 0551 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 47 49 50 50 50 49 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	32.9% Below average	Read 103 Write 48 Mixed 56.5 SusWrite 49.2 79% 64.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1 115% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 32.9% Great: 36%
Generic Flash Disk 4GB 16,068 User benchmarks, average bench 4% 4GB free, PID 6387 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 3.4 3.7 3.7 3.8 3.7 3.5 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	4.81% Terrible	Read 18.3 Write 3.5 Mixed 2.5 SusWrite 3.6 7% 6.97 MB/s	4K Read 5.8 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 22% 1.93 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 4.81% Great: 7%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GB-$42 131,007 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	76.8% Very good	MC Read 27.9 MC Write 29.7 MC Mixed 25.7 79% 27.8 GB/s	SC Read 15.3 SC Write 27.3 SC Mixed 22.6 62% 21.7 GB/s	Latency 76.3 52% 76.3 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 76.8% Great: 95%

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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 $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	6,705x
Core i5-6600KIntel $113Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	3,714x
Core i7-6700Intel $170Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	1,060x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	2,194x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	1,389x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,265x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	898x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	796x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	326x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	822x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	573x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	563x

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Value: 72% - Very good

Total price: $891

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	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