Asus Z170I PRO GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 99% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 83% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 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 94.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	99.9% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	175% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus Z170I PRO GAMING (all builds)
Memory	28.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160113
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 15 '19 at 00:43
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	15%

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PC Performing as expected (45^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 (100^th percentile)	94.8% Outstanding	Memory 96.7 1-Core 109 2-Core 255 86% 153 Pts	4-Core 505 8-Core 702 76% 603 Pts	64-Core 702 43% 702 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 94.8% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6183) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 419.67 Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	99.9% Outstanding	Lighting 130 Reflection 142 Parallax 129 106% 134 fps	MRender 106 Gravity 115 Splatting 103 88% 108 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 99.9% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Black SN750 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB (2019)-$37 109,999 User benchmarks, average bench 244% 419GB free (System drive) Firmware: 102000WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 933 820 796 838 819 838 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	175% Outstanding	Read 1,804 Write 1,301 Mixed 1,153 SusWrite 841 284% 1,275 MB/s	4K Read 34.8 4K Write 66.7 4K Mixed 44.2 145% 48.6 MB/s	DQ Read 157 DQ Write 142 DQ Mixed 155 115% 151 MB/s
Poor: 168% ↑ This bench: 175% Great: 297%
Samsung 850 Evo 4TB-$470 765 User benchmarks, average bench 113% 3.5TB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 354 359 339 407 401 413 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	93.4% Outstanding	Read 458 Write 398 Mixed 358 SusWrite 379 90% 398 MB/s	4K Read 34.9 4K Write 66.1 4K Mixed 43.6 144% 48.2 MB/s	DQ Read 157 DQ Write 157 DQ Mixed 160 120% 158 MB/s
Poor: 85% ↑ This bench: 93.4% Great: 133%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 4133 C19 2x16GB 113 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2 of 2 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	MC Read 39.3 MC Write 40.7 MC Mixed 31.3 106% 37.1 GB/s	SC Read 22.2 SC Write 43.4 SC Mixed 30.1 91% 31.9 GB/s	Latency 51.5 78% 51.5 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 121%

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

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 58%

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Motherboard: Asus Z170I PRO GAMING - $165

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	578x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	431x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	144x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	218x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	168x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	152x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	72x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	68x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	43x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	99x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	81x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	49x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $620

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 $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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