Asus Z170 PRO GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 99% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 100% UFO	Workstation 79% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 94.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	102% 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.
Boot Drive	202% 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.

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Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170 PRO GAMING (all builds)
Memory	11.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180516
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 05 '19 at 03:24
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	29%

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PC Performing above expectations (70^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-$113 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94.6% Outstanding	Memory 94 1-Core 144 2-Core 287 97% 175 Pts	4-Core 547 8-Core 558 74% 552 Pts	64-Core 552 34% 552 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 94.6% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 8593) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2062 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 430.39 Performing below potential (51^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	102% Outstanding	Lighting 128 Reflection 140 Parallax 137 105% 135 fps	MRender 115 Gravity 134 Splatting 110 97% 120 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force NVMe PCIe M.2 240GB 26,501 User benchmarks, average bench 162% 68GB free (System drive) Firmware: ECFM12.1 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 955 297 297 300 300 299 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	202% Outstanding	Read 1,757 Write 976 Mixed 1,038 SusWrite 408 231% 1,045 MB/s	4K Read 39.5 4K Write 159 4K Mixed 63.1 225% 87.2 MB/s	DQ Read 704 DQ Write 992 DQ Mixed 718 579% 805 MB/s
Poor: 95% ↑ This bench: 202% Great: 223%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$85 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 30GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 393 439 448 454 449 410 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	129% Outstanding	Read 440 Write 465 Mixed 363 SusWrite 432 96% 425 MB/s	4K Read 39.5 4K Write 134 4K Mixed 67.8 218% 80.3 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 362 273% 364 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 129% Great: 134%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$37 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 198GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 114 114 113 111 111 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	65.7% Good	Read 116 Write 105 Mixed 56.7 SusWrite 113 71% 97.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 65.7% Great: 114%
SanDisk Ultra Fit 124GB 7,722 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 74GB free, PID 5583 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 48 49 13 23 21 21 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	31% Below average	Read 117 Write 48.2 Mixed 37.8 SusWrite 29.1 66% 58 MB/s	4K Read 2.5 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 2.2 162% 2.33 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 31% Great: 37%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x8GB-$42 66,222 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	85.7% Excellent	MC Read 30.4 MC Write 32.4 MC Mixed 28.1 87% 30.3 GB/s	SC Read 18.8 SC Write 33.2 SC Mixed 25.9 74% 26 GB/s	Latency 59.7 67% 59.7 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 85.7% Great: 88%

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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	6,711x
Core i5-6600KIntel $113Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	3,717x
Core i7-6700Intel $170Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	1,061x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	2,195x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	1,391x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,265x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	900x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	798x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	326x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	822x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	575x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	563x

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Value: 72% - Very good

Total price: $888

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	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 $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16