Asus Z170 PRO GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 94% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 103% UFO	Workstation 81% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 100%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	89.4% 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	329% 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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170 PRO GAMING (all builds)
Memory	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160705
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 15 '19 at 11:22
Run Duration	215 Seconds
Run User	PRT-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (79^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 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	Memory 96.6 1-Core 149 2-Core 260 96% 169 Pts	4-Core 557 8-Core 819 86% 688 Pts	64-Core 825 51% 825 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% MSI(1462 3233) CLim: 1631 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 425.31 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	89.4% Excellent	Lighting 114 Reflection 122 Parallax 120 93% 119 fps	MRender 102 Gravity 106 Splatting 96.4 82% 101 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 89.4% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$139 63,520 User benchmarks, average bench 266% 180GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B6Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1653 1736 1752 1796 1413 480 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	329% Outstanding	Read 2,627 Write 1,839 Mixed 936 SusWrite 1,472 382% 1,718 MB/s	4K Read 53.3 4K Write 173 4K Mixed 76.2 270% 101 MB/s	DQ Read 1,193 DQ Write 1,073 DQ Mixed 1,023 798% 1,097 MB/s
Poor: 159% ↑ This bench: 329% Great: 353%
HyperX Savage 240GB-$120 39,518 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 40GB free Firmware: SAFM00.Y SusWrite @10s intervals: 472 485 488 468 191 322 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 507 Write 494 Mixed 328 SusWrite 404 97% 434 MB/s	4K Read 32.4 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 42.9 164% 62.8 MB/s	DQ Read 362 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 69.4 130% 258 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 111%
HGST Travelstar 7K750 2.5" 750GB-$77 8,773 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 107GB free Firmware: JF4OA0D0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 77 76 76 76 76 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	46.6% Average	Read 86.5 Write 90.5 Mixed 50.6 SusWrite 75.8 56% 75.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.7 133% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 46.6% Great: 68%
WD My Book 1140 2TB 10,094 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 475GB free, PID 1140 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 63 63 62 63 63 63 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	36.2% Below average	Read 115 Write 118 Mixed 93.7 SusWrite 63 130% 97.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 88% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 36.2% Great: 49%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2666 C15 2x8GB 19,779 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	87.1% Excellent	MC Read 33.6 MC Write 33.1 MC Mixed 24.5 87% 30.4 GB/s	SC Read 20.5 SC Write 33 SC Mixed 27.4 77% 27 GB/s	Latency 51.9 77% 51.9 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 87.1% Great: 96%

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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	6,655x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	3,687x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	1,048x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	2,175x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	1,385x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,255x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	891x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	791x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	323x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $37Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	815x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	570x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	560x

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Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $744

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16