Asus Z170 PRO GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 76% Battleship	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 62% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	97.8% 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	255% 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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170 PRO GAMING (all builds)
Memory	5.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20150717
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Jul 11 '19 at 14:56
Run Duration	222 Seconds
Run User	SGP-User
Background CPU	13%

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PC Performing as expected (48^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-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	74% Very good	Memory 75.3 1-Core 132 2-Core 263 85% 157 Pts	4-Core 412 8-Core 462 57% 437 Pts	64-Core 482 30% 482 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 74% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3362) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 430.86 Performing below potential (21^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	97.8% Outstanding	Lighting 127 Reflection 137 Parallax 116 103% 127 fps	MRender 105 Gravity 121 Splatting 95.9 87% 107 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 97.8% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 206GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 267 283 289 285 296 295 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	94% Outstanding	Read 443 Write 436 Mixed 324 SusWrite 286 84% 372 MB/s	4K Read 31 4K Write 75.1 4K Mixed 39.9 138% 48.7 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 360 271% 362 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 94% Great: 124%
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 280GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 829 791 818 819 862 861 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	255% Outstanding	Read 1,975 Write 1,836 Mixed 1,363 SusWrite 830 336% 1,501 MB/s	4K Read 45.8 4K Write 136 4K Mixed 68.4 229% 83.3 MB/s	DQ Read 1,326 DQ Write 1130 DQ Mixed 1,233 922% 1,230 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 255% Great: 340%
Seagate ST2000DM009-2G4100 2TB 3,203 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2TB free Firmware: DN02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 160 181 187 185 192 192 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 183 Write 180 Mixed 78.2 SusWrite 183 114% 156 MB/s	4K Read 2.3 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1.1 262% 1.93 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 109%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 3TB free Firmware: CC25 SusWrite @10s intervals: 192 194 198 202 199 203 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Read 196 Write 165 Mixed 83.5 SusWrite 198 117% 161 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 149% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905625-029.A00G 2x8GB 553 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2197 MHz Performing below potential (23^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	69.5% Good	MC Read 24.4 MC Write 27.8 MC Mixed 24.1 73% 25.4 GB/s	SC Read 12.3 SC Write 24.6 SC Mixed 18.8 53% 18.6 GB/s	Latency 89.8 44% 89.8 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 69.5% Great: 80%

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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 Z170 PRO GAMING - $295

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	6,629x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	3,674x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	1,045x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	2,168x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	1,383x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,250x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	885x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	787x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	321x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	808x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	566x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	560x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $750

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 $177	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