Asus Z170 PRO GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 74% Battleship	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 58% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 77.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	93.3% 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	244% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus Z170 PRO GAMING (all builds)
Memory	12 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180516
Uptime	1.3 Days
Run Date	Jul 17 '19 at 18:35
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	TWN-User
Background CPU	11%

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PC Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7400-$95 234,266 User benchmarks, average bench 64% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	77.6% Very good	Memory 83.3 1-Core 108 2-Core 219 77% 137 Pts	4-Core 417 8-Core 411 56% 414 Pts	64-Core 426 26% 426 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 77.6% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$324 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% MSI(1462 3755) CLim: 2280 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 431.36 Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	93.3% Outstanding	Lighting 119 Reflection 115 Parallax 121 97% 118 fps	MRender 135 Gravity 104 Splatting 85.3 86% 108 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 93.3% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$92 154,949 User benchmarks, average bench 235% 110GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 602 315 307 310 308 303 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	244% Outstanding	Read 2,357 Write 1,454 Mixed 1,154 SusWrite 358 294% 1,331 MB/s	4K Read 60.5 4K Write 146 4K Mixed 76.9 267% 94.3 MB/s	DQ Read 979 DQ Write 1,048 DQ Mixed 1,005 758% 1,010 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 244% Great: 280%
Samsung 840 Pro 128GB-$150 34,842 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 13GB free Firmware: DXM05B0Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 478 Write 355 Mixed 334 86% 389 MB/s	4K Read 35.7 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 45.3 169% 62.8 MB/s	DQ Read 369 DQ Write 324 DQ Mixed 152 167% 282 MB/s
Poor: 62% Great: 110%
Seagate ST3160812AS 160GB-$47 10,399 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 134GB free Firmware: 3.AHH SusWrite @10s intervals: 67 67 68 68 68 68 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	38.8% Below average	Read 67.5 Write 65.8 Mixed 44.3 SusWrite 67.5 45% 61.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.9 153% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 38.8% Great: 40%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$32 107,978 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 261GB free Firmware: JC4B SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 113 113 113 115 115 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	62.5% Good	Read 104 Write 97.7 Mixed 65.5 SusWrite 114 70% 95.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 1 177% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 62.5% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Team Group Inc. TEAMGROUP-UD4-2133 Apacer 78.CAGPN.4050C Group Inc. TEAMGROUP-UD4-2133 16GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 2187, 2187, 2187 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	53% Above average	MC Read 19.2 MC Write 19.2 MC Mixed 16.7 52% 18.4 GB/s	SC Read 13 SC Write 18.4 SC Mixed 16.5 46% 16 GB/s	Latency 74.7 54% 74.7 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 53% Great: 55%

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Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

Motherboard: Asus Z170 PRO GAMING - $295

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	6,642x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	3,682x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	1,045x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	2,171x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	1,385x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,252x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	888x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	789x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	322x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	811x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	569x
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 $269	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