Asus Z170 PRO GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 73% Battleship	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 64% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	83.9% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

Very high background CPU (41%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z170 PRO GAMING (all builds)
Memory	10.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160119
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 19 '19 at 01:58
Run Duration	190 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	41%

PC Performing as expected (54^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 above expectations (72^nd percentile)	84.2% Excellent	Memory 92.6 1-Core 128 2-Core 249 88% 156 Pts	4-Core 408 8-Core 680 66% 544 Pts	64-Core 708 44% 708 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 84.2% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Asus(1043 855B) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1506 MHz, MLim: 1800 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 431.36 Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	83.9% Excellent	Lighting 108 Reflection 117 Parallax 113 88% 113 fps	MRender 93.9 Gravity 99.7 Splatting 87.5 76% 93.7 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 83.9% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250 40,327 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 14GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 6,077 Write 8,754 Mixed 6,543 1,602% 7,125 MB/s	4K Read 303 4K Write 285 4K Mixed 321 1,022% 303 MB/s	DQ Read 1,806 DQ Write 1,601 DQ Mixed 1,705 1,278% 1,704 MB/s
Poor: 131% Great: 243%
OCZ Agility 3 120GB-$102 38,562 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 44GB free Firmware: 2.22 SusWrite @10s intervals: 87 90 96 94 96 95 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	55.1% Above average	Read 155 Write 98.7 Mixed 131 SusWrite 92.9 27% 119 MB/s	4K Read 22.9 4K Write 91.8 4K Mixed 30.9 123% 48.5 MB/s	DQ Read 142 DQ Write 113 DQ Mixed 108 86% 121 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 55.1% Great: 61%
Seagate ST3160023AS 160GB-$24 4,798 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 5GB free Firmware: 3.00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 50 50 51 51 51 51 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	24% Poor	Read 32.8 Write 9.7 Mixed 18.2 SusWrite 50.6 20% 27.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.7 119% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 24% Great: 32%
Seagate Expansion Desk 2TB 7,241 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 849GB free, PID 3320 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 33 38 38 38 38 38 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	17.4% Very poor	Read 38.8 Write 34.3 Mixed 29.5 SusWrite 37.4 47% 35 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.7 65% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 17.4% Great: 74%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2800 C14 2x8GB 859 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (38^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	74.4% Very good	MC Read 27 MC Write 28.3 MC Mixed 23.1 75% 26.1 GB/s	SC Read 17 SC Write 29.9 SC Mixed 20.9 65% 22.6 GB/s	Latency 62.9 64% 62.9 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 74.4% Great: 102%

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Gaming 69%

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Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

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Motherboard: Asus Z170 PRO GAMING - $295

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	6,619x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	3,671x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	1,044x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	2,165x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	1,381x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,247x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	884x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	786x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $129Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	320x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	806x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	565x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	559x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $750

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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