Asus Z170 PRO GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 89% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 77% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (87th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 13 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 96.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	88.5% 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.

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	11.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160705
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Sep 18 '19 at 05:43
Run Duration	240 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	11%

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PC Performing way above expectations (87^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)	96.6% Outstanding	Memory 95.3 1-Core 150 2-Core 295 99% 180 Pts	4-Core 527 8-Core 763 81% 645 Pts	64-Core 821 51% 821 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 96.6% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6276) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 436.30 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	88.5% Excellent	Lighting 113 Reflection 115 Parallax 96.8 92% 108 fps	MRender 96.3 Gravity 99 Splatting 101 81% 98.7 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 88.5% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 540s Series 240GB 7,812 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 74GB free Firmware: LSF036C SusWrite @10s intervals: 250 117 104 105 108 106 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	91% Outstanding	Read 474 Write 396 Mixed 392 SusWrite 132 78% 348 MB/s	4K Read 30.9 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 47.8 170% 64.9 MB/s	DQ Read 291 DQ Write 226 DQ Mixed 131 132% 216 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 91% Great: 90%
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 119GB free Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2,534 Write 2,086 Mixed 1,396 444% 2,005 MB/s	4K Read 71.3 4K Write 208 4K Mixed 100 347% 127 MB/s	DQ Read 1,690 DQ Write 1,578 DQ Mixed 1,580 1,201% 1,616 MB/s
Poor: 199% Great: 340%
PNY CS1311 240GB-$78 26,547 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 24GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS131122 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 494 Write 467 Mixed 20.3 72% 327 MB/s	4K Read 4.4 4K Write 16.5 4K Mixed 1.3 17% 7.4 MB/s	DQ Read 221 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 204 176% 256 MB/s
Poor: 52% Great: 97%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 204GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 126 130 130 129 131 131 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	86.6% Excellent	Read 172 Write 151 Mixed 93.2 SusWrite 129 100% 136 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1.2 234% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 86.6% Great: 109%
Seagate BUP Slim BL 1TB 296 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 901GB free, PID ab24 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 110 109 110 111 111 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	48% Average	Read 113 Write 73.3 Mixed 60.5 SusWrite 109 116% 89 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.7 111% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 48% Great: 51%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 4x4GB-$221 487 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	91.3% Outstanding	MC Read 33.3 MC Write 34.3 MC Mixed 28.5 92% 32 GB/s	SC Read 20.9 SC Write 37.4 SC Mixed 28.6 83% 29 GB/s	Latency 56.1 71% 56.1 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 91.3% Great: 103%

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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	6,620x
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	2,166x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	1,382x
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 $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	320x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	807x
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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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