Asus Z170I PRO GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 15% Surfboard	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 87.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	7.48% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	170% 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 (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170I PRO GAMING (all builds)
Memory	13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.5 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150907
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	Nov 08 '16 at 10:57
Run Duration	421 Seconds
Run User	JPN-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700-$170 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	87.8% Excellent	Memory 91.2 1-Core 119 2-Core 238 84% 150 Pts	4-Core 455 8-Core 656 70% 555 Pts	64-Core 656 41% 656 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 87.8% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) 188,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 8694) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 21.20.16.4534 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.48% Terrible	Lighting 7.83 Reflection 11.5 Parallax 7.66 6% 9.01 fps	MRender 10.7 Gravity 6.77 Splatting 16 10% 11.2 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.48% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250 40,327 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 206GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	170% Outstanding	Read 1,667 Write 913 Mixed 1,127 273% 1,236 MB/s	4K Read 32.9 4K Write 74.5 4K Mixed 32.8 131% 46.7 MB/s	DQ Read 35.5 DQ Write 322 DQ Mixed 23.2 64% 127 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 170% Great: 243%
ST332062 0AS 320GB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 55GB free, PID 0551 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	20.7% Poor	Read 58.6 Write 39 Mixed 42.1 56% 46.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 1.16 4K Mixed 0.27 50% 0.62 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 20.7% Great: 31%
ST350041 8AS 500GB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 29GB free, PID 0551 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	43.4% Average	Read 112 Write 101 Mixed 105 136% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 1.62 4K Mixed 0.34 69% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 43.4% Great: 47%
TOSHIBA TransMemory 8GB 12,066 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 4GB free, PID 6545 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	5.31% Terrible	Read 22.1 Write 2.97 Mixed 5.05 9% 10.1 MB/s	4K Read 6.1 4K Write 0.005 4K Mixed 0.002 23% 2.04 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 5.31% Great: 8%
ST310005 28AS 1TB 37 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 3GB free, PID 0551 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	34.3% Below average	Read 73.2 Write 90.3 Mixed 90.1 113% 84.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.26 4K Mixed 0.44 60% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 34.3% Great: 42%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR4-2666 CL15 8GB 2x8GB 115 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2460 MHz Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	81% Excellent	MC Read 29.3 MC Write 31.2 MC Mixed 25.5 82% 28.7 GB/s	SC Read 17.9 SC Write 31.7 SC Mixed 24.9 71% 24.8 GB/s	Latency 65.5 61% 65.5 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 81% Great: 95%

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Gaming 69%

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Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

Motherboard: Asus Z170I PRO GAMING - $165

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	584x
Core i5-6600KIntel $113Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	436x
Core i7-6700Intel $170Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	144x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	218x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	169x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	153x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	72x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	68x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	43x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	101x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	83x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	49x

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Value: 72% - Very good

Total price: $758

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16