Asus Z170 PRO GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 119% UFO	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 94% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 94.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	123% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	82.7% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.

High background CPU (24%). 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	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180516
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 22 '19 at 14:36
Run Duration	137 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	24%

PC Performing above expectations (69^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 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94.8% Outstanding	Memory 96.2 1-Core 137 2-Core 273 94% 169 Pts	4-Core 540 8-Core 538 72% 539 Pts	64-Core 515 32% 515 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 94.8% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$499 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6393) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 436.30 Performing below potential (47^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	123% Outstanding	Lighting 169 Reflection 190 Parallax 175 138% 178 fps	MRender 123 Gravity 171 Splatting 123 113% 139 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Micron_M500_MTFDDAK480MAV 480GB 1,217 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 116GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 281 217 160 165 166 183 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	82.7% Excellent	Read 407 Write 368 Mixed 346 SusWrite 195 74% 329 MB/s	4K Read 23.9 4K Write 90.3 4K Mixed 36.6 131% 50.3 MB/s	DQ Read 321 DQ Write 311 DQ Mixed 186 176% 273 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 82.7% Great: 98%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 382GB free Firmware: CC4C SusWrite @10s intervals: 151 154 140 152 156 153 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	87% Excellent	Read 152 Write 106 Mixed 69 SusWrite 151 87% 119 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.9 170% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 87% Great: 112%
WD My Passport 25E1 1TB 13 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 477GB free Firmware: 1021 SusWrite @10s intervals: 85 85 84 86 87 87 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	67.5% Good	Read 148 Write 120 Mixed 89.5 SusWrite 85.7 82% 111 MB/s	4K Read 2 4K Write 4.8 4K Mixed 0.7 250% 2.5 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 67.5% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$39 287,720 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3020 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	106% Outstanding	MC Read 38.2 MC Write 40.8 MC Mixed 34.8 108% 37.9 GB/s	SC Read 21.6 SC Write 41 SC Mixed 30.1 88% 30.9 GB/s	Latency 53.4 75% 53.4 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 109%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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	6,614x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	3,671x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	1,043x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	2,164x
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	785x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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