Asus Z170 PRO GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 68% Battle cruiser	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 53% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 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 76.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	84.3% 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	73% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z170 PRO GAMING (all builds)
Memory	9.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170623
Uptime	1.3 Days
Run Date	Oct 07 '19 at 18:26
Run Duration	173 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	13%

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PC Performing as expected (45^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 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	76.1% Very good	Memory 91.3 1-Core 117 2-Core 196 79% 135 Pts	4-Core 352 8-Core 358 47% 355 Pts	64-Core 374 23% 374 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 76.1% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 85AA) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 436.30 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	84.3% Excellent	Lighting 122 Reflection 132 Parallax 126 99% 126 fps	MRender 109 Gravity 121 Splatting 0.13 55% 76.9 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 84.3% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX100 250GB-$141 42,930 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 22GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 177 156 76 51 75 67 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	73% Very good	Read 464 Write 365 Mixed 306 SusWrite 100 69% 309 MB/s	4K Read 26.3 4K Write 86.4 4K Mixed 34.9 130% 49.2 MB/s	DQ Read 275 DQ Write 96.3 DQ Mixed 25.2 61% 132 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 73% Great: 103%
Crucial P1 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$73 171,271 User benchmarks, average bench 212% 846GB free Firmware: P3CR013 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 459 579 815 1065 1242 1155 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	213% Outstanding	Read 1,347 Write 1,340 Mixed 987 SusWrite 886 256% 1,140 MB/s	4K Read 52.9 4K Write 144 4K Mixed 69.5 246% 88.9 MB/s	DQ Read 688 DQ Write 624 DQ Mixed 274 310% 528 MB/s
Poor: 130% ↑ This bench: 213% Great: 295%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$32 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 107GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 139 112 139 136 143 161 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	83.3% Excellent	Read 152 Write 106 Mixed 74.7 SusWrite 138 86% 118 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 135% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 83.3% Great: 112%
WD WD6400AAKS-22A7B 640GB 61 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 138GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 65 64 67 65 66 66 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	45.5% Average	Read 92.8 Write 99 Mixed 63.7 SusWrite 65.5 59% 80.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 1 179% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 45.5% Great: 62%
WD Elements 25A2 1TB 31,808 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 921GB free, PID 25a2 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 116 116 115 116 115 117 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	65.1% Good	Read 112 Write 116 Mixed 76.3 SusWrite 116 142% 105 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 7.6 4K Mixed 0.7 287% 3.17 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 65.1% Great: 63%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB-$299 20,912 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (29^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	75.1% Very good	MC Read 25.7 MC Write 29.4 MC Mixed 24.6 76% 26.6 GB/s	SC Read 15.6 SC Write 28.5 SC Mixed 23.1 64% 22.4 GB/s	Latency 65.3 61% 65.3 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 75.1% Great: 91%

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Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

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	6,629x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	3,676x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	1,045x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	2,169x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	1,383x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,250x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	885x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	787x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	321x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	809x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	566x
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 $273	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 $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 $45	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