Asus Z170 PRO GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 41% Speed boat	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 36% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	45.9% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	111% 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	Windows 10 is the most recent version of Windows, and the best to date in our opinion.

Run History

16 months ago, 16 months ago, 16 months ago, 16 months ago, 16 months ago, 16 months ago, 16 months ago, 16 months ago, 15 months ago, 15 months ago, 15 months ago, 15 months ago, 15 months ago, 15 months ago, 15 months ago, 15 months ago, 15 months ago, 15 months ago, 15 months ago, 15 months ago, 15 months ago, 15 months ago, 15 months ago, 15 months ago, 15 months ago, 15 months ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus Z170 PRO GAMING (all builds)
Memory	11.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180516
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 17 '19 at 06:58
Run Duration	124 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing above expectations (61^st 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-$299 207,225 User benchmarks, average bench 76% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	76.9% Very good	Memory 86.4 1-Core 111 2-Core 213 80% 137 Pts	4-Core 364 8-Core 582 60% 473 Pts	64-Core 593 40% 593 Pts
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 76.9% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$330 961,354 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8598) CLim: 1949 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 436.48 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	45.9% Average	Lighting 55 Reflection 63.5 Parallax 51.6 44% 56.7 fps	MRender 78.6 Gravity 55 Splatting 71.7 48% 68.4 fps
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 45.9% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 690,674 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 76GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 377 298 300 301 289 259 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 462 Write 408 Mixed 364 SusWrite 304 86% 385 MB/s	4K Read 43.9 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 52.1 192% 68.9 MB/s	DQ Read 362 DQ Write 308 DQ Mixed 338 253% 336 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 124%
WD Blue 1TB (2015)-$47 39,936 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 584GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 134 135 138 138 135 134 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	79.5% Very good	Read 141 Write 136 Mixed 98 SusWrite 136 94% 128 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1 199% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 79.5% Great: 89%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$73 479,768 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (36^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	75.4% Very good	MC Read 27.9 MC Write 29.1 MC Mixed 23.5 77% 26.8 GB/s	SC Read 16.7 SC Write 28.3 SC Mixed 22.3 64% 22.4 GB/s	Latency 70.9 56% 70.9 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 75.4% Great: 103%

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

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Desktop 89%

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Workstation 61%

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Motherboard: Asus Z170 PRO GAMING - $228

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $268Bench 84%, 517,195 samples	7,638x
Core i5-6600KIntel $188Bench 80%, 307,632 samples	5,019x
Core i7-6700Intel $299Bench 76%, 207,225 samples	1,184x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $330Bench 80%, 961,354 samples	2,923x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $290Bench 57%, 1,069,764 samples	1,723x
GTX 1080Nvidia $450Bench 105%, 736,321 samples	1,719x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 690,674 samples	1,394x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $125Bench 111%, 608,974 samples	1,238x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $110Bench 114%, 404,139 samples	467x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $73Bench 81%, 479,768 samples	1,181x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 45,282 samples	740x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $79Bench 85%, 377,583 samples	673x

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Value: 65% - Good

Total price: $998

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-10600K $230	Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $400	Crucial MX500 250GB $48
Intel Core i5-10400F $151	Nvidia RTX 3070 $500	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $78
Intel Core i7-10700K $327	Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super) $240	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $40

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $40	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $79	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $38	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $73	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $85	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $649	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16