Asus Z170 PRO GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 106% UFO	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 95% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 79.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	132% 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	221% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z170 PRO GAMING (all builds)
Memory	24.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.2 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170623
Uptime	15.3 Days
Run Date	Oct 31 '19 at 10:41
Run Duration	167 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	19%

PC Performing as expected (58^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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	79.6% Very good	Memory 87.9 1-Core 142 2-Core 242 89% 157 Pts	4-Core 383 8-Core 724 66% 554 Pts	64-Core 746 46% 746 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 79.6% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$499 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% MSI(1462 3602) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 436.30 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	132% Outstanding	Lighting 186 Reflection 194 Parallax 194 152% 191 fps	MRender 124 Gravity 187 Splatting 123 117% 145 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 132% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 97GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 592 313 315 315 314 313 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	221% Outstanding	Read 1,945 Write 1,377 Mixed 523 SusWrite 360 232% 1,051 MB/s	4K Read 41.8 4K Write 180 4K Mixed 57.7 232% 93.1 MB/s	DQ Read 1,070 DQ Write 1,197 DQ Mixed 715 654% 994 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 221% Great: 236%
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$37 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 57GB free Firmware: 603ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 84 93 92 89 93 96 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	64.3% Good	Read 269 Write 120 Mixed 166 SusWrite 91 36% 162 MB/s	4K Read 26.8 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 37 142% 55.6 MB/s	DQ Read 67.6 DQ Write 120 DQ Mixed 102 75% 96.4 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 64.3% Great: 73%
Seagate Barracuda Pro 6TB (2016)-$149 321 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 330GB free Firmware: DN03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 95 105 109 96 84 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 23% Great: 118%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016)-$80 112,118 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 427GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 157 156 154 159 156 156 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	84.8% Excellent	Read 139 Write 104 Mixed 72.3 SusWrite 156 86% 118 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.5 104% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 84.8% Great: 114%
Seagate Backup+ Hub BK 10TB 135 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 97GB free, PID ab38 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 165 167 167 168 168 166 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	78.3% Very good	Read 180 Write 176 Mixed 95.2 SusWrite 167 206% 154 MB/s	4K Read 16.2 4K Write 3.9 4K Mixed 1 227% 7.03 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 78.3% Great: 99%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
GEIL CL16-16-16 D4-2400 4x8GB 261 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2197 MHz Performing below potential (17^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	69% Good	MC Read 24.6 MC Write 26.1 MC Mixed 21.5 69% 24.1 GB/s	SC Read 16.5 SC Write 27.2 SC Mixed 22.3 63% 22 GB/s	Latency 69.6 57% 69.6 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 69% Great: 86%

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

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Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

Motherboard: Asus Z170 PRO GAMING - $295

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	6,615x
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 $134	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