Asus Z170 PRO GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 86% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 69% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 95.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	88.4% 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	76.9% 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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170 PRO GAMING (all builds)
Memory	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180516
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 14 '19 at 19:18
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	FIN-User
Background CPU	13%

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PC Performing as expected (57^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95.1% Outstanding	Memory 92.1 1-Core 143 2-Core 286 96% 174 Pts	4-Core 566 8-Core 569 76% 567 Pts	64-Core 565 35% 565 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 95.1% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$324 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% Zotac(19DA C530) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 436.48 Performing below potential (43^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	88.4% Excellent	Lighting 113 Reflection 109 Parallax 104 92% 109 fps	MRender 138 Gravity 96.4 Splatting 77 82% 104 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 88.4% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$28 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 92GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z22000RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 243 318 348 353 355 326 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	76.9% Very good	Read 434 Write 316 Mixed 250 SusWrite 324 74% 331 MB/s	4K Read 24 4K Write 90.9 4K Mixed 13.9 102% 42.9 MB/s	DQ Read 168 DQ Write 300 DQ Mixed 86.9 108% 185 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 76.9% Great: 86%
Samsung SM841 2.5" 7mm 512GB 576 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 73GB free Firmware: DXM02D0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 251 318 245 186 177 161 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	87.1% Excellent	Read 455 Write 197 Mixed 241 SusWrite 223 62% 279 MB/s	4K Read 30.6 4K Write 83.1 4K Mixed 36.7 137% 50.1 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 204 DQ Mixed 158 154% 249 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 87.1% Great: 107%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 3TB 8,194 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2TB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 131 130 127 128 127 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	80.6% Excellent	Read 154 Write 130 Mixed 94 SusWrite 127 93% 126 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 1 182% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 80.6% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial CT4G4DFS8213.C8FAD1 4x4GB 200 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (17^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	76.5% Very good	MC Read 28 MC Write 28.5 MC Mixed 24.5 77% 27 GB/s	SC Read 17.8 SC Write 27.5 SC Mixed 23.9 66% 23.1 GB/s	Latency 63.9 63% 63.9 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 76.5% Great: 101%

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Desktop 87%

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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	6,629x
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