Asus Z170 PRO GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 88% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 69% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 82.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	103% 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	211% 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	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170 PRO GAMING (all builds)
Memory	20.9 GB free of 24 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180516
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 24 '19 at 02:16
Run Duration	176 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	10%

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PC Performing above expectations (67^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 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	82.9% Excellent	Memory 87.9 1-Core 102 2-Core 229 78% 140 Pts	4-Core 454 8-Core 433 60% 443 Pts	64-Core 462 29% 462 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 82.9% 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 8591) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.20 Performing below potential (61^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	103% Outstanding	Lighting 132 Reflection 145 Parallax 124 108% 134 fps	MRender 115 Gravity 130 Splatting 108 96% 118 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 354GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1163 1185 612 614 617 611 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	211% Outstanding	Read 1,510 Write 1,425 Mixed 721 SusWrite 800 249% 1,114 MB/s	4K Read 32 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 49.3 171% 64.5 MB/s	DQ Read 1,061 DQ Write 1,144 DQ Mixed 980 772% 1,062 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 211% Great: 254%
OCZ Agility 3 120GB-$102 38,562 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 35GB free Firmware: 2.22 SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 97 90 101 101 85 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	60.6% Good	Read 150 Write 126 Mixed 147 SusWrite 96 29% 130 MB/s	4K Read 29 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 33.1 142% 55.8 MB/s	DQ Read 143 DQ Write 116 DQ Mixed 124 94% 128 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 60.6% Great: 61%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 360GB free Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 382 415 444 461 464 462 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	125% Outstanding	Read 504 Write 447 Mixed 433 SusWrite 438 102% 455 MB/s	4K Read 43.4 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 59.1 202% 72.6 MB/s	DQ Read 370 DQ Write 319 DQ Mixed 337 254% 342 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 125% Great: 133%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 180GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 112 112 112 111 111 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	80.2% Excellent	Read 168 Write 128 Mixed 72.7 SusWrite 111 88% 120 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.2 242% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 80.2% Great: 109%
Hitachi Deskstar P7K500 500GB-$159 43,620 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 210GB free Firmware: GM4OA52A SusWrite @10s intervals: 85 87 88 87 88 88 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	49.8% Average	Read 86 Write 83.8 Mixed 49 SusWrite 87.2 56% 76.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 147% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 49.8% Great: 51%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMK8GX4M2B3000C15 CMK16GX4M2B3000C15 CMK8GX4M2B3000C15 CMK16GX4M2B3000C15 24GB 280 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096, 8192 MB Performing below potential (25^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	75.2% Very good	MC Read 27.3 MC Write 28.7 MC Mixed 24.7 77% 26.9 GB/s	SC Read 15.4 SC Write 28.1 SC Mixed 21.5 62% 21.7 GB/s	Latency 69.7 57% 69.7 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 75.2% Great: 111%

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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	6,620x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	3,671x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	1,044x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	2,166x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	1,382x
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	786x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	320x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	807x
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 $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	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