Asus Z170-PRO

Performance Results


Gaming 81% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 69% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 90.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	84.5% 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	68.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

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Motherboard	Asus Z170-PRO (all builds)
Memory	24.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161129
Uptime	11.9 Days
Run Date	Nov 26 '19 at 06:08
Run Duration	186 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	22%

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PC Performing above expectations (62^nd 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 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	90.1% Outstanding	Memory 94.7 1-Core 125 2-Core 251 88% 157 Pts	4-Core 461 8-Core 672 71% 566 Pts	64-Core 696 43% 696 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 90.1% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8599) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 436.30 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	84.5% Excellent	Lighting 106 Reflection 114 Parallax 96.1 86% 105 fps	MRender 94.6 Gravity 98.5 Splatting 101 81% 98 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 84.5% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 750GB-$109 24,471 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 263GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0CR011 SusWrite @10s intervals: 180 221 234 226 248 152 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	68.4% Good	Read 368 Write 371 Mixed 172 SusWrite 210 63% 280 MB/s	4K Read 15.5 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 17.2 102% 46.5 MB/s	DQ Read 242 DQ Write 253 DQ Mixed 115 123% 203 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 68.4% Great: 104%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 232GB free Firmware: EXT0BB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 331 278 276 276 277 277 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 488 Write 458 Mixed 347 SusWrite 286 88% 395 MB/s	4K Read 39.9 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 53.5 186% 67.1 MB/s	DQ Read 377 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 226 206% 316 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 118%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 550GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 91 93 94 92 92 93 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	62.5% Good	Read 125 Write 104 Mixed 67.8 SusWrite 92.4 72% 97.4 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1.2 228% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 62.5% Great: 109%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 4TB-$230 19,674 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2.5TB free Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 154 157 157 157 154 159 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	75.5% Very good	Read 106 Write 134 Mixed 26 SusWrite 156 76% 106 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 5.2 4K Mixed 1.6 316% 2.6 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 75.5% Great: 94%
Seagate Backup+ Hub BK 8TB 16,705 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 1TB free Firmware: D781 SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 127 129 131 132 128 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	69.4% Good	Read 113 Write 110 Mixed 78.2 SusWrite 128 79% 107 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 4.6 4K Mixed 0.6 210% 2.2 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 69.4% Great: 92%
WD easystore 25FA 4TB 7,384 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 3.5TB free, PID 25fa Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 114 114 116 113 116 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	64.7% Good	Read 132 Write 111 Mixed 81 SusWrite 114 145% 110 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 6.6 4K Mixed 0.7 254% 2.93 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 64.7% Great: 63%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4-3000C15-8GTZB F4-3000C15-8GTZ F4-3000C15-8GTZB F4-3000C15-8GTZ 32GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	96.4% Outstanding	MC Read 35.3 MC Write 36.7 MC Mixed 30.9 98% 34.3 GB/s	SC Read 20.2 SC Write 38.3 SC Mixed 29.4 84% 29.3 GB/s	Latency 58 69% 58 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 96.4% Great: 98%

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Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

Motherboard: Asus Z170-PRO - $210

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	516x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	125x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	80x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	171x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	105x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	71x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	62x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	55x
950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung $625Bench 223%, 54,978 samples	23x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	69x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	56x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x16GBCorsair $110Bench 84%, 34,441 samples	34x

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Value: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $662

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16