Asus Z170 PRO GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 68% Battle cruiser	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 53% Yacht


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 a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 67.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	96.3% 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	77.8% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

Motherboard	Asus Z170 PRO GAMING (all builds)
Memory	24.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180516
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Dec 11 '19 at 23:35
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	12%

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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 i5-6400-$79 171,457 User benchmarks, average bench 61% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.7 GHz, turbo 3.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	67.7% Good	Memory 84.6 1-Core 98.9 2-Core 194 73% 126 Pts	4-Core 288 8-Core 331 40% 310 Pts	64-Core 343 21% 343 Pts
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 67.7% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$324 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% Asus(1043 868E) CLim: 2160 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 441.66 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	96.3% Outstanding	Lighting 125 Reflection 117 Parallax 120 102% 120 fps	MRender 136 Gravity 102 Splatting 86.4 86% 108 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 96.3% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SHSS37A480G 480GB 14,802 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 53GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM001B SusWrite @10s intervals: 155 137 101 101 101 145 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	77.8% Very good	Read 490 Write 90 Mixed 156 SusWrite 123 47% 215 MB/s	4K Read 28 4K Write 89.7 4K Mixed 37.5 138% 51.7 MB/s	DQ Read 339 DQ Write 27.5 DQ Mixed 67.2 78% 145 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 77.8% Great: 110%
Kingston SSDNow UV400 480GB-$175 24,007 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 57GB free Firmware: 0C3J96R9 SusWrite @10s intervals: 398 257 152 128 108 97 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	87.6% Excellent	Read 490 Write 441 Mixed 356 SusWrite 190 83% 369 MB/s	4K Read 30.3 4K Write 79 4K Mixed 39.9 139% 49.7 MB/s	DQ Read 322 DQ Write 278 DQ Mixed 131 145% 244 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 87.6% Great: 92%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$34 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 92GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 168 170 169 170 172 169 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	82.9% Excellent	Read 120 Write 148 Mixed 85 SusWrite 170 96% 131 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 143% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 82.9% Great: 113%
Seagate ST500VT000-1DK142 500GB 8,025 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 69GB free Firmware: 0001SDC1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 61 62 62 62 61 62 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	47.2% Average	Read 103 Write 100 Mixed 58.7 SusWrite 61.5 60% 80.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.6 100% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 47.2% Great: 63%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2133 C14 2x16GB 4,083 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	74% Very good	MC Read 25.5 MC Write 28.6 MC Mixed 25.1 75% 26.4 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 27.9 SC Mixed 21.8 62% 21.7 GB/s	Latency 72.4 55% 72.4 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 74% Great: 85%

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Gaming 69%

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Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

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Motherboard: Asus Z170 PRO GAMING - $295

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	6,614x
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 $131	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