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Performance Results

Benchmarks - excluding GPU
Gaming
Gaming 0%
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Desktop
Desktop 0%
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Workstation
Workstation 0%
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PC StatusOverall this PC is performing way below expectations (16th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 84 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
ProcessorWith a below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 41.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Boot Drive70.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory16GB 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 VersionWindows 10 is the most recent version of Windows, and the best to date in our opinion.
High background CPU (26%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. Find active processes with Windows task manager (CTRL+SHIFT+ESC).
MotherboardAsus Z170 PRO GAMING  (all builds)
Memory11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.2 GHz
Display3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20150902
Uptime1.1 Days
Run DateDec 13 '19 at 09:50
Run Duration134 Seconds
Run User GBR-User
Background CPU 26%

 PC Performing way below expectations (16th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor Bench Normal Heavy Extreme
Intel Core i5-6400-$179
LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 2.7 GHz, turbo 2.3 GHz (avg)
Performing way below expectations (4th percentile)
41.5% Average
1-Core 24.6
2-Core 94.1
25% 59.3 Pts
4-Core 340
8-Core 367
48% 354 Pts
64-Core 367
25% 367 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑
This bench: 41.5%
 Great: 67%
Drives Bench Sequential Random 4k Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$75
47GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EMT02B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 289 91 93 90 90 100 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (4th percentile)
70.4% Very good
Read 433
Write 412
Mixed 368
SusWrite 126
75% 335 MB/s
4K Read 27.3
4K Write 37.3
4K Mixed 28.9
98% 31.2 MB/s
DQ Read 331
DQ Write 343
DQ Mixed 355
262% 343 MB/s
Poor: 79% ↑
This bench: 70.4%
 Great: 125%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$58
420GB free
Firmware: CC26
SusWrite @10s intervals: 166 169 171 171 170 171 MB/s
Performing below expectations (40th percentile)
85.4% Excellent
Read 128
Write 112
Mixed 70.5
SusWrite 170
88% 120 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.8
148% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑
This bench: 85.4%
 Great: 115%
Memory Kit Bench Multi core Single core Latency
Unknown CMK16GX4M2A2400C14 0215 CMK8GX4M1A2400C16 16GB
2187, 2187 MHz
8192, 8192 MB
Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples
37.7% Below average
MC Read 14.2
MC Write 14.6
MC Mixed 13.1
40% 14 GB/s
SC Read 7.2
SC Write 9.6
SC Mixed 8.3
24% 8.37 GB/s
Latency 135
30% 135 ns
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 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Typical Z170 PRO GAMING Builds (Compare 35,334 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings.
Gaming
Gaming 75%
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Desktop
Desktop 79%
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Workstation
Workstation 56%
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Motherboard: Asus Z170 PRO GAMING - $228

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel  $299Bench 80%, 367,183 samples15,575x
Core i5-6600KIntel  $189Bench 77%, 219,764 samples11,160x
Core i7-6700Intel  $299Bench 70%, 134,549 samples2,251x
GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia  $346Bench 79%, 705,740 samples6,815x
GTX 1080Nvidia  $540Bench 105%, 614,460 samples4,399x
GTX 970Nvidia  $428Bench 52%, 518,594 samples4,167x
SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $75Bench 106%, 546,937 samples4,059x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung  $89Bench 113%, 450,220 samples3,283x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GBSamsung  $100Bench 203%, 156,948 samples780x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $63Bench 84%, 276,679 samples2,792x
Fury DDR4 2666 C15 2x8GBHyperX  $169Bench 84%, 24,783 samples1,760x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX  $125Bench 73%, 36,406 samples1,739x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 64% - Good Total price: $1,011
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CPUGPUSSD
Intel Core i5-9600K $205Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super) $240Crucial MX500 250GB $45
Intel Core i5-9400F $150Nvidia GTX 1650S (Super) $160Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $78
Intel Core i7-9700K $375Nvidia RTX 2060 $349Samsung 850 Pro 512GB $249
HDDRAMUSB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $35Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $80SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $63SanDisk Extreme 32GB $46
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $85G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $613SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $14
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