Asus Z170 PRO GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 76% Battleship	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 59% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	98% 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	84.3% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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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Run History

Motherboard	Asus Z170 PRO GAMING (all builds)
Memory	28.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180516
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 21 '19 at 16:12
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	27%

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PC Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6400-$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 (99^th percentile)	74.7% Very good	Memory 88.3 1-Core 99.7 2-Core 199 75% 129 Pts	4-Core 351 8-Core 369 48% 360 Pts	64-Core 352 22% 352 Pts
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 74.7% 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: 2190 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 441.66 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	98% Outstanding	Lighting 127 Reflection 120 Parallax 123 104% 124 fps	MRender 138 Gravity 105 Splatting 85.5 87% 110 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 98% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SHSS37A480G 480GB 14,802 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 65GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM001B SusWrite @10s intervals: 390 438 108 372 207 295 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	84.3% Excellent	Read 377 Write 256 Mixed 313 SusWrite 302 70% 312 MB/s	4K Read 18.4 4K Write 69.5 4K Mixed 38.5 114% 42.1 MB/s	DQ Read 301 DQ Write 352 DQ Mixed 67.1 123% 240 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 84.3% Great: 110%
Kingston SSDNow UV400 480GB-$175 24,007 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 61GB free Firmware: 0C3J96R9 SusWrite @10s intervals: 403 305 167 121 109 104 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	89.6% Excellent	Read 459 Write 456 Mixed 368 SusWrite 202 83% 371 MB/s	4K Read 31.3 4K Write 89.8 4K Mixed 40.4 147% 53.8 MB/s	DQ Read 324 DQ Write 292 DQ Mixed 190 175% 269 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 89.6% Great: 92%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 97GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 188 191 191 192 193 191 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 178 Write 83.2 Mixed 81.7 SusWrite 191 98% 134 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.9 161% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 113%
Seagate ST500VT000-1DK142 500GB 8,025 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 212GB free Firmware: 0001SDC1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 109 111 110 111 111 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	50% Average	Read 64.5 Write 62.8 Mixed 40.5 SusWrite 110 51% 69.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.5 88% 0.53 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 50% 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 @ 2267 MHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	78.3% Very good	MC Read 27.2 MC Write 30.4 MC Mixed 25.9 80% 27.8 GB/s	SC Read 15.9 SC Write 31.5 SC Mixed 23.2 67% 23.5 GB/s	Latency 69.2 58% 69.2 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 78.3% Great: 85%

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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	6,641x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	3,681x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	1,045x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	2,171x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	1,385x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,251x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	888x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	788x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	322x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	810x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	569x
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 $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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 $40	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