Asus Z170 PRO GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 22% Surfboard	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 83.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	22.3% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	112% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

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Motherboard	Asus Z170 PRO GAMING (all builds)
Memory	4.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit färger
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180516
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 01 '20 at 21:13
Run Duration	195 Seconds
Run User	NOR-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing as expected (59^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-$130 342,244 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 (94^th percentile)	83.9% Excellent	Memory 89.2 1-Core 116 2-Core 230 82% 145 Pts	4-Core 454 8-Core 455 61% 455 Pts	64-Core 451 28% 451 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 83.9% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% EVGA(3842 2974) CLim: 1606 MHz, MLim: 1840 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 432.0 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	22.3% Poor	Lighting 9.43 Reflection 68 Parallax 61.2 8% 46.2 fps	MRender 73.7 Gravity 62.4 Splatting 54 51% 63.3 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 22.3% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 88GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 351 271 272 282 236 271 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 488 Write 446 Mixed 387 SusWrite 280 90% 400 MB/s	4K Read 42.2 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 58 195% 68.9 MB/s	DQ Read 363 DQ Write 312 DQ Mixed 330 250% 335 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 124%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 476GB 156 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 134GB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 206 266 215 184 233 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 491 Write 446 Mixed 311 SusWrite 204 81% 363 MB/s	4K Read 43.6 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 51 186% 65.6 MB/s	DQ Read 354 DQ Write 302 DQ Mixed 170 170% 275 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 104%
Kingston A400 480GB-$38 237,487 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 261GB free Firmware: SBFKB1C2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 318 196 191 190 190 193 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	84.9% Excellent	Read 361 Write 305 Mixed 321 SusWrite 213 67% 300 MB/s	4K Read 32.6 4K Write 88 4K Mixed 40 147% 53.5 MB/s	DQ Read 253 DQ Write 294 DQ Mixed 191 167% 246 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 84.9% Great: 102%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 151 169 169 168 167 169 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	87.3% Excellent	Read 139 Write 116 Mixed 77 SusWrite 165 91% 124 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.7 127% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 87.3% Great: 114%
SanDisk Ultra Fit USB 3.0 16GB-$8 10,486 User benchmarks, average bench 22% 14GB free, PID 5583 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 16 11 11 12 12 12 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	17.1% Very poor	Read 82.5 Write 28.7 Mixed 23 SusWrite 12.3 39% 36.6 MB/s	4K Read 4 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.8 59% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 17.1% Great: 31%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x4GB 7,238 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	42.1% Average	MC Read 14.7 MC Write 14.7 MC Mixed 12.7 40% 14 GB/s	SC Read 11.8 SC Write 13.5 SC Mixed 13.1 37% 12.8 GB/s	Latency 68.2 59% 68.2 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 42.1% Great: 111%

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

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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	6,655x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	3,687x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	1,049x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	2,176x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	1,385x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,255x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	891x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	791x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	323x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	815x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	570x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	561x

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Value: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $755

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16