Asus Z170I PRO GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 54% Yacht	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 44% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (87th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 13 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 95.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	51.2% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	175% 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	16GB 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 Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170I PRO GAMING (all builds)
Memory	13.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151221
Uptime	3.2 Days
Run Date	Jan 19 '20 at 14:28
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing way above expectations (87^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95.5% Outstanding	Memory 92.7 1-Core 143 2-Core 287 96% 174 Pts	4-Core 566 8-Core 571 76% 568 Pts	64-Core 579 36% 579 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 95.5% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Zotac(19DA 1366) CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing below potential (76^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	51.2% Above average	Lighting 64 Reflection 66.7 Parallax 66 52% 65.6 fps	MRender 72.4 Gravity 60.4 Splatting 52.2 49% 61.7 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 51.2% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung SM951 AHCI PCIe M.2 128GB-$110 2,093 User benchmarks, average bench 165% 55GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXW2500Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 431 396 405 390 378 377 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	175% Outstanding	Read 1,548 Write 656 Mixed 650 SusWrite 396 179% 812 MB/s	4K Read 47.7 4K Write 151 4K Mixed 55.6 223% 84.7 MB/s	DQ Read 701 DQ Write 255 DQ Mixed 399 316% 452 MB/s
Poor: 116% ↑ This bench: 175% Great: 188%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 1TB-$68 105,708 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 750GB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 184 197 196 195 196 194 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 184 Write 164 Mixed 28.5 SusWrite 194 103% 143 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 5.2 4K Mixed 2.1 384% 2.87 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 112%
Seagate STM3250318AS 250GB 3,989 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 136GB free Firmware: CC35 SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 111 113 112 112 112 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	60.4% Good	Read 100 Write 98.1 Mixed 60.7 SusWrite 110 68% 92.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.9 160% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 60.4% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
GKE800UD51208-2133AH 2x8GB 345 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	78.5% Very good	MC Read 27.4 MC Write 29.8 MC Mixed 25.7 79% 27.6 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 30.4 SC Mixed 24.6 69% 24 GB/s	Latency 62.7 64% 62.7 ns
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 78.5% Great: 79%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 58%

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Motherboard: Asus Z170I PRO GAMING - $165

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	580x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	433x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	144x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	218x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	168x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	152x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	72x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	68x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	43x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	100x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	81x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	49x

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Value: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $625

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) $45	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