Asus Z170 PRO GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 65% Destroyer	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 52% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 76.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	80.2% 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	115% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus Z170 PRO GAMING (all builds)
Memory	11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit väriä
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151116
Uptime	1.8 Days
Run Date	Jan 19 '20 at 22:49
Run Duration	153 Seconds
Run User	FIN-User
Background CPU	18%

PC Performing as expected (54^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-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	76.5% Very good	Memory 72.6 1-Core 96.8 2-Core 216 71% 128 Pts	4-Core 466 8-Core 452 62% 459 Pts	64-Core 438 27% 438 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 76.5% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 1996) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 441.87 Performing below potential (61^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	80.2% Excellent	Lighting 103 Reflection 113 Parallax 101 84% 106 fps	MRender 93.5 Gravity 96.7 Splatting 81.5 73% 90.6 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 80.2% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 176GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 408 426 428 294 179 194 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 465 Write 418 Mixed 347 SusWrite 322 87% 388 MB/s	4K Read 43.9 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 60.3 201% 70.9 MB/s	DQ Read 361 DQ Write 286 DQ Mixed 324 242% 324 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 134%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 859GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 144 146 147 148 147 147 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	89.8% Excellent	Read 166 Write 87.6 Mixed 81.1 SusWrite 147 88% 120 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.2 246% 1.8 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 89.8% Great: 109%
Samsung Flash Drive 64GB 8,748 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 56GB free, PID 1000 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 29 25 26 25 25 26 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	72.6% Very good	Read 212 Write 33.5 Mixed 77.3 SusWrite 26.1 90% 87.3 MB/s	4K Read 14 4K Write 10.7 4K Mixed 10.4 770% 11.7 MB/s	DQ Read 16.4 DQ Write 17.2 DQ Mixed 11.3 1,030% 15 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 72.6% Great: 111%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$45 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (25^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	70.6% Very good	MC Read 24.8 MC Write 27.9 MC Mixed 23.4 72% 25.4 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 27.4 SC Mixed 23.3 62% 21.7 GB/s	Latency 95.5 42% 95.5 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 70.6% Great: 110%

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

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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	6,632x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	3,676x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	1,045x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	2,169x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	1,384x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,251x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	886x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	787x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	321x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	809x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	567x
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 $273	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 $45	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