Asus Z170 PRO GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 81% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 65% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (86th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 14 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 90.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	85% 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	101% 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	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 (13%). 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, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170 PRO GAMING (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160307
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 15 '20 at 04:19
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	13%

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PC Performing way above expectations (86^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 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	90.9% Outstanding	Memory 91.2 1-Core 133 2-Core 267 91% 164 Pts	4-Core 524 8-Core 524 70% 524 Pts	64-Core 523 32% 523 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 90.9% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6276) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 442.19 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	85% Excellent	Lighting 108 Reflection 110 Parallax 95.5 88% 104 fps	MRender 94 Gravity 97.6 Splatting 97.7 79% 96.4 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 85% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS1311 960GB-$195 1,486 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 122GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS131122 SusWrite @10s intervals: 432 415 330 308 311 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 470 Write 436 Mixed 361 SusWrite 323 89% 397 MB/s	4K Read 29.2 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 42.9 153% 58.1 MB/s	DQ Read 352 DQ Write 309 DQ Mixed 207 189% 289 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 108%
Hitachi HDS721075DLE630 750GB 261 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 543GB free Firmware: MSJOA5Q0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 133 138 142 124 127 141 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	75.5% Very good	Read 129 Write 140 Mixed 28.3 SusWrite 134 78% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.7 144% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 75.5% Great: 81%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GB-$42 131,007 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	86.7% Excellent	MC Read 31.4 MC Write 33.2 MC Mixed 28.7 89% 31.1 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 32.8 SC Mixed 25.3 72% 25.3 GB/s	Latency 65.5 61% 65.5 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 86.7% Great: 95%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 58%

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Motherboard: Asus Z170 PRO GAMING - $295

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	6,622x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	3,672x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	1,044x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	2,166x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	1,382x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,248x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	884x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	786x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	320x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	807x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	566x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	559x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $750

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $261	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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