Asus Z170-PRO

Performance Results


Gaming 120% UFO	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 102% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (85th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 15 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 93.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	125% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

High background CPU (23%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-PRO (all builds)
Memory	8.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180314
Uptime	1.9 Days
Run Date	Feb 20 '20 at 20:06
Run Duration	180 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	23%

PC Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.6% Outstanding	Memory 94.9 1-Core 134 2-Core 267 92% 165 Pts	4-Core 498 8-Core 731 77% 614 Pts	64-Core 730 45% 730 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 93.6% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6593) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 442.19 Performing below potential (64^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	125% Outstanding	Lighting 172 Reflection 193 Parallax 190 140% 185 fps	MRender 125 Gravity 173 Splatting 126 114% 141 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 125% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 128GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 8,480 Write 8,432 Mixed 8,045 1,860% 8,319 MB/s	4K Read 668 4K Write 277 4K Mixed 349 1,606% 431 MB/s	DQ Read 1,553 DQ Write 940 DQ Mixed 1,001 812% 1,165 MB/s
Poor: 72% Great: 124%
Samsung MZVLB256HAHQ-000L7 256GB 10,890 User benchmarks, average bench 182% 120GB free Firmware: 1L2QEXD7 SusWrite @10s intervals: 1222 299 299 299 300 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	245% Outstanding	Read 2,162 Write 1,521 Mixed 1,284 SusWrite 453 301% 1355 MB/s	4K Read 58.5 4K Write 150 4K Mixed 78.8 269% 95.6 MB/s	DQ Read 971 DQ Write 1,153 DQ Mixed 1,013 777% 1,046 MB/s
Poor: 106% ↑ This bench: 245% Great: 247%
Synology iSCSI Storage 537GB 190 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 396GB free Firmware: 4.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 100 77 100 100 99 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	28.3% Poor	Read 102 Write 100 Mixed 82.2 SusWrite 96.1 21% 95 MB/s	4K Read 15.6 4K Write 13.1 4K Mixed 12.3 46% 13.7 MB/s	DQ Read 97.2 DQ Write 92.8 DQ Mixed 97.4 72% 95.8 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 28.3% Great: 34%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$57 31,641 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	99% Outstanding	MC Read 38.3 MC Write 38.6 MC Mixed 28.5 100% 35.1 GB/s	SC Read 21.3 SC Write 39.4 SC Mixed 31.1 88% 30.6 GB/s	Latency 57.4 70% 57.4 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 99% Great: 107%

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Gaming 69%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 58%

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Motherboard: Asus Z170-PRO - $210

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	513x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	125x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	78x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	169x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	105x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	71x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	62x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	55x
950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung $625Bench 223%, 54,978 samples	23x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	69x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	55x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x16GBCorsair $560Bench 84%, 34,441 samples	34x

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Value: 99% - Outstanding

Total price: $660

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $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