Asus Z170 PRO GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 70.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	17.6% 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)
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 (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z170 PRO GAMING (all builds)
Memory	9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180516
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	Mar 01 '20 at 13:53
Run Duration	178 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	14%

PC Performing as expected (56^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 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	70.6% Very good	Memory 82.5 1-Core 110 2-Core 220 78% 138 Pts	4-Core 329 8-Core 396 47% 363 Pts	64-Core 406 25% 406 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 70.6% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Nvidia(10DE 120F) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2852 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 442.50 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	17.6% Very poor	Lighting 19.9 Reflection 22.9 Parallax 18.7 16% 20.5 fps	MRender 28.4 Gravity 19.9 Splatting 25.7 20% 24.7 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 17.6% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 85GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2,374 Write 1,770 Mixed 1,549 421% 1,898 MB/s	4K Read 59.7 4K Write 144 4K Mixed 81.7 272% 95.3 MB/s	DQ Read 1,372 DQ Write 1,046 DQ Mixed 1,192 896% 1,203 MB/s
Poor: 199% Great: 340%
SSD PLUS 480GB 5,109 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 59GB free Firmware: Z31000RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 422 409 301 272 274 277 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 476 Write 456 Mixed 343 SusWrite 326 90% 400 MB/s	4K Read 37.2 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 48.8 173% 62.8 MB/s	DQ Read 354 DQ Write 279 DQ Mixed 241 201% 291 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 108%
Seagate ST500LM012 HN-M500MBB 500GB 47,588 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 147GB free Firmware: 2BA30010 SusWrite @10s intervals: 53 50 55 50 52 60 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	30.1% Below average	Read 51.2 Write 59.5 Mixed 41.2 SusWrite 53.3 38% 51.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.4 91% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 30.1% Great: 59%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 175GB free Firmware: 19.01H19 SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 102 103 103 103 102 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	61.4% Good	Read 112 Write 108 Mixed 73.5 SusWrite 102 73% 98.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 153% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 61.4% Great: 69%
TrekStor DataStation 8 160GB 72 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 42GB free, PID 2329 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 41 42 42 42 42 42 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	19.9% Very poor	Read 37 Write 38.2 Mixed 29 SusWrite 41.9 50% 36.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 87% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 19.9% Great: 20%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CM4X8GC3000C15K4 2x8GB 1,531 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (21^st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	73.4% Very good	MC Read 25.6 MC Write 29 MC Mixed 25.1 76% 26.6 GB/s	SC Read 13.9 SC Write 27.4 SC Mixed 19.1 58% 20.1 GB/s	Latency 76 53% 76 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 73.4% Great: 104%

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

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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	6,619x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	3,671x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	1,044x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	2,165x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	1,381x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,247x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	884x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	786x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $129Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	320x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	806x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	565x
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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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