Asus Z170 PRO GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 48% Yacht	Desktop 103% UFO	Workstation 40% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 92.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	41.3% 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	311% 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.

Very high background CPU (80%). 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	13.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180516
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 03 '20 at 11:50
Run Duration	166 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	80%

PC Performing above expectations (81^st 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-$113 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92.7% Outstanding	Memory 97.4 1-Core 144 2-Core 276 96% 172 Pts	4-Core 489 8-Core 609 71% 549 Pts	64-Core 562 35% 562 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 92.7% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 380X-$120 20,573 User benchmarks, average bench 38% Sapphire(174B E308) CLim: 1040 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 20.2.2 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	41.3% Average	Lighting 53 Reflection 52.5 Parallax 62.8 43% 56.1 fps	MRender 53.4 Gravity 50.1 Splatting 38.1 38% 47.2 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 41.3% Great: 40%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$84 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 347GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 942 671 671 669 673 668 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	311% Outstanding	Read 2,104 Write 1,826 Mixed 1,126 SusWrite 716 322% 1,443 MB/s	4K Read 65.1 4K Write 206 4K Mixed 98.2 334% 123 MB/s	DQ Read 1856 DQ Write 1,728 DQ Mixed 1743 1,321% 1,776 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 311% Great: 340%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$90 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 936GB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 172 173 169 172 173 174 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	83.5% Excellent	Read 118 Write 137 Mixed 29 SusWrite 172 82% 114 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 5.2 4K Mixed 2 368% 2.8 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 83.5% Great: 108%
Seagate Laptop Thin SSHD 2.5" 500GB-$30 34,154 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 289GB free Firmware: SM28 SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 99 98 100 100 100 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	58.5% Above average	Read 103 Write 93.6 Mixed 62.2 SusWrite 99.4 66% 89.5 MB/s	4K Read 1.6 4K Write 5 4K Mixed 2 382% 2.87 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 58.5% Great: 64%
Seagate ST9320320AS 320GB-$60 2,404 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 280GB free Firmware: 0303 SusWrite @10s intervals: 64 64 66 66 65 65 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	37.3% Below average	Read 64.7 Write 64.2 Mixed 38 SusWrite 65.1 43% 58 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.6 106% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 37.3% Great: 37%
WDC WD12 00BEVS-07LAT0 120GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 96GB free, PID 55aa Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 34 34 34 34 34 34 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	16.8% Very poor	Read 32.2 Write 34.5 Mixed 23 SusWrite 33.8 42% 30.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 77% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 16.8% Great: 19%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB 15,285 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	MC Read 41.9 MC Write 43.6 MC Mixed 38 118% 41.2 GB/s	SC Read 21 SC Write 45.8 SC Mixed 33.1 95% 33.3 GB/s	Latency 48.6 82% 48.6 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 110%

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Workstation 58%

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Motherboard: Asus Z170 PRO GAMING - $295

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	6,706x
Core i5-6600KIntel $113Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	3,715x
Core i7-6700Intel $170Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	1,060x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	2,194x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	1,390x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,265x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	898x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	796x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	326x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	822x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	573x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	563x

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Value: 72% - Very good

Total price: $891

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16