Asus Z170 PRO GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 89% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 71% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 95.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	88.3% 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	61.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Very high background CPU (100%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Asus Z170 PRO GAMING (all builds)
Memory	10.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180516
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 07 '20 at 18:42
Run Duration	150 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	100%

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PC Performing above expectations (79^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-$130 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95.6% Outstanding	Memory 91.9 1-Core 148 2-Core 299 98% 180 Pts	4-Core 570 8-Core 590 77% 580 Pts	64-Core 565 35% 565 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 95.6% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8599) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 445.75 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	88.3% Excellent	Lighting 112 Reflection 118 Parallax 100 91% 110 fps	MRender 98.1 Gravity 102 Splatting 102 83% 101 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 88.3% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Trion 100 240GB-$95 9,561 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 118GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM11.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 147 63 33 95 110 119 MB/s Performing below potential (29^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	61.9% Good	Read 263 Write 178 Mixed 220 SusWrite 94.6 42% 189 MB/s	4K Read 30.3 4K Write 25.9 4K Mixed 34 103% 30.1 MB/s	DQ Read 348 DQ Write 240 DQ Mixed 71.4 114% 220 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 61.9% Great: 83%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 756GB free Firmware: JC4B SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 101 96 104 105 109 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	61.5% Good	Read 110 Write 104 Mixed 65.5 SusWrite 104 70% 95.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.9 165% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 61.5% Great: 68%
Hitachi HTS545050B9A300 500GB-$71 21,137 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 162GB free Firmware: PB4OC66G SusWrite @10s intervals: 56 58 58 58 57 56 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	38.6% Below average	Read 77.2 Write 72.2 Mixed 40.7 SusWrite 57 45% 61.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.7 124% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 38.6% Great: 45%
WD My Passport 25AA 1TB 95 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 839GB free, PID 25aa Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 110 109 109 109 109 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	45.8% Average	Read 106 Write 107 Mixed 61.2 SusWrite 109 129% 96 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 104% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 45.8% Great: 46%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 4x4GB-$97 3,926 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2958 MHz Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	98.4% Outstanding	MC Read 37.3 MC Write 40 MC Mixed 33 105% 36.8 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 29.9 SC Mixed 23.2 66% 23 GB/s	Latency 64.3 62% 64.3 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 98.4% Great: 107%

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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	6,671x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	3,689x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	1,050x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	2,181x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	1,386x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,257x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	891x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	792x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	323x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	817x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	570x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	561x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $752

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16