Asus Z170 PRO GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 86% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 102% UFO	Workstation 69% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 98.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	81.3% 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	211% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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	25.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colori
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180516
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Apr 22 '20 at 20:28
Run Duration	160 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	14%

PC Performing above expectations (75^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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	98.7% Outstanding	Memory 95.8 1-Core 146 2-Core 265 95% 169 Pts	4-Core 588 8-Core 573 78% 581 Pts	64-Core 583 36% 583 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 98.7% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4996) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1582 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 445.87 Performing below potential (68^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	81.3% Excellent	Lighting 105 Reflection 111 Parallax 108 85% 108 fps	MRender 90.5 Gravity 95.1 Splatting 84.6 73% 90.1 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 81.3% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Nvme Rocket NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$45 23,539 User benchmarks, average bench 187% 389GB free (System drive) Firmware: RKT302.1 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1108 1381 604 602 605 607 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	211% Outstanding	Read 1,169 Write 1,994 Mixed 1,371 SusWrite 818 303% 1,338 MB/s	4K Read 43.2 4K Write 123 4K Mixed 60.7 208% 75.6 MB/s	DQ Read 1,263 DQ Write 979 DQ Mixed 1,103 830% 1,115 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 211% Great: 277%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 48GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 8,377 Write 3,382 Mixed 7,401 1,412% 6,387 MB/s	4K Read 453 4K Write 223 4K Mixed 276 1,158% 317 MB/s	DQ Read 1,445 DQ Write 725 DQ Mixed 1,012 771% 1,061 MB/s
Poor: 72% Great: 124%
Seagate ST2000LM003 HN-M201RAD 2TB 50,772 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 847GB free Firmware: 2BC10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 87 88 88 88 88 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	47.5% Average	Read 78 Write 60.2 Mixed 50.3 SusWrite 86.9 51% 68.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 3.2 4K Mixed 0.7 162% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 47.5% Great: 70%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 637GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 161 162 165 164 164 163 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	100% Outstanding	Read 186 Write 160 Mixed 99 SusWrite 163 111% 152 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1.1 221% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GB 76,101 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	MC Read 36.8 MC Write 40.2 MC Mixed 34.3 106% 37.1 GB/s	SC Read 21.7 SC Write 41.7 SC Mixed 30.9 90% 31.4 GB/s	Latency 54.7 73% 54.7 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 106%

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Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

Motherboard: Asus Z170 PRO GAMING - $295

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	6,629x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	3,674x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	1,045x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	2,168x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	1,383x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,250x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	885x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	787x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	321x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	808x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	566x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	560x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $750

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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 $40	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