Asus Z170 PRO GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 120% UFO	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 105% UFO


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 91.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	130% 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.
Boot Drive	104% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170 PRO GAMING (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170315
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 30 '20 at 19:07
Run Duration	155 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	12%

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 i7-7700K-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	91.6% Outstanding	Memory 95.6 1-Core 143 2-Core 286 97% 175 Pts	4-Core 471 8-Core 756 75% 614 Pts	64-Core 799 49% 799 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 91.6% Great: 92%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85EA) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 445.75 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	130% Outstanding	Lighting 181 Reflection 201 Parallax 199 148% 193 fps	MRender 128 Gravity 184 Splatting 129 119% 147 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 130% Great: 133%
Intel HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake) 153,031 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 8694) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 26.20.100.7262 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.96% Terrible	Lighting 8.13 Reflection 12.1 Parallax 8.81 7% 9.67 fps	MRender 13.2 Gravity 7.47 Splatting 16.5 11% 12.4 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.96% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 240GB-$40 53,931 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 177GB free (System drive) Firmware: X31200RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 297 217 216 215 216 214 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 504 Write 470 Mixed 313 SusWrite 229 85% 379 MB/s	4K Read 36.4 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 49.6 179% 66.6 MB/s	DQ Read 350 DQ Write 312 DQ Mixed 254 212% 306 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 101%
SanDisk Ultra II 960GB-$226 35,454 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 488GB free Firmware: X41100RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 314 337 332 212 194 158 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	90.1% Outstanding	Read 488 Write 475 Mixed 325 SusWrite 258 87% 386 MB/s	4K Read 30.2 4K Write 66.1 4K Mixed 37 128% 44.4 MB/s	DQ Read 387 DQ Write 294 DQ Mixed 211 193% 297 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 90.1% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 16G-D4-2666-MR 4x4GB 54 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing below potential (39^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	91.2% Outstanding	MC Read 33.7 MC Write 34.6 MC Mixed 28.5 92% 32.3 GB/s	SC Read 20.4 SC Write 35.3 SC Mixed 26.5 78% 27.4 GB/s	Latency 55.3 72% 55.3 ns
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 91.2% Great: 108%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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	6,661x
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	2,179x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	1,386x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,256x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	891x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	791x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	323x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	816x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $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