Asus Z170 PRO GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 88% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 102% UFO	Workstation 71% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 93.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	88.8% 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	229% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). 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	13.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.8 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180516
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 06 '20 at 03:39
Run Duration	205 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing above expectations (63^rd 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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.5% Outstanding	Memory 95.6 1-Core 145 2-Core 289 97% 176 Pts	4-Core 522 8-Core 557 71% 539 Pts	64-Core 544 34% 544 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 93.5% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% Asus(1043 8620) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2202 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 445.87 Performing below potential (19^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	88.8% Excellent	Lighting 110 Reflection 109 Parallax 95.7 90% 105 fps	MRender 101 Gravity 121 Splatting 100 87% 107 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 88.8% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDS500G3XHC-00SJG0 500GB 11,656 User benchmarks, average bench 246% 318GB free (System drive) Firmware: 102000WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 897 855 846 847 847 852 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	229% Outstanding	Read 1,996 Write 1,989 Mixed 1,621 SusWrite 857 362% 1,616 MB/s	4K Read 46.9 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 64.1 209% 72.3 MB/s	DQ Read 704 DQ Write 694 DQ Mixed 804 575% 734 MB/s
Poor: 184% ↑ This bench: 229% Great: 288%
SanDisk X400 512GB-$99 7,913 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 348GB free Firmware: X4162000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 329 275 274 262 260 258 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	93.4% Outstanding	Read 461 Write 471 Mixed 355 SusWrite 276 88% 391 MB/s	4K Read 32.3 4K Write 67.7 4K Mixed 42.4 139% 47.5 MB/s	DQ Read 369 DQ Write 289 DQ Mixed 238 203% 299 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 93.4% Great: 104%
WD My Passport 25E1 2TB 20,154 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 1.5TB free, PID 25e1 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 85 81 79 80 79 77 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	42.4% Average	Read 98.3 Write 81.5 Mixed 62.2 SusWrite 80.1 106% 80.5 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 3.4 4K Mixed 0.6 140% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 42.4% Great: 61%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Adata DDR4 2800 2OZ 2x8GB 1,327 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2800 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	98.7% Outstanding	MC Read 35.4 MC Write 37.8 MC Mixed 32 100% 35.1 GB/s	SC Read 21.9 SC Write 38.9 SC Mixed 28.9 85% 29.9 GB/s	Latency 55.4 72% 55.4 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 98.7% Great: 99%

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Gaming 69%

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Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

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Motherboard: Asus Z170 PRO GAMING - $295

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	6,655x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	3,688x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	1,049x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	2,177x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	1,385x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,255x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	891x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	791x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	323x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	815x
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: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $755

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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 $539	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) $23	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16