Asus Z170 PRO GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 84% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 70% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 91.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	87.5% 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	94.2% 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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170 PRO GAMING (all builds)
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160307
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 20 '20 at 02:22
Run Duration	186 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing as expected (58^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	91.1% Outstanding	Memory 95.5 1-Core 134 2-Core 237 89% 156 Pts	4-Core 468 8-Core 671 71% 569 Pts	64-Core 624 39% 624 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 91.1% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4998) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1582 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 432.00 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	87.5% Excellent	Lighting 113 Reflection 118 Parallax 106 92% 112 fps	MRender 96.4 Gravity 104 Splatting 91.5 79% 97.3 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 87.5% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$125 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 126GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 298 401 422 451 426 397 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	94.2% Outstanding	Read 467 Write 420 Mixed 344 SusWrite 399 92% 407 MB/s	4K Read 27.9 4K Write 64.6 4K Mixed 39.2 127% 43.9 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 129 DQ Mixed 263 192% 258 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 94.2% Great: 124%
Samsung 850 Evo 4TB-$470 765 User benchmarks, average bench 113% 1TB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 303 400 428 452 430 411 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 464 Write 410 Mixed 377 SusWrite 404 93% 414 MB/s	4K Read 38.8 4K Write 58.8 4K Mixed 53.2 158% 50.3 MB/s	DQ Read 386 DQ Write 121 DQ Mixed 244 182% 250 MB/s
Poor: 85% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 133%
Samsung 840 Pro 256GB-$190 73,119 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 47GB free Firmware: DXM06B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 303 404 427 453 429 355 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	91.7% Outstanding	Read 468 Write 418 Mixed 320 SusWrite 395 90% 400 MB/s	4K Read 28.7 4K Write 53.1 4K Mixed 37.8 120% 39.9 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 121 DQ Mixed 160 142% 220 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 91.7% Great: 116%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 2666 C15 4x4GB 1,097 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	91.9% Outstanding	MC Read 33.9 MC Write 34.5 MC Mixed 28.4 92% 32.3 GB/s	SC Read 21 SC Write 37.5 SC Mixed 28.7 83% 29.1 GB/s	Latency 55.7 72% 55.7 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 91.9% Great: 115%

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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	6,642x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	3,682x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	1,045x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	2,171x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	1,385x
GTX 1080Nvidia $265Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,252x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	888x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	789x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	322x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	811x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	569x
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 $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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