Asus Z170 PRO GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 89% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 76% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 88.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	99.3% 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	93.3% 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.

High background CPU (22%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus Z170 PRO GAMING (all builds)
Memory	9.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160307
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	May 23 '20 at 01:09
Run Duration	128 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	22%

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PC Performing above expectations (72^nd 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 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	88.8% Excellent	Memory 92.7 1-Core 125 2-Core 236 86% 151 Pts	4-Core 458 8-Core 691 71% 574 Pts	64-Core 688 43% 688 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 88.8% Great: 90%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia RTX 2060S (Super)-$510 319,148 User benchmarks, average bench 100% Gigabyte(1458 3FF1) CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 445.87 Performing below potential (46^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	99.3% Outstanding	Lighting 121 Reflection 116 Parallax 130 99% 122 fps	MRender 174 Gravity 111 Splatting 97.3 101% 127 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 99.3% Great: 106%
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) 188,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 8694) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 26.20.100.7262 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.81% Terrible	Lighting 8.1 Reflection 11.4 Parallax 8.66 7% 9.38 fps	MRender 11.8 Gravity 7.47 Splatting 16.4 10% 11.9 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.81% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS900 480GB-$42 17,946 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 268GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS900KB3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 311 332 422 419 409 417 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	93.3% Outstanding	Read 378 Write 397 Mixed 341 SusWrite 385 85% 375 MB/s	4K Read 27.4 4K Write 95.1 4K Mixed 36.4 138% 53 MB/s	DQ Read 223 DQ Write 324 DQ Mixed 176 160% 241 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 93.3% Great: 102%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 188 193 196 194 196 197 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 186 Write 150 Mixed 80.7 SusWrite 194 111% 152 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (23^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	68.5% Good	MC Read 26.7 MC Write 24.8 MC Mixed 20.2 68% 23.9 GB/s	SC Read 15.8 SC Write 24.8 SC Mixed 21.6 59% 20.7 GB/s	Latency 62.8 64% 62.8 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 68.5% Great: 104%

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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	6,618x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	3,671x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	1,043x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	2,164x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	1,381x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,247x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	884x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	786x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $129Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	320x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	806x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	565x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	559x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $750

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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