Asus Z170-PRO

Performance Results


Gaming 101% UFO	Desktop 103% UFO	Workstation 90% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 92.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	105% 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	78.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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 (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus Z170-PRO (all builds)
Memory	28.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160324
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 25 '20 at 04:00
Run Duration	222 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	12%

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PC Performing above expectations (83^rd 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 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	92.2% Outstanding	Memory 95.2 1-Core 152 2-Core 305 101% 184 Pts	4-Core 479 8-Core 808 78% 643 Pts	64-Core 831 51% 831 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 92.2% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060S (Super)-$510 319,148 User benchmarks, average bench 100% MSI(1462 C755) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2190 MHz, MLim: 3850 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 445.87 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Lighting 130 Reflection 125 Parallax 141 106% 132 fps	MRender 187 Gravity 116 Splatting 105 108% 136 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Z400s 256GB-$221 10,770 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 34GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z2201000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 315 307 319 322 322 322 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	78.8% Very good	Read 502 Write 313 Mixed 222 SusWrite 318 75% 339 MB/s	4K Read 28.9 4K Write 77.2 4K Mixed 14.2 103% 40.1 MB/s	DQ Read 164 DQ Write 277 DQ Mixed 86.5 103% 176 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 78.8% Great: 84%
Toshiba THNSNF128GCSS 128GB 2,061 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 31GB free Firmware: FSPAN102 SusWrite @10s intervals: 439 443 435 386 302 350 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	87.7% Excellent	Read 457 Write 426 Mixed 314 SusWrite 392 89% 397 MB/s	4K Read 16.8 4K Write 59.5 4K Mixed 31.7 98% 36 MB/s	DQ Read 363 DQ Write 297 DQ Mixed 317 241% 326 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 87.7% Great: 90%
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 186GB free Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2082 671 670 671 671 672 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	326% Outstanding	Read 2,572 Write 2,334 Mixed 1,594 SusWrite 906 414% 1,852 MB/s	4K Read 68.4 4K Write 171 4K Mixed 93.7 314% 111 MB/s	DQ Read 1,638 DQ Write 1509 DQ Mixed 1,529 1,160% 1,559 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 326% Great: 340%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$50 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 885GB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 140 138 142 142 136 142 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	83.7% Excellent	Read 152 Write 144 Mixed 41.5 SusWrite 140 86% 119 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.6 153% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 83.7% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4-2666C15-8GVR F4-3000C15-8GRKB F4-2666C15-8GVR F4-3000C15-8GRKB 32GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 2667, 2667, 2667, 2667 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	90% Excellent	MC Read 32.2 MC Write 34.1 MC Mixed 28 90% 31.4 GB/s	SC Read 21.3 SC Write 36.7 SC Mixed 29 83% 29 GB/s	Latency 56.5 71% 56.5 ns
Poor: 89% ↑ This bench: 90% Great: 90%

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Typical Z170-PRO Builds (Compare 957 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 69%

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Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

Motherboard: Asus Z170-PRO - $210

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	513x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	125x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	78x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	169x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	105x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	71x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	62x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	55x
950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung $625Bench 223%, 54,978 samples	23x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	69x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	55x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x16GBCorsair $560Bench 84%, 34,441 samples	34x

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Value: 99% - Outstanding

Total price: $660

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $45	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