Asus Z170 PRO GAMING

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 75%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 95%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 65%
Destroyer
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 89.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics77.5% 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 Drive121% 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.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Run History
7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)
MotherboardAsus Z170 PRO GAMING  (all builds)
Memory13.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20160307
Uptime0.7 Days
Run DateFeb 27 '17 at 14:32
Run Duration112 Seconds
Run User GBR-User
Background CPU0%

 PC Performing above expectations (64th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180
LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (96th percentile)
89.4% Excellent
Memory 96.7
1-Core 134
2-Core 252
91% 161 Pts
4-Core 443
8-Core 724
71% 583 Pts
64-Core 716
44% 716 Pts
Poor: 70%
This bench: 89.4%
Great: 90%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560
MSI(1462 3230) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 378.66
Performing below potential (49th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
77.5% Very good
Lighting 99.1
Reflection 105
Parallax 95.1
81% 99.6 fps
MRender 88.7
Gravity 91.1
Splatting 82.7
71% 87.5 fps
Poor: 70%
This bench: 77.5%
Great: 87%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Kingston SV300S37A120G 250GB
62GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing above expectations (75th percentile)
121% Outstanding
Read 498
Write 487
Mixed 494
110% 493 MB/s
4K Read 35.2
4K Write 103
4K Mixed 54.6
178% 64.1 MB/s
DQ Read 378
DQ Write 338
DQ Mixed 144
166% 287 MB/s
Poor: 7%
This bench: 121%
Great: 132%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50
432GB free
Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing below expectations (21st percentile)
73.4% Very good
Read 139
Write 117
Mixed 118
94% 125 MB/s
4K Read 0.39
4K Write 1.43
4K Mixed 0.17
61% 0.66 MB/s
Poor: 51%
This bench: 73.4%
Great: 114%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$40
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz
Performing above expectations (77th percentile)
96.5% Outstanding
MC Read 36.2
MC Write 37.9
MC Mixed 27.2
96% 33.8 GB/s
SC Read 21.4
SC Write 41
SC Mixed 29.5
88% 30.6 GB/s
Latency 51.4
78% 51.4 ns
Poor: 61%
This bench: 96.5%
Great: 110%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

Typical Z170 PRO GAMING Builds (Compare 13,960 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 69%
Battle cruiser
Desktop
Desktop 87%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 58%
Gunboat

Motherboard: Asus Z170 PRO GAMING - $295

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 96% - Outstanding Total price: $744
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