Asus Z170 PRO GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 59% Gunboat	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 46% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 65.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	85.6% 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	81.5% 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.

Very high background CPU (47%). 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	13.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180516
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 05 '20 at 14:03
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	NOR-User
Background CPU	47%

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PC Performing as expected (45^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600-$132 80,688 User benchmarks, average bench 68% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	65.6% Good	Memory 80.1 1-Core 88.2 2-Core 175 67% 115 Pts	4-Core 294 8-Core 312 40% 303 Pts	64-Core 299 18% 299 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 65.6% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3302) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 451.48 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	85.6% Excellent	Lighting 108 Reflection 113 Parallax 94.3 88% 105 fps	MRender 96 Gravity 99.4 Splatting 99.7 81% 98.4 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 85.6% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Gigabyte SSD 240GB-$30 20,238 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 185GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFMBB.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 264 333 385 381 377 377 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	81.5% Excellent	Read 373 Write 368 Mixed 331 SusWrite 353 80% 356 MB/s	4K Read 24.1 4K Write 61.5 4K Mixed 29 106% 38.2 MB/s	DQ Read 248 DQ Write 309 DQ Mixed 206 176% 254 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 81.5% Great: 91%
SanDisk Cruzer Glide 32GB 23,482 User benchmarks, average bench 13% 27GB free, PID 5575 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 5.3 4.5 4.4 4.4 4.4 4.4 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	10.6% Very poor	Read 22 Write 14.5 Mixed 15.7 SusWrite 4.6 18% 14.2 MB/s	4K Read 3.5 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 2.1 146% 2.47 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 10.6% Great: 19%
Kingston DataTraveler 100 G3 USB 3.0 16GB-$7 60,636 User benchmarks, average bench 13% 11GB free, PID 1666 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 5.7 4.9 4.6 4.2 4.2 4.2 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	5.13% Terrible	Read 20.8 Write 7.8 Mixed 5.7 SusWrite 4.6 11% 9.72 MB/s	4K Read 4.7 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0.8 45% 1.83 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 5.13% Great: 23%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Adata DDR4 3000 2x8GB 77,202 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing below potential (20^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	69.4% Good	MC Read 27.4 MC Write 26.9 MC Mixed 21.9 73% 25.4 GB/s	SC Read 13.1 SC Write 19.4 SC Mixed 21 51% 17.8 GB/s	Latency 80.4 50% 80.4 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 69.4% Great: 104%

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

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Gaming 69%

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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	6,629x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	3,676x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	1,045x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	2,169x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	1,383x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,250x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	885x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	787x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	321x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	809x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	566x
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 $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