Asus Z170 PRO GAMING

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 30% Raft	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 24% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall 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.
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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	27.5% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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.

Motherboard	Asus Z170 PRO GAMING (all builds)
Memory	3.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180516
Uptime	2.1 Days
Run Date	Aug 15 '20 at 05:42
Run Duration	181 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	22%

PC Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	87.1% Excellent	Memory 94.5 1-Core 103 2-Core 260 84% 153 Pts	4-Core 479 8-Core 368 59% 424 Pts	64-Core 499 31% 499 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 87.1% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 270-$140 47,409 User benchmarks, average bench 24% Asus(1043 048D) CLim: 975 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 20.4.2 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	27.5% Poor	Lighting 34.4 Reflection 31.2 Parallax 41.4 28% 35.7 fps	MRender 28 Gravity 30.3 Splatting 36.7 26% 31.7 fps
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 27.5% Great: 26%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 191GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 7,264 Write 5,855 Mixed 5,528 1,382% 6,216 MB/s	4K Read 471 4K Write 169 4K Mixed 239 1,110% 293 MB/s	DQ Read 1,307 DQ Write 821 DQ Mixed 983 754% 1,037 MB/s
Poor: 80% Great: 134%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$65 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 126GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 35 37 39 38 37 41 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	17.4% Very poor	Read 22.5 Write 59.3 Mixed 53.7 SusWrite 37.8 33% 43.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.5 102% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 17.4% Great: 57%
HGST Deskstar NAS 4TB-$60 7,986 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 629GB free Firmware: MJAOA5E0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 107 107 109 110 111 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	75.4% Very good	Read 155 Write 160 Mixed 58.5 SusWrite 108 88% 120 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.8 173% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 75.4% Great: 92%
Toshiba MG05ACA800EY 8TB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 4TB free Firmware: GZ2D SusWrite @10s intervals: 191 191 187 196 195 194 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 158 Write 156 Mixed 82.3 SusWrite 192 107% 147 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 3.5 4K Mixed 0.9 223% 1.93 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 130%

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 @ 2933 MHz Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	96.1% Outstanding	MC Read 34.7 MC Write 36.9 MC Mixed 32.1 99% 34.6 GB/s	SC Read 19.4 SC Write 35.9 SC Mixed 27 78% 27.4 GB/s	Latency 58.4 68% 58.4 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 96.1% Great: 104%

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Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

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Motherboard: Asus Z170 PRO GAMING - $295

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	6,630x
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	1,251x

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