Asus Z170-PRO

Performance Results


Gaming 118% UFO	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 107% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 84%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	137% 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	377% 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.
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.

Very high background CPU (52%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-PRO (all builds)
Memory	26.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180314
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 23 '20 at 23:34
Run Duration	253 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	52%

PC Performing above expectations (77^th 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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	84% Excellent	Memory 97.2 1-Core 133 2-Core 218 87% 149 Pts	4-Core 381 8-Core 783 68% 582 Pts	64-Core 762 47% 762 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 84% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080S (Super)-$466 261,508 User benchmarks, average bench 131% MSI(1462 372D) CLim: 2115 MHz, MLim: 3875 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 456.38 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	137% Outstanding	Lighting 190 Reflection 180 Parallax 178 155% 183 fps	MRender 208 Gravity 165 Splatting 115 128% 163 fps
Poor: 116% ↑ This bench: 137% Great: 139%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 2TB-$150 200,600 User benchmarks, average bench 336% 1.5TB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2030 2209 2252 2068 1582 1581 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	377% Outstanding	Read 2,601 Write 2,368 Mixed 1,859 SusWrite 1,954 493% 2,195 MB/s	4K Read 64.1 4K Write 178 4K Mixed 92.5 310% 112 MB/s	DQ Read 1,355 DQ Write 1208 DQ Mixed 1,275 958% 1,279 MB/s
Poor: 223% ↑ This bench: 377% Great: 435%
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 931GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 492 493 493 493 491 489 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	135% Outstanding	Read 501 Write 481 Mixed 424 SusWrite 492 107% 474 MB/s	4K Read 46.3 4K Write 128 4K Mixed 64.9 221% 79.8 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 362 272% 363 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 135% Great: 133%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 134GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 492 492 493 493 491 489 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	135% Outstanding	Read 502 Write 489 Mixed 420 SusWrite 492 107% 476 MB/s	4K Read 46.7 4K Write 128 4K Mixed 65 222% 79.8 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 359 271% 362 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 135% Great: 134%
Samsung 850 EVO M.2 250GB 28,058 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 231GB free Firmware: EMT21B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 424 313 313 313 312 313 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	125% Outstanding	Read 506 Write 488 Mixed 410 SusWrite 331 98% 434 MB/s	4K Read 46.3 4K Write 127 4K Mixed 63.4 219% 78.9 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 357 270% 362 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 125% Great: 122%
WD Black 4TB (2016)-$174 9,888 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 803GB free Firmware: 81.H0A81 SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 109 112 113 110 112 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	64.2% Good	Read 111 Write 109 Mixed 62.7 SusWrite 111 72% 98.5 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 5.9 4K Mixed 0.7 233% 2.57 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 64.2% Great: 113%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 931GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 114 112 118 115 115 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	69.4% Good	Read 127 Write 125 Mixed 85.5 SusWrite 114 83% 113 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 193% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 69.4% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMU32GX4M4C3400C16 4x8GB 944 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3403 MHz Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	MC Read 40.8 MC Write 42.6 MC Mixed 35.5 113% 39.6 GB/s	SC Read 22.8 SC Write 44.7 SC Mixed 31.5 94% 33 GB/s	Latency 49.5 81% 49.5 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 128%

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Gaming 69%

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Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

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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 $242Bench 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 $109Bench 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 $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	55x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x16GBCorsair $560Bench 84%, 34,441 samples	34x

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Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $674

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	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) $30	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