Asus Z170 PRO GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 92% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 79% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 88.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	101% 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	52.9% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). 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 GAMING (all builds)
Memory	12 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180516
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 01 '20 at 21:20
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	13%

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PC Performing above expectations (65^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 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	88.5% Excellent	Memory 90.3 1-Core 129 2-Core 272 90% 164 Pts	4-Core 467 8-Core 713 73% 590 Pts	64-Core 725 45% 725 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 88.5% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 373F) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 456.55 Performing below potential (51^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	101% Outstanding	Lighting 131 Reflection 136 Parallax 121 107% 130 fps	MRender 111 Gravity 129 Splatting 102 92% 114 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V+200 Series 120GB 853 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 10GB free (System drive) Firmware: 502ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 91 92 94 93 84 47 MB/s Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	52.9% Above average	Read 150 Write 117 Mixed 128 SusWrite 83.4 27% 120 MB/s	4K Read 20.7 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 26.1 123% 52.4 MB/s	DQ Read 106 DQ Write 114 DQ Mixed 96.2 76% 106 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 52.9% Great: 83%
Intel 600p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$119 20,782 User benchmarks, average bench 128% 113GB free Firmware: PSF100C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 558 552 498 239 149 121 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	137% Outstanding	Read 828 Write 544 Mixed 618 SusWrite 353 131% 586 MB/s	4K Read 31.7 4K Write 149 4K Mixed 50.3 192% 77.1 MB/s	DQ Read 504 DQ Write 539 DQ Mixed 468 367% 504 MB/s
Poor: 95% ↑ This bench: 137% Great: 144%
Hitachi HDT725032VLA380 320GB-$36 4,086 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 88GB free Firmware: V54OA7BA SusWrite @10s intervals: 58 58 58 59 59 59 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	33.7% Below average	Read 58.3 Write 52 Mixed 35 SusWrite 58.6 37% 51 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 149% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 33.7% Great: 40%
WD Green 1.5TB (2010)-$170 41,439 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 220GB free Firmware: 50.0AB50 SusWrite @10s intervals: 92 91 91 93 94 93 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	50.6% Above average	Read 83.8 Write 92.7 Mixed 69.5 SusWrite 92.2 62% 84.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.7 154% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 50.6% Great: 63%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2133 C13 2x8GB-$46 47,721 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	75.4% Very good	MC Read 27.2 MC Write 28.5 MC Mixed 23.1 75% 26.3 GB/s	SC Read 19.1 SC Write 30.5 SC Mixed 24.3 70% 24.6 GB/s	Latency 66.8 60% 66.8 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 75.4% Great: 80%

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

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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	3,674x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	1,045x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	2,168x
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 $109Bench 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	808x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 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 $295	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 $40	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