Asus Z170 PRO GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 94% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 81% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 89.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	102% 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	104% 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	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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Asus Z170 PRO GAMING (all builds)
Memory	28 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151116
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 24 '20 at 15:17
Run Duration	123 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	11%

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PC Performing above expectations (62^nd 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-$219 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	89.9% Excellent	Memory 91.7 1-Core 139 2-Core 275 93% 169 Pts	4-Core 474 8-Core 740 75% 607 Pts	64-Core 741 46% 741 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 89.9% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060S (Super)-$510 319,148 User benchmarks, average bench 100% MSI(1462 C757) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2115 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing below potential (73^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	102% Outstanding	Lighting 124 Reflection 120 Parallax 137 101% 127 fps	MRender 179 Gravity 114 Splatting 104 105% 132 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$85 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 110GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 434 392 291 195 175 172 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 487 Write 470 Mixed 394 SusWrite 277 91% 407 MB/s	4K Read 39.4 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 55 189% 68.5 MB/s	DQ Read 37.4 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 360 228% 247 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 134%
Hitachi HTS545050B9A 500GB 12 User benchmarks, average bench 21% 384GB free, PID 0237 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 42 42 42 42 42 42 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	19.3% Very poor	Read 40.2 Write 35.2 Mixed 30 SusWrite 41.7 50% 36.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.7 73% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 19.3% Great: 27%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial Ballistix Sport LT DDR4 2400 C16 4x8GB-$227 628 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	80.8% Excellent	MC Read 28.3 MC Write 30.6 MC Mixed 26.2 81% 28.4 GB/s	SC Read 18.9 SC Write 32.6 SC Mixed 25.8 74% 25.8 GB/s	Latency 64.6 62% 64.6 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 80.8% Great: 88%

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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 $219Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	6,689x
Core i5-6600KIntel $122Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	3,701x
Core i7-6700Intel $219Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	1,055x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	2,188x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	1,387x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,262x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	895x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	795x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	323x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	818x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	572x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	562x

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Value: 92% - Outstanding

Total price: $794

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $124	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16