Asus Z170 PRO GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 99% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 79% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 90.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	107% 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	117% 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	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 (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z170 PRO GAMING (all builds)
Memory	14 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180516
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 03 '20 at 07:46
Run Duration	160 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	20%

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PC Performing above expectations (80^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	90.5% Outstanding	Memory 88.9 1-Core 136 2-Core 273 91% 166 Pts	4-Core 529 8-Core 545 71% 537 Pts	64-Core 512 32% 512 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 90.5% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 85AA) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 432.00 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Lighting 139 Reflection 152 Parallax 141 113% 144 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 137 Splatting 111 99% 121 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX500 500GB-$39 237,241 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 414GB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 374 359 455 430 380 384 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	117% Outstanding	Read 457 Write 434 Mixed 402 SusWrite 397 95% 422 MB/s	4K Read 34 4K Write 127 4K Mixed 54.6 189% 71.9 MB/s	DQ Read 387 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 293 240% 342 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 125%
SanDisk SSD Plus 120GB-$42 87,912 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 54GB free Firmware: Z32080RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 265 74 77 77 77 77 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	67.8% Good	Read 426 Write 382 Mixed 342 SusWrite 108 70% 314 MB/s	4K Read 21.7 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 20.9 118% 50.9 MB/s	DQ Read 150 DQ Write 279 DQ Mixed 30.9 75% 153 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 67.8% Great: 78%
Toshiba MQ04ABF100 1TB 179,769 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 585GB free Firmware: JU001J SusWrite @10s intervals: 116 116 115 117 117 117 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	74.7% Very good	Read 142 Write 137 Mixed 54.9 SusWrite 116 82% 113 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 5.6 4K Mixed 0.6 229% 2.53 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 74.7% Great: 79%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 137GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 105 105 107 104 105 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	78% Very good	Read 167 Write 160 Mixed 104 SusWrite 105 99% 134 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1.2 237% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 78% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D240FSB.16FBR2 2x8GB 3,888 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	86.4% Excellent	MC Read 31.4 MC Write 32.9 MC Mixed 28.3 88% 30.9 GB/s	SC Read 19.3 SC Write 33.1 SC Mixed 26.5 75% 26.3 GB/s	Latency 68.6 58% 68.6 ns
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 86.4% Great: 86%

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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	6,632x
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	1,384x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,251x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	886x
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	567x
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 $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