Asus Z170-PRO

Performance Results


Gaming 122% UFO	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 102% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (33rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 67 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 81.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	148% 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	153% 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.

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Motherboard	Asus Z170-PRO (all builds)
Memory	8.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160324
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 08 '20 at 08:44
Run Duration	162 Seconds
Run User	FIN-User
Background CPU	26%

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PC Performing below expectations (33^rd 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 as expected (49^th percentile)	81.1% Excellent	Memory 95 1-Core 129 2-Core 246 89% 157 Pts	4-Core 366 8-Core 512 55% 439 Pts	64-Core 641 40% 641 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 81.1% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3080-$910 424,051 User benchmarks, average bench 187% MSI(1462 3896) CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 4750 MHz, Ram: 10GB, Driver: 457.09 Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	148% Outstanding	Lighting 193 Reflection 220 Parallax 279 157% 231 fps	MRender 283 Gravity 219 Splatting 136 166% 213 fps
Poor: 163% ↑ This bench: 148% Great: 202%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 130GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 554 566 590 572 556 545 MB/s Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	153% Outstanding	Read 875 Write 1,079 Mixed 526 SusWrite 564 171% 761 MB/s	4K Read 32.5 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 38 157% 60.5 MB/s	DQ Read 1,026 DQ Write 622 DQ Mixed 694 552% 781 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 153% Great: 340%
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$155 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 94GB free Firmware: EXM04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 328 369 430 440 447 455 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 480 Write 451 Mixed 351 SusWrite 411 95% 424 MB/s	4K Read 32.5 4K Write 87.7 4K Mixed 40.2 147% 53.5 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 353 267% 360 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 124%
Crucial MX500 1TB-$86 202,785 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 529GB free Firmware: M3CR032 SusWrite @10s intervals: 318 360 420 427 436 441 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	97.4% Outstanding	Read 476 Write 413 Mixed 349 SusWrite 400 92% 410 MB/s	4K Read 23.5 4K Write 98.6 4K Mixed 32.5 129% 51.5 MB/s	DQ Read 318 DQ Write 333 DQ Mixed 268 218% 306 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 97.4% Great: 125%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 104GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 96 98 97 96 98 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	55.5% Above average	Read 95.8 Write 101 Mixed 61.7 SusWrite 96.9 65% 88.8 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1.1 221% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 55.5% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$37 287,720 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	104% Outstanding	MC Read 37.5 MC Write 40.3 MC Mixed 34.1 106% 37.3 GB/s	SC Read 21.7 SC Write 40.8 SC Mixed 31.5 90% 31.3 GB/s	Latency 57.2 70% 57.2 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 109%

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

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Gaming 69%

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Desktop 87%

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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 $250Bench 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 $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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