Asus Z170 PRO GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 159% UFO	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 139% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	182% is a record breaking 3D score, it's almost off the scale. This GPU can handle all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	106% 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	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.

Very high background CPU (34%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170 PRO GAMING (all builds)
Memory	9.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160307
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 10 '20 at 13:54
Run Duration	236 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	34%

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PC Performing above expectations (61^st 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 way above expectations (89^th percentile)	87.5% Excellent	Memory 94.6 1-Core 116 2-Core 223 83% 145 Pts	4-Core 432 8-Core 750 72% 591 Pts	64-Core 739 46% 739 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 87.5% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3080-$910 424,051 User benchmarks, average bench 187% Zotac(19DA 1612) CLim: 2115 MHz, MLim: 4750 MHz, Ram: 10GB, Driver: 457.30 Performing below potential (25^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	182% Outstanding	Lighting 267 Reflection 240 Parallax 303 217% 270 fps	MRender 298 Gravity 226 Splatting 138 171% 221 fps
Poor: 163% ↑ This bench: 182% Great: 202%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 32GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 279 151 156 125 116 106 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 501 Write 447 Mixed 334 SusWrite 156 80% 359 MB/s	4K Read 43.3 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 54 197% 71.8 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 339 DQ Mixed 355 268% 359 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 124%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 45GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 400 289 291 290 290 292 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	116% Outstanding	Read 497 Write 485 Mixed 406 SusWrite 309 95% 424 MB/s	4K Read 42.3 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 57.8 195% 69.4 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 358 270% 362 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 124%
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$158 331,647 User benchmarks, average bench 297% 364GB free Firmware: 1B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2303 1699 1278 1277 1277 1278 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	337% Outstanding	Read 2,453 Write 2,310 Mixed 1682 SusWrite 1,519 447% 1,991 MB/s	4K Read 57 4K Write 155 4K Mixed 79.8 271% 97.3 MB/s	DQ Read 1,508 DQ Write 1,275 DQ Mixed 1,363 1,029% 1,382 MB/s
Poor: 214% ↑ This bench: 337% Great: 372%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 37GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 105 116 111 116 101 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	56.3% Above average	Read 88.1 Write 91.7 Mixed 67.4 SusWrite 108 66% 88.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.6 106% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 56.3% Great: 114%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$75 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 1TB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 177 179 180 173 180 178 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 180 Write 194 Mixed 26.3 SusWrite 178 104% 145 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 5.1 4K Mixed 1.9 347% 2.67 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x4GB-$408 6,794 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	96.3% Outstanding	MC Read 35.1 MC Write 37.1 MC Mixed 30.2 98% 34.1 GB/s	SC Read 21.7 SC Write 39.2 SC Mixed 28.7 85% 29.9 GB/s	Latency 58.2 69% 58.2 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 96.3% Great: 115%

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

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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	6,619x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	3,671x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	1,044x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	2,165x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	1,381x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,247x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	884x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	786x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $129Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	320x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	806x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	565x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	559x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $750

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