Asus Z170 PRO GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 15% Surfboard	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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	8.15% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	129% 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.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170 PRO GAMING (all builds)
Memory	9.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160919
Uptime	5.2 Days
Run Date	Nov 14 '20 at 19:08
Run Duration	196 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (66^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 (97^th percentile)	89.9% Excellent	Memory 91.8 1-Core 138 2-Core 276 93% 168 Pts	4-Core 474 8-Core 765 76% 620 Pts	64-Core 755 47% 755 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 89.9% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) 188,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 8694) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 25.20.100.6373 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	8.15% Terrible	Lighting 8.53 Reflection 11.7 Parallax 8.69 7% 9.65 fps	MRender 11.7 Gravity 7.8 Splatting 17.1 10% 12.2 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 8.15% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force MP500 NVMe PCIe M.2 240GB-$43 14,860 User benchmarks, average bench 151% 90GB free (System drive) Firmware: E7FM02.1 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 492 260 501 179 173 177 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	129% Outstanding	Read 859 Write 494 Mixed 573 SusWrite 297 124% 556 MB/s	4K Read 23.9 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 30.7 136% 56.5 MB/s	DQ Read 886 DQ Write 708 DQ Mixed 464 438% 686 MB/s
Poor: 106% ↑ This bench: 129% Great: 210%
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 55GB free Firmware: EXT0BB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 233 159 129 125 127 132 MB/s Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	67.2% Good	Read 238 Write 223 Mixed 216 SusWrite 151 46% 207 MB/s	4K Read 28 4K Write 71.9 4K Mixed 37.2 128% 45.7 MB/s	DQ Read 200 DQ Write 189 DQ Mixed 152 126% 180 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 67.2% Great: 108%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$59 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 76GB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 7,132 Write 10,653 Mixed 8,317 6,545% 8,701 MB/s	4K Read 536 4K Write 461 4K Mixed 480 84,142% 492 MB/s	DQ Read 2,027 DQ Write 1,800 DQ Mixed 1,802 16,857% 1,876 MB/s
Poor: 49% Great: 108%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 320GB-$80 31,610 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 245GB free Firmware: 3.ADG SusWrite @10s intervals: 76 77 77 77 77 77 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	44.2% Average	Read 77 Write 78 Mixed 47 SusWrite 76.9 51% 69.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.7 129% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 44.2% Great: 43%
SanDisk Ultra Fit 124GB 7,722 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 8GB free, PID 5583 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 60 55 25 27 27 24 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	35.9% Below average	Read 140 Write 64.7 Mixed 74.8 SusWrite 36.2 94% 79 MB/s	4K Read 2.6 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 2.4 170% 2.43 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 35.9% Great: 37%
USB DISK 2.0 64GB 453 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 3GB free, PID 4200 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 8 8.1 8.4 7.8 8.4 8 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	6.4% Terrible	Read 21.7 Write 4.7 Mixed 10.3 SusWrite 8.1 13% 11.2 MB/s	4K Read 5 4K Write 0.1 4K Mixed 1 56% 2.03 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.4% Great: 10%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB-$299 20,912 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (24^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	73.5% Very good	MC Read 26.9 MC Write 27.6 MC Mixed 22.3 73% 25.6 GB/s	SC Read 17.9 SC Write 28.7 SC Mixed 23.8 67% 23.5 GB/s	Latency 64.4 62% 64.4 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 73.5% Great: 91%

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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	6,655x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	3,688x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	1,049x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	2,177x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	1,385x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,255x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	891x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	791x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	323x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	815x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	570x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	561x

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Value: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $755

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16