Asus Z170 PRO GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 49% Yacht	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 43% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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	49.1% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	113% 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.

Motherboard	Asus Z170 PRO GAMING (all builds)
Memory	11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180516
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 23 '20 at 21:48
Run Duration	306 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (67^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 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	89.9% Excellent	Memory 88.9 1-Core 128 2-Core 249 87% 155 Pts	4-Core 490 8-Core 704 75% 597 Pts	64-Core 690 43% 690 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 89.9% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 780-$329 50,279 User benchmarks, average bench 45% Gigabyte(1458 3604) 3GB CLim: 1293 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 457.30 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	49.1% Average	Lighting 59.2 Reflection 53.2 Parallax 69 48% 60.5 fps	MRender 70.6 Gravity 67.4 Splatting 51.7 51% 63.2 fps
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 49.1% Great: 49%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX500 500GB-$46 237,241 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 367GB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 389 343 347 353 335 316 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Read 462 Write 415 Mixed 407 SusWrite 347 92% 408 MB/s	4K Read 33.3 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 56.5 183% 68 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 340 DQ Mixed 290 237% 337 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 125%
SSD 240GB 38,401 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 74GB free Firmware: SBFM61.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 351 99 118 101 98 101 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	88.3% Excellent	Read 440 Write 331 Mixed 330 SusWrite 145 70% 312 MB/s	4K Read 37.8 4K Write 89.5 4K Mixed 42.6 159% 56.6 MB/s	DQ Read 268 DQ Write 313 DQ Mixed 206 178% 262 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 88.3% Great: 95%
Sabrent Rocket Q 1TB 30,033 User benchmarks, average bench 192% 368GB free Firmware: RKT30Q.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 737 1837 1860 1868 1881 1881 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	158% Outstanding	Read 120 Write 518 Mixed 171 SusWrite 1,677 144% 622 MB/s	4K Read 2.3 4K Write 121 4K Mixed 3.3 72% 42.1 MB/s	DQ Read 253 DQ Write 1,143 DQ Mixed 953 658% 783 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 158% Great: 305%
Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.C 1TB-$40 97,793 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 418GB free Firmware: JP4OA39C SusWrite @10s intervals: 85 90 89 90 89 90 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	55.8% Above average	Read 105 Write 103 Mixed 55.1 SusWrite 88.9 64% 88 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.9 155% 1 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 55.8% Great: 74%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 833GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 149 156 155 155 157 157 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	88.6% Excellent	Read 154 Write 114 Mixed 76.8 SusWrite 155 92% 125 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 88.6% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x8GB-$42 66,222 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	75.8% Very good	MC Read 27.7 MC Write 29 MC Mixed 23.2 76% 26.6 GB/s	SC Read 18 SC Write 30.1 SC Mixed 23.7 68% 23.9 GB/s	Latency 68.6 58% 68.6 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 75.8% 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 $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	6,631x
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	1,383x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,251x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	885x
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