Asus Z170 PRO GAMING

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 94% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 80% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 97.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	95.6% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Windows 10 is the most recent version of Windows, and the best to date in our opinion.

Run History

2 months ago, 2 months ago, 1 month ago, 1 month ago, 1 month ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170 PRO GAMING (all builds)
Memory	28.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170623
Uptime	1.8 Days
Run Date	Nov 24 '20 at 16:00
Run Duration	120 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing as expected (57^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$379 505,701 User benchmarks, average bench 87% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	97.9% Outstanding	Memory 94.7 1-Core 142 2-Core 284 98% 174 Pts	4-Core 548 8-Core 763 85% 655 Pts	64-Core 766 51% 766 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 97.9% Great: 97%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$338 351,317 User benchmarks, average bench 89% Gigabyte(1458 3FC1) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2235 MHz, MLim: 3650 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	95.6% Outstanding	Lighting 123 Reflection 114 Parallax 118 99% 118 fps	MRender 144 Gravity 108 Splatting 99.2 92% 117 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 95.6% Great: 96%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$38 2,241,769 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 170GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 105 104 112 107 110 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	71.6% Very good	Read 143 Write 124 Mixed 75 SusWrite 106 82% 112 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.1 224% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 71.6% Great: 107%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$52 310,978 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 124GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 116 119 119 117 117 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	57.9% Above average	Read 89.1 Write 99.6 Mixed 60.3 SusWrite 113 66% 90.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.1 60% 0.53 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 57.9% Great: 110%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GB 40,071 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	98.4% Outstanding	MC Read 35.7 MC Write 37.9 MC Mixed 30.1 99% 34.6 GB/s	SC Read 22.6 SC Write 43 SC Mixed 30.9 92% 32.2 GB/s	Latency 58 69% 58 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 98.4% Great: 110%

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Desktop 90%

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Workstation 61%

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Motherboard: Asus Z170 PRO GAMING - $228

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $267Bench 84%, 515,802 samples	7,166x
Core i5-6600KIntel $187Bench 80%, 286,724 samples	4,704x
Core i7-6700Intel $274Bench 76%, 192,184 samples	1,109x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $330Bench 79%, 993,871 samples	2,749x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $290Bench 57%, 1,110,464 samples	1,627x
GTX 1080Nvidia $450Bench 106%, 816,196 samples	1,620x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $70Bench 105%, 768,156 samples	1,302x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $125Bench 110%, 647,981 samples	1,180x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $57Bench 106%, 531,607 samples	436x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $71Bench 84%, 455,838 samples	1,091x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 72%, 45,494 samples	696x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $79Bench 85%, 403,833 samples	635x

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Value: 67% - Good

Total price: $966

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-10600K $257	Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $400	Crucial MX500 250GB $47
Intel Core i5-9600K $200	Nvidia RTX 3070 $500	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $78
Intel Core i5-10400F $161	Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super) $240	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $40

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $43	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $79	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $38	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $71	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $85	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $649	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16