Asus Z170 PRO GAMING

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 84% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 72% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 81%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	105% 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.
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

1 month ago, 26 days ago, 16 days ago, 14 days ago, 13 days ago, 13 days ago, 12 days ago, 12 days ago, 11 days ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170 PRO GAMING (all builds)
Memory	26.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180516
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Jan 14 '21 at 17:37
Run Duration	119 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing as expected (43^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-$267 515,802 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	81% Excellent	Memory 87 1-Core 124 2-Core 228 85% 146 Pts	4-Core 404 8-Core 651 67% 528 Pts	64-Core 642 43% 642 Pts
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 81% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$450 816,196 User benchmarks, average bench 106% Asus(1043 859B) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 461.09 Performing below potential (54^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	105% Outstanding	Lighting 129 Reflection 142 Parallax 132 104% 134 fps	MRender 118 Gravity 134 Splatting 118 106% 124 fps
Poor: 96% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 117%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Intel 600p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$85 18,034 User benchmarks, average bench 133% 121GB free (System drive) Firmware: PSF121C Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 35 48 50 51 52 50 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 97% Great: 241%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$77 245,542 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 1.5TB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 164 157 157 150 153 159 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	93.3% Outstanding	Read 169 Write 138 Mixed 50.6 SusWrite 157 93% 129 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.8 177% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 93.3% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GB 1,965 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	74.5% Very good	MC Read 26.8 MC Write 28.6 MC Mixed 22.9 75% 26.1 GB/s	SC Read 18.3 SC Write 30.4 SC Mixed 23.2 68% 24 GB/s	Latency 70.5 57% 70.5 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 74.5% Great: 116%

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Gaming 71%

Battleship

Desktop 89%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 61%

Destroyer

Motherboard: Asus Z170 PRO GAMING - $228

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $267Bench 84%, 515,802 samples	7,192x
Core i5-6600KIntel $187Bench 80%, 286,724 samples	4,726x
Core i7-6700Intel $274Bench 76%, 192,184 samples	1,113x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $330Bench 79%, 993,871 samples	2,755x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $290Bench 57%, 1,110,464 samples	1,632x
GTX 1080Nvidia $450Bench 106%, 816,196 samples	1,626x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $70Bench 102%, 737,528 samples	1,305x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $125Bench 110%, 647,981 samples	1,183x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $57Bench 106%, 531,607 samples	436x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $71Bench 84%, 455,838 samples	1,101x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 72%, 45,494 samples	698x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $79Bench 86%, 396,183 samples	636x

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Value: 67% - Good

Total price: $966

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-9600K $200	Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $400	Crucial MX500 250GB $47
Intel Core i5-10600K $257	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