Asus Z170-PRO

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 74%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 93%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 65%
Destroyer
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 85.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics82.5% 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 Drive217% 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.
Memory32GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Run History
MotherboardAsus Z170-PRO  (all builds)
Memory27.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20150917
Uptime0 Days
Run DateJun 20 '17 at 08:09
Run Duration132 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU2%

 PC Performing above expectations (69th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180
LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (79th percentile)
85.1% Excellent
Memory 91.7
1-Core 126
2-Core 251
88% 156 Pts
4-Core 423
8-Core 709
69% 566 Pts
64-Core 708
44% 708 Pts
Poor: 70%
This bench: 85.1%
Great: 90%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560
CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 376.53
Performing below potential (80th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
82.5% Excellent
Lighting 105
Reflection 112
Parallax 98.7
86% 105 fps
MRender 94.5
Gravity 99
Splatting 87.8
76% 93.8 fps
Poor: 70%
This bench: 82.5%
Great: 87%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94
465GB free
Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing below expectations (34th percentile)
107% Outstanding
Read 505
Write 405
Mixed 418
98% 443 MB/s
4K Read 30.7
4K Write 91.3
4K Mixed 49
158% 57 MB/s
DQ Read 321
DQ Write 236
DQ Mixed 127
136% 228 MB/s
Poor: 80%
This bench: 107%
Great: 134%
MyDigitalSSD BPX NVMe PCIe M.2 480GB-$148
447GB free
Firmware: E7FM03.6 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
219% Outstanding
Read 1,835
Write 1,307
Mixed 1,628
354% 1,590 MB/s
4K Read 29.2
4K Write 80.2
4K Mixed 42
140% 50.4 MB/s
DQ Read 548
DQ Write 442
DQ Mixed 185
223% 392 MB/s
Poor: 105%
This bench: 219%
Great: 207%
MyDigitalSSD BPX NVMe PCIe M.2 480GB-$148
148GB free (System drive)
Firmware: E7FM03.6 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
217% Outstanding
Read 2,111
Write 1,238
Mixed 1,624
367% 1,658 MB/s
4K Read 20.6
4K Write 56.4
4K Mixed 40.6
113% 39.2 MB/s
DQ Read 503
DQ Write 412
DQ Mixed 179
210% 364 MB/s
Poor: 105%
This bench: 217%
Great: 207%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GB
4 of 4 slots used
32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing below potential (21st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
74.8% Very good
MC Read 26.1
MC Write 28.5
MC Mixed 23.2
74% 25.9 GB/s
SC Read 18.4
SC Write 30.8
SC Mixed 24.6
70% 24.6 GB/s
Latency 64.5
62% 64.5 ns
Poor: 67%
This bench: 74.8%
Great: 119%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Z170-PRO Builds (Compare 961 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 69%
Battle cruiser
Desktop
Desktop 87%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 58%
Gunboat

Motherboard: Asus Z170-PRO - $210

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 100% - Outstanding Total price: $653
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