Asus Z170 PRO GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 108% UFO	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 92% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 93.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	112% 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.
Boot Drive	165% 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, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170 PRO GAMING (all builds)
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180516
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 09 '21 at 23:45
Run Duration	162 Seconds
Run User	PRT-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing as expected (53^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-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.7% Outstanding	Memory 96.3 1-Core 146 2-Core 279 97% 174 Pts	4-Core 492 8-Core 700 75% 596 Pts	64-Core 747 46% 747 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 93.7% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85EA) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 465.89 Performing below potential (10^th percentile) - Disable monitor sync before benchmarking (144 fps cap detected)	112% Outstanding	Lighting 144 Reflection 144 Parallax 144 117% 144 fps	MRender 138 Gravity 144 Splatting 127 111% 136 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata XPG SX8200 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$82 74,184 User benchmarks, average bench 242% 139GB free (System drive) Firmware: 42A4SANA Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 662 344 431 110 158 452 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	165% Outstanding	Read 2,183 Write 902 Mixed 147 SusWrite 360 195% 898 MB/s	4K Read 35.6 4K Write 55.2 4K Mixed 43.9 139% 44.9 MB/s	DQ Read 335 DQ Write 180 DQ Mixed 329 225% 282 MB/s
Poor: 147% ↑ This bench: 165% Great: 311%
PNY CS900 480GB-$42 17,946 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 163GB free Firmware: CS900BB3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 373 324 32 35 330 420 MB/s Performing below potential (35^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	74.1% Very good	Read 182 Write 102 Mixed 85.5 SusWrite 252 35% 155 MB/s	4K Read 17.6 4K Write 69.6 4K Mixed 43.9 120% 43.7 MB/s	DQ Read 265 DQ Write 310 DQ Mixed 216 183% 264 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 74.1% Great: 102%
Maxtor Z1 SSD 480GB 2,800 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 201GB free Firmware: STKSD010 SusWrite @10s intervals: 389 437 86 41 46 41 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	83.2% Excellent	Read 422 Write 320 Mixed 322 SusWrite 174 69% 309 MB/s	4K Read 23.4 4K Write 92 4K Mixed 41.5 137% 52.3 MB/s	DQ Read 261 DQ Write 312 DQ Mixed 192 171% 255 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 83.2% Great: 94%
Hitachi HTS545050A7E380 500GB 64,410 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 100GB free Firmware: GG2OAC90 SusWrite @10s intervals: 81 83 80 78 82 83 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	44.9% Average	Read 74.9 Write 82.6 Mixed 30.2 SusWrite 81.3 49% 67.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.5 102% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 44.9% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$55 215,644 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	98.7% Outstanding	MC Read 36.9 MC Write 38.9 MC Mixed 28.6 99% 34.8 GB/s	SC Read 20.9 SC Write 42.4 SC Mixed 29 88% 30.8 GB/s	Latency 53 76% 53 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 98.7% Great: 107%

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Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

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Motherboard: Asus Z170 PRO GAMING - $295

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	6,620x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	3,671x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	1,044x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	2,166x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	1,382x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,247x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	884x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	786x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	320x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	807x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	565x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	559x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $750

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	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