Asus Z170 PRO GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 19% Surfboard	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (86th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 14 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 86.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	10.7% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	118% 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.

Very high background CPU (50%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus Z170 PRO GAMING (all builds)
Memory	13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180516
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 16 '21 at 18:07
Run Duration	162 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	50%

PC Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700-$180 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	86.8% Excellent	Memory 91.7 1-Core 126 2-Core 247 87% 155 Pts	4-Core 443 8-Core 628 67% 536 Pts	64-Core 631 39% 631 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 86.8% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon Pro WX 2100 1,045 User benchmarks, average bench 11% Dell(1028 0B0C) 2GB CLim: 1219 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 21.3.2 Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	10.7% Very poor	Lighting 11.5 Reflection 22.3 Parallax 17.6 9% 17.1 fps	MRender 13.2 Gravity 13 Splatting 20.2 13% 15.5 fps
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 10.7% Great: 12%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 94GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 395 302 303 304 302 269 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	118% Outstanding	Read 448 Write 437 Mixed 398 SusWrite 312 90% 399 MB/s	4K Read 45.8 4K Write 122 4K Mixed 62.2 214% 76.5 MB/s	DQ Read 356 DQ Write 311 DQ Mixed 328 248% 332 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 124%
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 60GB free Firmware: BBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 121 114 123 109 125 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	74.3% Very good	Read 351 Write 135 Mixed 190 SusWrite 116 44% 198 MB/s	4K Read 32.3 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 36 153% 59.3 MB/s	DQ Read 161 DQ Write 145 DQ Mixed 143 110% 150 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 74.3% Great: 73%
Sandisk SD7SN6S-128G-1006 128GB 1,206 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 82GB free Firmware: 1006 SusWrite @10s intervals: 222 178 177 178 177 176 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	91.6% Outstanding	Read 412 Write 411 Mixed 255 SusWrite 185 71% 316 MB/s	4K Read 33.6 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 45.5 166% 62.3 MB/s	DQ Read 316 DQ Write 250 DQ Mixed 203 174% 256 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 91.6% Great: 89%
Seagate ST3500312CS 500GB-$16 89,637 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 346GB free Firmware: SC13 SusWrite @10s intervals: 70 74 75 75 73 74 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	51.5% Above average	Read 106 Write 107 Mixed 50.2 SusWrite 73.4 62% 84.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 132% 1 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 51.5% Great: 60%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GB-$42 131,007 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	91.7% Outstanding	MC Read 34.2 MC Write 35.2 MC Mixed 28.6 93% 32.7 GB/s	SC Read 18.8 SC Write 38.1 SC Mixed 27.6 80% 28.2 GB/s	Latency 64.7 62% 64.7 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 91.7% Great: 95%

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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	6,642x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	3,682x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	1,045x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	2,171x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	1,385x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,252x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	888x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	789x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	322x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	811x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	569x
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 $269	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 $40	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