Asus Z170 PRO GAMING

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (32nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 68 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 66.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Boot Drive	125% 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	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	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170 PRO GAMING (all builds)
Memory	25.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit färger
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180516
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	May 03 '21 at 13:45
Run Duration	184 Seconds
Run User	NOR-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing below expectations (32^nd 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 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	66.2% Good	Memory 56.6 1-Core 86.1 2-Core 221 63% 121 Pts	4-Core 406 8-Core 643 65% 525 Pts	64-Core 640 40% 640 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 66.2% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? Asus(1043 8694) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 27.20.100.8681 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 7.1 Reflection 117 Parallax 8.3 6% 44.2 fps	Gravity 7.2 Splatting 0.2 3% 3.7 fps
Poor: 3% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston HyperX Predator AHCI PCIe M.2 240GB-$141 6,458 User benchmarks, average bench 131% 61GB free (System drive) Firmware: OC34L5TA Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 614 628 520 536 418 281 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	125% Outstanding	Read 1,099 Write 586 Mixed 440 SusWrite 499 145% 656 MB/s	4K Read 30.6 4K Write 65.6 4K Mixed 29.4 119% 41.9 MB/s	DQ Read 441 DQ Write 215 DQ Mixed 95.3 133% 251 MB/s
Poor: 84% ↑ This bench: 125% Great: 159%
WD Green 120GB (2018)-$59 69,933 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 44GB free Firmware: UE300000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 84 40 16 17 63 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	40.2% Average	Read 402 Write 191 Mixed 244 SusWrite 55.5 49% 223 MB/s	4K Read 14.6 4K Write 27.7 4K Mixed 16.3 58% 19.5 MB/s	DQ Read 119 DQ Write 10.9 DQ Mixed 33.7 32% 54.5 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 40.2% Great: 53%
Samsung Spinpoint F4 2TB-$119 45,158 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 1.5TB free Firmware: 1AQ10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 75 88 88 89 89 89 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	45.6% Average	Read 72.1 Write 42.6 Mixed 58.6 SusWrite 86.4 48% 64.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.9 172% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 45.6% Great: 72%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$80 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 1.5TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 114 113 115 115 115 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	68.7% Good	Read 125 Write 103 Mixed 69.2 SusWrite 114 76% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 195% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 68.7% Great: 88%
USB DISK 3.0 32GB 749 User benchmarks, average bench 19% 24GB free, PID 9917 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 8.5 16 18 12 15 17 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	9.97% Terrible	Read 32.6 Write 7.7 Mixed 14.7 SusWrite 14.4 20% 17.4 MB/s	4K Read 3.7 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.4 41% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 9.97% Great: 34%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair ValueSelect DDR4 2133 C15 2x16GB 519 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	69.3% Good	MC Read 26.3 MC Write 27.6 MC Mixed 22.7 73% 25.5 GB/s	SC Read 14.6 SC Write 26.8 SC Mixed 19.3 58% 20.2 GB/s	Latency 138 29% 138 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 69.3% Great: 80%

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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	6,655x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	3,687x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	1,049x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	2,176x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	1,385x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,255x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	891x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	791x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	323x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	815x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	570x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	561x

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Value: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $755

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16