Asus Z170 PRO GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 135% UFO	Desktop 100% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 116% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 93.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	142% 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	214% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170 PRO GAMING (all builds)
Memory	26.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180516
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 24 '21 at 10:11
Run Duration	200 Seconds
Run User	PRT-User
Background CPU	17%

PC Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$235 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	93.6% Outstanding	Memory 95.7 1-Core 141 2-Core 276 95% 171 Pts	4-Core 493 8-Core 764 78% 628 Pts	64-Core 771 48% 771 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 93.6% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080S (Super)-$466 261,508 User benchmarks, average bench 131% Asus(1043 8712) CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3875 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 466.47 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	142% Outstanding	Lighting 198 Reflection 189 Parallax 212 161% 200 fps	MRender 204 Gravity 168 Splatting 138 136% 170 fps
Poor: 116% ↑ This bench: 142% Great: 139%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 760p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$33 20,095 User benchmarks, average bench 190% 80GB free (System drive) Firmware: 001C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 417 206 278 275 275 279 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	214% Outstanding	Read 1,994 Write 1,019 Mixed 1,036 SusWrite 288 239% 1,084 MB/s	4K Read 59.6 4K Write 128 4K Mixed 79.6 260% 88.9 MB/s	DQ Read 649 DQ Write 946 DQ Mixed 592 505% 729 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 214% Great: 244%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 29GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 300 290 291 128 105 104 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 484 Write 437 Mixed 404 SusWrite 203 86% 382 MB/s	4K Read 44.3 4K Write 98.5 4K Mixed 59.6 196% 67.5 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 358 270% 362 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 124%
Kingston HyperX 3K 240GB-$70 27,495 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 47GB free Firmware: 506ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 193 213 217 212 219 219 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	84.3% Excellent	Read 355 Write 253 Mixed 286 SusWrite 212 62% 276 MB/s	4K Read 33.1 4K Write 94.7 4K Mixed 38.8 150% 55.5 MB/s	DQ Read 279 DQ Write 227 DQ Mixed 179 154% 228 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 84.3% Great: 94%
Crucial BX500 480GB-$38 83,298 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 8GB free Firmware: M6CR022 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 485 Write 242 Mixed 318 77% 348 MB/s	4K Read 24.1 4K Write 6.7 4K Mixed 0.4 40% 10.4 MB/s
Poor: 35% Great: 92%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$72 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 10GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 41 40 41 44 44 43 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	24.3% Poor	Read 42 Write 42.2 Mixed 39.6 SusWrite 42.2 31% 41.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.6 121% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 24.3% Great: 57%
Generic Flash Disk 16GB 18,883 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 15GB free, PID 6387 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Mixed 1.7 3% 1.7 MB/s	4K Read 4.8 4K Mixed 0 27% 2.4 MB/s
Poor: 2% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GB 25 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	MC Read 38.7 MC Write 40.2 MC Mixed 34.8 108% 37.9 GB/s	SC Read 22.7 SC Write 40 SC Mixed 31.6 90% 31.4 GB/s	Latency 55.1 73% 55.1 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 108%

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

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Motherboard: Asus Z170 PRO GAMING - $295

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	6,676x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	3,693x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	1,053x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	2,182x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	1,386x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,260x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	893x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	793x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	323x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	817x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	571x
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 i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16