Asus Z170 PRO GAMING

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 87%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 89%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 76%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 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 82%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics104% 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 Drive139% 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.
Memory64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB 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.
Very high background CPU (36%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardAsus Z170 PRO GAMING  (all builds)
Memory56.9 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20160919
Uptime2.7 Days
Run DateMay 27 '21 at 10:35
Run Duration138 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 36%
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 PC Performing as expected (44th 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 as expected (57th percentile)
82% Excellent
Memory 84.5
1-Core 128
2-Core 256
86% 156 Pts
4-Core 427
8-Core 684
68% 556 Pts
64-Core 686
42% 686 Pts
Poor: 70%
This bench: 82%
Great: 90%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195
CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 466.47
Performing below potential (71st percentile) - GPU OC Guide
104% Outstanding
Lighting 133
Reflection 143
Parallax 133
108% 136 fps
MRender 111
Gravity 133
Splatting 116
98% 120 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 104%
Great: 110%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Nvme PLEXTOR PX-1TM8P 1TB
49GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.02 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 346 267 274 183 259 252 MB/s
Performing below expectations (23rd percentile)
139% Outstanding
Read 932
Write 702
Mixed 458
SusWrite 264
131% 589 MB/s
4K Read 26.8
4K Write 105
4K Mixed 54.6
166% 62.1 MB/s
DQ Read 875
DQ Write 640
DQ Mixed 441
416% 652 MB/s
Poor: 69%
This bench: 139%
Great: 236%
WD Red 2TB (2012)-$82
1TB free
Firmware: 82.00A82
SusWrite @10s intervals: 124 118 112 114 111 120 MB/s
Performing as expected (57th percentile)
68.6% Good
Read 122
Write 120
Mixed 86
SusWrite 117
82% 111 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 2.2
4K Mixed 0.9
182% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 45%
This bench: 68.6%
Great: 86%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$64
65GB free
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 84 85 85 86 86 86 MB/s
Performing below expectations (25th percentile)
53.1% Above average
Read 99.5
Write 85.5
Mixed 86.3
SusWrite 85.1
66% 89.1 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 2.3
4K Mixed 0.8
177% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 38%
This bench: 53.1%
Great: 85%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 4x16GB
4 of 4 slots used
64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing below potential (32nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
74.7% Very good
MC Read 26.5
MC Write 28.4
MC Mixed 23.7
75% 26.2 GB/s
SC Read 18.6
SC Write 30.9
SC Mixed 23.4
69% 24.3 GB/s
Latency 72.5
55% 72.5 ns
Poor: 65%
This bench: 74.7%
Great: 154%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Z170 PRO GAMING Builds (Compare 14,000 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 GAMING - $295

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 94% - Outstanding Total price: $755
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