Asus Z170 PRO GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 43% Speed boat	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 35% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (39th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 61 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 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	49% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	227% 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

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170 PRO GAMING (all builds)
Memory	11 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit kolorów
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170623
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 28 '21 at 22:49
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	POL-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	76.3% Very good	Memory 82.3 1-Core 142 2-Core 275 91% 166 Pts	4-Core 402 8-Core 431 55% 416 Pts	64-Core 414 26% 414 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 76.3% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Asus(1043 8508) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing below potential (57^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	49% Average	Lighting 59.5 Reflection 69.9 Parallax 62.6 48% 64 fps	MRender 69.9 Gravity 61.1 Splatting 55.3 50% 62.1 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 49% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial P5 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$69 17,082 User benchmarks, average bench 256% 366GB free (System drive) Firmware: P4CR324 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1069 1542 1746 1881 547 440 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	227% Outstanding	Read 1413 Write 1,855 Mixed 1,187 SusWrite 1,204 319% 1,415 MB/s	4K Read 44.6 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 59.2 201% 71 MB/s	DQ Read 879 DQ Write 682 DQ Mixed 869 626% 810 MB/s
Poor: 168% ↑ This bench: 227% Great: 332%
CT1000BX500SSD1 1TB 46,239 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 463GB free Firmware: M6CR030 SusWrite @10s intervals: 281 385 256 29 27 217 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	78.7% Very good	Read 442 Write 344 Mixed 357 SusWrite 199 75% 336 MB/s	4K Read 30.7 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 23 133% 53.9 MB/s	DQ Read 130 DQ Write 315 DQ Mixed 37 81% 161 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 78.7% Great: 100%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$23 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 303GB free Firmware: HP74 SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 100 104 104 104 104 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	47.4% Average	Read 62.5 Write 73.1 Mixed 48.1 SusWrite 103 52% 71.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.5 101% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 47.4% Great: 88%
Toshiba P300 1TB-$67 318,836 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 247GB free Firmware: MS2OA8J0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 98 118 116 115 119 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	67.9% Good	Read 123 Write 124 Mixed 15.3 SusWrite 114 68% 93.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.7 150% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 67.9% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 2400 C12 2x8GB 7,412 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing below potential (14^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	65.3% Good	MC Read 23.7 MC Write 24.8 MC Mixed 20.6 66% 23 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 24.2 SC Mixed 20.2 57% 20 GB/s	Latency 76.4 52% 76.4 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 65.3% Great: 90%

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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	6,628x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	3,674x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	1,045x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	2,168x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	1,383x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,249x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	885x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	787x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	321x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	808x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	566x
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 $273	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 $179	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