Asus Z170-PRO

Performance Results


Gaming 60% Gunboat	Desktop 103% UFO	Workstation 53% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 95%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	55.2% 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	179% 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.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-PRO (all builds)
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1360 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180314
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 02 '21 at 20:50
Run Duration	215 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (64^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-$241 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	95% Outstanding	Memory 96.8 1-Core 157 2-Core 298 102% 184 Pts	4-Core 502 8-Core 800 80% 651 Pts	64-Core 807 50% 807 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 95% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-3GB-$119 627,793 User benchmarks, average bench 52% Gigabyte(1458 3724) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 466.11 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	55.2% Above average	Lighting 68 Reflection 69.8 Parallax 70.8 55% 69.5 fps	MRender 67.3 Gravity 69.6 Splatting 64.6 55% 67.2 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 55.2% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Team TM8FP6001T 1TB 9,663 User benchmarks, average bench 227% 528GB free (System drive) Firmware: S1218A3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 709 399 399 194 190 188 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	179% Outstanding	Read 2,000 Write 1,340 Mixed 1,052 SusWrite 347 262% 1,185 MB/s	4K Read 54.6 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 23.2 173% 64.1 MB/s	DQ Read 811 DQ Write 480 DQ Mixed 118 230% 470 MB/s
Poor: 143% ↑ This bench: 179% Great: 305%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 350GB free Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 973 929 907 598 596 595 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	203% Outstanding	Read 1,411 Write 976 Mixed 648 SusWrite 766 212% 950 MB/s	4K Read 44.6 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 59.5 203% 72.1 MB/s	DQ Read 1,057 DQ Write 586 DQ Mixed 690 548% 777 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 203% Great: 254%
WD Purple Surveillance 8TB (2017)-$225 256 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 5.5TB free Firmware: 80.H0A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 127 140 143 137 144 140 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	83.5% Excellent	Read 152 Write 164 Mixed 80.4 SusWrite 138 98% 134 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 1.3 221% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 83.5% Great: 100%
WD WD40EURX 4TB-$113 567 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 121 137 131 138 139 141 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	71.9% Very good	Read 116 Write 120 Mixed 29.4 SusWrite 135 72% 100 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.4 73% 0.43 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 71.9% Great: 94%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB 18,693 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3183 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	MC Read 39 MC Write 40.2 MC Mixed 28.6 103% 35.9 GB/s	SC Read 24.8 SC Write 43 SC Mixed 31.9 95% 33.2 GB/s	Latency 51 78% 51 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 102%

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Gaming 69%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 58%

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Motherboard: Asus Z170-PRO - $210

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	513x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	125x
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	78x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	169x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	105x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	71x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	62x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	55x
950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung $625Bench 223%, 54,978 samples	23x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	69x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	55x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x16GBCorsair $560Bench 84%, 34,441 samples	34x

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Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $674

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $274	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 $183	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) $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