Asus Z170 PRO GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 68% Battle cruiser	Desktop 100% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 55% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (84th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 16 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 97.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	63.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	91.3% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.

High background CPU (24%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus Z170 PRO GAMING (all builds)
Memory	13.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150717
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Jun 15 '21 at 04:53
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	NZL-User
Background CPU	24%

PC Performing above expectations (84^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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	97.7% Outstanding	Memory 94.3 1-Core 147 2-Core 293 98% 178 Pts	4-Core 585 8-Core 576 78% 580 Pts	64-Core 587 36% 587 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 97.7% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% EVGA(3842 2983) CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 466.47 Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	63.5% Good	Lighting 78.5 Reflection 92.3 Parallax 81.2 64% 84 fps	MRender 80.6 Gravity 78.4 Splatting 71.8 62% 76.9 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 63.5% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk SD8SN8U-256G-1006 256GB 12,432 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 179GB free (System drive) Firmware: X4120006 SusWrite @10s intervals: 219 184 185 188 190 184 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	91.3% Outstanding	Read 448 Write 431 Mixed 333 SusWrite 192 79% 351 MB/s	4K Read 25.6 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 44.8 156% 61.1 MB/s	DQ Read 343 DQ Write 254 DQ Mixed 218 185% 271 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 91.3% Great: 92%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 910GB free Firmware: 02.01A02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 160 170 171 174 174 173 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	100% Outstanding	Read 180 Write 81.4 Mixed 64.3 SusWrite 170 90% 124 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.8 158% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 109%
USB DISK 3.0 64GB 1,557 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 16GB free, PID 5500 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 21 24 24 24 24 24 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	11.3% Very poor	Read 26.1 Write 24 Mixed 0.2 SusWrite 23.3 23% 18.4 MB/s	4K Read 7.7 4K Write 0.2 4K Mixed 0.3 46% 2.73 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 11.3% Great: 41%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial CT8G4DFS824A.C8FBD1 2x8GB 2,796 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2800 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	95% Outstanding	MC Read 35.1 MC Write 37.7 MC Mixed 28 96% 33.6 GB/s	SC Read 21 SC Write 38.6 SC Mixed 29.8 85% 29.8 GB/s	Latency 59 68% 59 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 95% Great: 88%

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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	6,627x
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	1,248x

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 $45Bench 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 $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