Asus Z170-PRO

Performance Results


Gaming 55% Yacht	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 49% 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 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	61.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	84.9% 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	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 (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-PRO (all builds)
Memory	26.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180314
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 18 '21 at 05:49
Run Duration	163 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	14%

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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 i7-7700-$167 256,717 User benchmarks, average bench 76% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	79.7% Very good	Memory 88.4 1-Core 122 2-Core 220 82% 144 Pts	4-Core 382 8-Core 666 63% 524 Pts	64-Core 676 42% 676 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 79.7% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% MSI(1462 3281) CLim: 2062 MHz, MLim: 2037 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 466.63 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	61.4% Good	Lighting 77.3 Reflection 77.8 Parallax 70.5 63% 75.2 fps	MRender 67.7 Gravity 74.7 Splatting 70.8 58% 71.1 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 61.4% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 480GB-$39 62,883 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 294GB free (System drive) Firmware: X41100RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 317 277 272 272 275 268 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	84.9% Excellent	Read 473 Write 430 Mixed 228 SusWrite 280 79% 353 MB/s	4K Read 29.6 4K Write 57.9 4K Mixed 29.1 113% 38.9 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 270 DQ Mixed 206 187% 286 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 84.9% Great: 108%
Crucial MX500 1TB-$66 202,785 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 468GB free Firmware: M3CR033 SusWrite @10s intervals: 450 458 462 462 433 401 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	119% Outstanding	Read 508 Write 428 Mixed 382 SusWrite 444 99% 441 MB/s	4K Read 37.6 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 53.4 179% 63.9 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 283 234% 336 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 125%
Seagate FireCuda 2.5" 2TB-$75 71,106 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 770GB free Firmware: SDM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 111 114 115 111 108 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	45% Average	Read 44.5 Write 89.7 Mixed 52.1 SusWrite 112 55% 74.5 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 0.3 131% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 45% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BL16G32C16U4B.M16FE 2x16GB 2,546 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing below potential (35^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	88.6% Excellent	MC Read 32.6 MC Write 34.5 MC Mixed 27.9 90% 31.7 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 37.5 SC Mixed 26.4 78% 27.2 GB/s	Latency 69.1 58% 69.1 ns
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 88.6% Great: 117%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 15: 1R 2G 4B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
15%	19%	37	108	5	144	24"	1920 1080	SPT098C Sceptre L24

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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 $242Bench 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 $40Bench 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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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