Asus Z170 PRO GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 58% Gunboat	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 50% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (23rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 77 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 good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 70.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	76.1% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	245% 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.

Very high background CPU (37%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z170 PRO GAMING (all builds)
Memory	8.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160513
Uptime	4 Days
Run Date	Aug 04 '21 at 03:02
Run Duration	266 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	37%

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PC Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	70.9% Very good	Memory 83.5 1-Core 118 2-Core 215 79% 139 Pts	4-Core 314 8-Core 506 50% 410 Pts	64-Core 638 40% 638 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 70.9% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Zotac(19DA 1424) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 461.72 Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	76.1% Very good	Lighting 92.5 Reflection 104 Parallax 96.5 75% 97.6 fps	MRender 94.6 Gravity 95.6 Splatting 93.9 78% 94.7 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 76.1% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$95 455,997 User benchmarks, average bench 310% 88GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 860 1020 1112 1303 1167 1102 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	245% Outstanding	Read 1,922 Write 1,290 Mixed 626 SusWrite 1094 274% 1,233 MB/s	4K Read 35.5 4K Write 131 4K Mixed 44.3 180% 70.1 MB/s	DQ Read 1,209 DQ Write 895 DQ Mixed 1,014 768% 1,039 MB/s
Poor: 188% ↑ This bench: 245% Great: 410%
HyperX Savage 240GB-$120 39,518 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 190GB free Firmware: SAFM00.Y SusWrite @10s intervals: 325 353 370 408 370 342 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	95% Outstanding	Read 440 Write 422 Mixed 305 SusWrite 362 86% 382 MB/s	4K Read 25.8 4K Write 92.5 4K Mixed 32.6 130% 50.3 MB/s	DQ Read 357 DQ Write 352 DQ Mixed 68.9 130% 259 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 95% Great: 111%
HyperX Savage 240GB-$120 39,518 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 10GB free Firmware: SAFM00.Y SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 176 101 101 163 184 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	68.1% Good	Read 440 Write 77 Mixed 296 SusWrite 140 53% 238 MB/s	4K Read 24.6 4K Write 91.8 4K Mixed 17.1 108% 44.5 MB/s	DQ Read 347 DQ Write 128 DQ Mixed 69.3 96% 181 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 68.1% Great: 111%
HyperX Savage 240GB-$120 39,518 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 3GB free Firmware: SAFM00.Y Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 420 Write 405 Mixed 262 80% 362 MB/s	4K Read 14.4 4K Write 91.6 4K Mixed 33.2 113% 46.4 MB/s	DQ Read 351 DQ Write 24.8 DQ Mixed 37 65% 138 MB/s
Poor: 59% Great: 111%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$31 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 478GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 117 116 112 116 114 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	77.1% Very good	Read 155 Write 103 Mixed 32.2 SusWrite 114 73% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.7 142% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 77.1% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Adata DDR4 2800 2OZ 2x8GB 1,327 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	62.7% Good	MC Read 24.8 MC Write 23.8 MC Mixed 19.7 65% 22.8 GB/s	SC Read 12.2 SC Write 17.9 SC Mixed 16.2 44% 15.4 GB/s	Latency 74.2 54% 74.2 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 62.7% Great: 99%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 52: 9R 1G 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
52%	27%	51	299	227	60	31.5"	1920 1080	GBT3200 G32QC

History: Score 19: 0R 5G 4B | Score 52: 9R 1G 4B

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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