Asus Z170 PRO GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 76% Battleship	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 64% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 89.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	78.4% 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	94.6% 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.

Very high background CPU (31%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus Z170 PRO GAMING (all builds)
Memory	19.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180516
Uptime	2.2 Days
Run Date	Sep 20 '21 at 00:55
Run Duration	199 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	31%

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PC Performing as expected (49^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	89.2% Excellent	Memory 95.8 1-Core 131 2-Core 252 90% 160 Pts	4-Core 446 8-Core 636 68% 541 Pts	64-Core 639 40% 639 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 89.2% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3701) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 471.41 Performing below potential (42^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	78.4% Very good	Lighting 97 Reflection 105 Parallax 95.9 79% 99.3 fps	MRender 89.2 Gravity 98.1 Splatting 94.8 77% 94 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 78.4% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 69GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 324 137 138 131 134 132 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	94.6% Outstanding	Read 445 Write 423 Mixed 289 SusWrite 166 74% 331 MB/s	4K Read 34.2 4K Write 97.1 4K Mixed 46.8 163% 59.4 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 339 DQ Mixed 354 267% 358 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 94.6% Great: 124%
Crucial P1 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$74 171,271 User benchmarks, average bench 212% 372GB free Firmware: P3CR010 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1168 1300 1342 1356 175 68 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	217% Outstanding	Read 1,391 Write 1,318 Mixed 1,010 SusWrite 902 259% 1,155 MB/s	4K Read 46.4 4K Write 149 4K Mixed 65.6 233% 87 MB/s	DQ Read 681 DQ Write 844 DQ Mixed 274 343% 600 MB/s
Poor: 130% ↑ This bench: 217% Great: 295%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 223GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 51 47 48 81 50 59 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	57.7% Above average	Read 145 Write 142 Mixed 89.5 SusWrite 55.9 80% 108 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 199% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 57.7% Great: 101%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016)-$80 112,118 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 224GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 159 162 164 161 163 161 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 210 Write 154 Mixed 91.7 SusWrite 162 113% 154 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 140% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 114%
Seagate BUP RD 5TB 1,206 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 1TB free Firmware: 0304 SusWrite @10s intervals: 60 62 61 59 63 62 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	32.6% Below average	Read 51.5 Write 55.2 Mixed 57 SusWrite 61.2 42% 56.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 3.5 4K Mixed 0.7 155% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 32.6% Great: 68%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2.5TB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 126 134 135 135 134 135 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	85.1% Excellent	Read 164 Write 124 Mixed 80.8 SusWrite 133 92% 126 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 137% 1 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 85.1% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GB 89,024 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	96.5% Outstanding	MC Read 33.6 MC Write 37.8 MC Mixed 32.6 99% 34.7 GB/s	SC Read 15.4 SC Write 37 SC Mixed 28.8 77% 27.1 GB/s	Latency 54.7 73% 54.7 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 96.5% Great: 119%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	12	10	144	24.1"	1280 720	SAM0D58 C24FG70

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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	6,620x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	3,671x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	1,044x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	2,166x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	1,382x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,247x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	884x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	786x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	320x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	807x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	565x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	559x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $750

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) $30	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