Asus Z170 PRO GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 11% Tree trunk	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 10% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	5.13% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	64.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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 (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z170 PRO GAMING (all builds)
Memory	26.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit barev
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180516
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 20 '21 at 05:34
Run Duration	198 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6400-$79 171,457 User benchmarks, average bench 61% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.7 GHz, turbo 3.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	78.2% Very good	Memory 91.5 1-Core 98.4 2-Core 200 76% 130 Pts	4-Core 392 8-Core 293 48% 342 Pts	64-Core 390 24% 390 Pts
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 78.2% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) 188,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 8694) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 30.0.100.9684 Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	5.13% Terrible	Lighting 5.5 Reflection 7 Parallax 6.6 4% 6.37 fps	MRender 8.5 Gravity 5.1 Splatting 9.3 6% 7.63 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.13% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SHSS37A480G 480GB 14,802 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 88GB free (System drive) Firmware: 001B SusWrite @10s intervals: 211 216 151 176 164 163 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	64.7% Good	Read 254 Write 330 Mixed 75.1 SusWrite 180 47% 210 MB/s	4K Read 19.9 4K Write 73.4 4K Mixed 25.3 101% 39.5 MB/s	DQ Read 288 DQ Write 281 DQ Mixed 12.7 84% 194 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 64.7% Great: 110%
Kingston SSDNow UV400 480GB-$175 24,007 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 68GB free Firmware: 96R9 SusWrite @10s intervals: 219 308 214 111 10 136 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	63.4% Good	Read 218 Write 354 Mixed 99 SusWrite 166 47% 209 MB/s	4K Read 14.7 4K Write 75.3 4K Mixed 30.4 101% 40.1 MB/s	DQ Read 308 DQ Write 273 DQ Mixed 137 145% 239 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 63.4% Great: 92%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 171GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 139 166 167 167 168 168 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	72.2% Very good	Read 89.4 Write 71.3 Mixed 67.9 SusWrite 162 72% 97.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.5 105% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 72.2% Great: 113%
Seagate ST500VT000-1DK142 500GB 8,025 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 95GB free Firmware: SDC1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 79 95 95 93 93 94 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	48.8% Average	Read 78.9 Write 72.8 Mixed 49.5 SusWrite 91.4 54% 73.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.4 76% 0.53 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 48.8% Great: 63%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 104GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 131 127 173 194 134 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	82.1% Excellent	Read 141 Write 123 Mixed 84.9 SusWrite 145 91% 124 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.6 128% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 82.1% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2133 C14 2x16GB 4,083 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	71.8% Very good	MC Read 22.5 MC Write 28.2 MC Mixed 24.5 72% 25.1 GB/s	SC Read 16.4 SC Write 30.4 SC Mixed 20.4 64% 22.4 GB/s	Latency 64.9 62% 64.9 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 71.8% Great: 85%

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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	8	6	30	84.6"	1280 720	VES3700 43UHD_LCD_TV

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Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

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Motherboard: Asus Z170 PRO GAMING - $295

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	6,657x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	3,688x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	1,049x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	2,178x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	1,385x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,255x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	891x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	791x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	323x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	815x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	570x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	561x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16