Asus Z170 PRO GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 55% Gunboat	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 44% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 83.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	59.4% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	238% 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.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z170 PRO GAMING (all builds)
Memory	6.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180516
Uptime	10.9 Days
Run Date	Nov 27 '21 at 18:36
Run Duration	396 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	21%

PC Performing above expectations (68^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-$130 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	83.3% Excellent	Memory 91.4 1-Core 124 2-Core 246 86% 154 Pts	4-Core 433 8-Core 447 58% 440 Pts	64-Core 414 26% 414 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 83.3% Great: 85%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) 188,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 8694) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 27.20.100.8681 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	6.9% Terrible	Lighting 7.3 Reflection 8.2 Parallax 9.1 6% 8.2 fps	MRender 11 Gravity 7.9 Splatting 12.5 9% 10.5 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.9% Great: 6%
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% MSI(1462 8C94) CLim: 2050 MHz, MLim: 2102 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 472.12 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	59.4% Above average	Lighting 74.1 Reflection 111 Parallax 69.3 60% 84.8 fps	MRender 67.4 Gravity 72.3 Splatting 70.4 58% 70 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 59.4% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SA2000M8500G 500GB 87,883 User benchmarks, average bench 197% 287GB free (System drive) Firmware: S5Z42105 SusWrite @10s intervals: 930 1384 1358 936 799 1008 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	238% Outstanding	Read 1,448 Write 1,460 Mixed 1,105 SusWrite 1,069 286% 1,270 MB/s	4K Read 54.3 4K Write 147 4K Mixed 72.4 253% 91.3 MB/s	DQ Read 746 DQ Write 916 DQ Mixed 349 397% 670 MB/s
Poor: 118% ↑ This bench: 238% Great: 277%
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 133GB free Firmware: 60AABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 127 102 113 110 109 105 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	56.6% Above average	Read 102 Write 167 Mixed 144 SusWrite 111 30% 131 MB/s	4K Read 22.3 4K Write 97.5 4K Mixed 31 125% 50.3 MB/s	DQ Read 171 DQ Write 168 DQ Mixed 128 108% 156 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 56.6% Great: 85%
Seagate FireCuda 2.5" 1TB-$56 127,507 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 516GB free Firmware: SDM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 76 80 75 80 85 84 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	41.4% Average	Read 63.9 Write 16.7 Mixed 54.8 SusWrite 80 40% 53.9 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.8 167% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 41.4% Great: 70%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 74GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 78 80 3.7 29 16 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	48.7% Average	Read 122 Write 114 Mixed 67.9 SusWrite 47.4 65% 87.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.7 133% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 48.7% Great: 69%
Jmicron Generic 640GB 171 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 454GB free Firmware: 0209 SusWrite @10s intervals: 73 86 86 84 86 86 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Write 20.7 Mixed 2.2 SusWrite 83.6 25% 35.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.1 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0 12% 0.17 MB/s
Poor: 12% Great: 49%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 999GB 64,984 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 340GB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 160 163 163 166 170 167 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	99.4% Outstanding	Read 182 Write 103 Mixed 97.1 SusWrite 165 100% 137 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.2 233% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 99.4% Great: 110%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4-2400C15-4GIS Kingston KHX2133C14D4/4G F4-2400C15-4GIS Kingston KHX2133C14D4/4G 16GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 3000, 3000, 3000, 3000 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	77.2% Very good	MC Read 28.4 MC Write 27.2 MC Mixed 25.3 77% 27 GB/s	SC Read 18.1 SC Write 32.2 SC Mixed 24.1 71% 24.8 GB/s	Latency 65.2 61% 65.2 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 77.2% Great: 99%

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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 GAMING - $295

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	6,678x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	3,693x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	1,053x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	2,183x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	1,386x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,260x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	893x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	793x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	323x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	817x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	572x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	561x

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Value: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $755

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16