Asus Z170 PRO GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 106% UFO	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 91% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 92.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	111% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	112% 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	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 (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170 PRO GAMING (all builds)
Memory	27.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160513
Uptime	3.5 Days
Run Date	Dec 05 '21 at 04:42
Run Duration	213 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	11%

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PC Performing above expectations (80^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	92.6% Outstanding	Memory 96.7 1-Core 133 2-Core 270 93% 167 Pts	4-Core 477 8-Core 723 74% 600 Pts	64-Core 746 46% 746 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 92.6% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6286) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 497.09 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Lighting 145 Reflection 149 Parallax 138 118% 144 fps	MRender 120 Gravity 146 Splatting 124 106% 130 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 1TB-$199 23,857 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 82GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0CB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 294 455 376 58 53 48 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 508 Write 486 Mixed 372 SusWrite 214 88% 395 MB/s	4K Read 43.5 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 59.4 200% 71.1 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 347 DQ Mixed 262 224% 330 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 126%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 105GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 135 140 140 140 139 140 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	82.9% Excellent	Read 150 Write 139 Mixed 79.3 SusWrite 139 93% 127 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.1 214% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 82.9% Great: 109%
WD WD80EZAZ-11TDBA0 8TB 1,009 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 7.5TB free Firmware: 83.H0A83 SusWrite @10s intervals: 191 182 186 192 192 192 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 180 Write 184 Mixed 104 SusWrite 189 121% 165 MB/s	4K Read 1.8 4K Write 5 4K Mixed 1 279% 2.6 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 105%
SanDisk Cruzer Blade 16GB 60,539 User benchmarks, average bench 11% 14GB free, PID 5567 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 7.8 7.8 6.5 6.9 6.5 6.5 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	11.7% Very poor	Read 22.7 Write 17.5 Mixed 17.7 SusWrite 7 21% 16.2 MB/s	4K Read 4.4 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 1.5 132% 2.6 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 11.7% Great: 17%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GB 1,442 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	MC Read 38.8 MC Write 40.4 MC Mixed 34.7 108% 38 GB/s	SC Read 23.3 SC Write 45.3 SC Mixed 34.1 98% 34.2 GB/s	Latency 51.5 78% 51.5 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 112%

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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	6,629x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	3,676x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	1,045x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	2,169x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	1,383x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,250x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	885x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 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	809x
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 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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