Asus Z170 PRO GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 69% Battle cruiser	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 61% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 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 85.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	77.6% 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	299% 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	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 23 months ago, 18 months ago, 18 months ago, 18 months ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus Z170 PRO GAMING (all builds)
Memory	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.3 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit färger
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20180516
Uptime	1.9 Days
Run Date	Jan 07 '22 at 23:48
Run Duration	264 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	12%

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PC Performing as expected (45^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 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	85.6% Excellent	Memory 96 1-Core 132 2-Core 242 89% 156 Pts	4-Core 405 8-Core 716 68% 560 Pts	64-Core 715 44% 715 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 85.6% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8597) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2027 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 497.29 Performing below potential (42^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	77.6% Very good	Lighting 96 Reflection 109 Parallax 97 78% 101 fps	MRender 90.7 Gravity 93.6 Splatting 94.9 76% 93.1 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 77.6% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 367,854 User benchmarks, average bench 276% 335GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1021 808 830 839 840 841 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	299% Outstanding	Read 2,332 Write 2,173 Mixed 1,445 SusWrite 863 381% 1,703 MB/s	4K Read 65.5 4K Write 183 4K Mixed 95.8 319% 115 MB/s	DQ Read 1,410 DQ Write 1,009 DQ Mixed 968 789% 1,129 MB/s
Poor: 178% ↑ This bench: 299% Great: 355%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 234GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 113 118 117 117 117 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	69.8% Good	Read 128 Write 119 Mixed 78.2 SusWrite 116 81% 110 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.7 135% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 69.8% Great: 112%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 231GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 150 154 162 159 159 159 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	91.2% Outstanding	Read 161 Write 143 Mixed 84.7 SusWrite 157 100% 136 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 143% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 91.2% Great: 112%
SAMSUNG HD252KJ 250GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 89GB free, PID 55aa Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 30 30 32 31 31 31 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	17.8% Very poor	Read 43.1 Write 39 Mixed 30.9 SusWrite 31 48% 36 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 77% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 17.8% Great: 18%
KINGSTON SV300S37A240G 240GB 17 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 44GB free, PID 55aa Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 39 39 40 39 39 40 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	73.8% Very good	Read 44.1 Write 38.9 Mixed 41.3 SusWrite 39.4 55% 40.9 MB/s	4K Read 12.2 4K Write 18.2 4K Mixed 13.9 1,137% 14.8 MB/s	DQ Read 12.9 DQ Write 20.4 DQ Mixed 15.6 1,272% 16.3 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 73.8% Great: 192%
SanDisk Cruzer Blade 16GB 60,539 User benchmarks, average bench 11% 10GB free, PID 5567 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 6.1 6.3 5.7 6.2 5.9 6 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)	6.8% Terrible	Read 10.5 Write 5 Mixed 7.7 SusWrite 6 9% 7.3 MB/s	4K Read 2.5 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.6 67% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 6.8% Great: 17%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 3600 C17 1x16GB 480 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 1 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3297 MHz Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	58.5% Above average	MC Read 21.8 MC Write 20 MC Mixed 16.1 55% 19.3 GB/s	SC Read 18.4 SC Write 21.7 SC Mixed 19.3 57% 19.8 GB/s	Latency 54 74% 54 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 58.5% Great: 71%

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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	6,663x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	3,689x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	1,050x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	2,179x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	1,386x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,257x

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	817x
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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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $752

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	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) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16