Asus Z170 PRO GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 58% Gunboat	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 47% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 91.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	57.4% 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	152% 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.

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, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170 PRO GAMING (all builds)
Memory	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20180516
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Jan 16 '22 at 12:29
Run Duration	174 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (70^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-$59 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.8% Outstanding	Memory 93.1 1-Core 133 2-Core 266 91% 164 Pts	4-Core 521 8-Core 529 70% 525 Pts	64-Core 523 32% 523 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 91.8% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 Fury-$199 18,014 User benchmarks, average bench 58% XFX(1682 970A) CLim: 1000 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 20.10.35.02 Performing below potential (35^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	57.4% Above average	Lighting 76.9 Reflection 67.4 Parallax 108 63% 83.9 fps	MRender 60.2 Gravity 79.1 Splatting 40.7 47% 60 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 57.4% Great: 62%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
MyDigitalSSD BPX NVMe PCIe M.2 480GB-$148 1,613 User benchmarks, average bench 154% 117GB free (System drive) Firmware: E7FM04.0 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 891 961 132 685 533 110 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	152% Outstanding	Read 877 Write 1,092 Mixed 572 SusWrite 552 174% 773 MB/s	4K Read 30.3 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 41.9 158% 61 MB/s	DQ Read 895 DQ Write 687 DQ Mixed 615 508% 732 MB/s
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 152% Great: 207%
Hitachi HUA723020ALA641 2TB-$78 30,011 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 837GB free Firmware: MK7OA840 SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 104 104 105 106 99 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	63.9% Good	Read 120 Write 120 Mixed 65.3 SusWrite 103 75% 102 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.9 179% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 63.9% Great: 82%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 374GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 145 149 150 151 150 150 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	91.2% Outstanding	Read 168 Write 144 Mixed 108 SusWrite 149 105% 142 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.1 216% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 91.2% Great: 108%
SABRENT 240GB 57 User benchmarks, average bench 147% 36GB free, PID 1561 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 288 292 292 297 297 295 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	305% Outstanding	Read 343 Write 292 Mixed 262 SusWrite 293 398% 298 MB/s	4K Read 20.2 4K Write 60.6 4K Mixed 33.5 3,276% 38.1 MB/s	DQ Read 20.5 DQ Write 77.6 DQ Mixed 36.8 3,967% 45 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 305% Great: 293%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws 4 DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB-$44 7,248 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2197 MHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	82.1% Excellent	MC Read 29.3 MC Write 31.3 MC Mixed 26.4 83% 29 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 32 SC Mixed 24.5 71% 24.9 GB/s	Latency 61.8 65% 61.8 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 82.1% Great: 86%

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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 $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	6,725x
Core i5-6600KIntel $59Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	3,722x
Core i7-6700Intel $170Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	1,061x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	2,200x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	1,392x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,268x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	900x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	799x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $137Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	326x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	823x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	576x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	563x

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Value: 72% - Very good

Total price: $891

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