Asus Z170 PRO GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 56% Gunboat	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 45% 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 89.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	56.4% 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	171% 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	11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20180516
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 16 '22 at 18:01
Run Duration	171 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

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 (99^th percentile)	89.9% Excellent	Memory 92.2 1-Core 133 2-Core 262 90% 162 Pts	4-Core 502 8-Core 525 68% 513 Pts	64-Core 522 32% 522 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 89.9% 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: 1080 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 21.5.2 Performing below potential (23^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	56.4% Above average	Lighting 73.7 Reflection 71.4 Parallax 104 60% 83.1 fps	MRender 64.5 Gravity 78.4 Splatting 43.8 49% 62.2 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 56.4% 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% 115GB free (System drive) Firmware: E7FM04.0 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 781 888 759 990 844 975 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	171% Outstanding	Read 877 Write 1,040 Mixed 593 SusWrite 873 191% 846 MB/s	4K Read 27.7 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 39.3 156% 62.3 MB/s	DQ Read 901 DQ Write 694 DQ Mixed 621 512% 739 MB/s
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 171% Great: 207%
Hitachi HUA723020ALA641 2TB-$78 30,011 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 837GB free Firmware: MK7OA840 SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 105 106 105 106 100 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	63.2% Good	Read 116 Write 118 Mixed 65.5 SusWrite 104 74% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.8 165% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 63.2% Great: 82%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 374GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 148 150 150 151 150 148 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	92.2% Outstanding	Read 172 Write 144 Mixed 84.8 SusWrite 149 101% 137 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1.2 241% 1.8 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 92.2% Great: 108%
SABRENT 240GB 57 User benchmarks, average bench 147% 36GB free, PID 1561 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 287 293 293 296 289 297 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	303% Outstanding	Read 341 Write 297 Mixed 262 SusWrite 292 399% 298 MB/s	4K Read 20.7 4K Write 60.3 4K Mixed 33.4 3,264% 38.1 MB/s	DQ Read 24.4 DQ Write 77.2 DQ Mixed 36.6 3,961% 46.1 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 303% 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 above expectations (85^th percentile)	79.6% Very good	MC Read 28.3 MC Write 30.8 MC Mixed 25.7 81% 28.3 GB/s	SC Read 16.5 SC Write 31.9 SC Mixed 22.2 67% 23.5 GB/s	Latency 63.6 63% 63.6 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 79.6% 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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