Asus Z170 PRO GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 56% Gunboat	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 44% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (38th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 62 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 64.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	80.9% 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	118% 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 (27%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z170 PRO GAMING (all builds)
Memory	8.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150717
Uptime	14.8 Days
Run Date	Apr 06 '22 at 21:13
Run Duration	252 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	27%

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PC Performing below expectations (38^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 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	64.3% Good	Memory 81.7 1-Core 89.5 2-Core 180 68% 117 Pts	4-Core 266 8-Core 308 38% 287 Pts	64-Core 319 20% 319 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 64.3% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3301) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 511.65 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	80.9% Excellent	Lighting 100 Reflection 107 Parallax 98 82% 102 fps	MRender 91.8 Gravity 99.3 Splatting 97.1 79% 96.1 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 80.9% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HP EX900 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$40 10,318 User benchmarks, average bench 183% 322GB free (System drive) Firmware: S0318A0 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 622 525 503 583 149 638 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	118% Outstanding	Read 1,274 Write 844 Mixed 139 SusWrite 503 152% 690 MB/s	4K Read 31.7 4K Write 39.7 4K Mixed 11.3 84% 27.6 MB/s	DQ Read 523 DQ Write 57.4 DQ Mixed 96.3 120% 225 MB/s
Poor: 116% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 248%
Team T253X6001T 1TB 2,856 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 617GB free Firmware: S1211A0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 315 328 377 380 374 342 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	76% Very good	Read 414 Write 326 Mixed 328 SusWrite 353 80% 355 MB/s	4K Read 18.9 4K Write 78.2 4K Mixed 19.7 95% 38.9 MB/s	DQ Read 121 DQ Write 304 DQ Mixed 38.2 79% 154 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 76% Great: 102%
Team T253X6001T 1TB 2,856 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 704GB free Firmware: S1230A0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 315 329 377 380 373 338 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	77.3% Very good	Read 391 Write 352 Mixed 338 SusWrite 352 81% 358 MB/s	4K Read 22.1 4K Write 74.9 4K Mixed 20.8 100% 39.3 MB/s	DQ Read 161 DQ Write 306 DQ Mixed 48.2 89% 172 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 77.3% Great: 102%
WD Elements 2620 2TB 1,768 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 280GB free, PID 2620 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 87 90 91 91 91 91 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	47.9% Average	Read 102 Write 94.3 Mixed 62.5 SusWrite 90.2 116% 87.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 4.3 4K Mixed 0.3 159% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 47.9% Great: 64%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CL16-18-18 D4-3000 2x8GB 40,300 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	70% Very good	MC Read 27.4 MC Write 28.1 MC Mixed 22.8 75% 26.1 GB/s	SC Read 9.9 SC Write 17.4 SC Mixed 19 44% 15.4 GB/s	Latency 77.5 52% 77.5 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 70% Great: 100%

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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	6,655x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	3,687x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	1,048x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	2,175x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	1,385x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,255x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	891x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	791x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	323x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	815x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	570x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	560x

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Value: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $755

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16