Asus Z170 PRO GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 85% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 67% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 83.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	97.5% 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	102% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.

Very high background CPU (56%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

23 months ago, 23 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170 PRO GAMING (all builds)
Memory	11.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180516
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 22 '22 at 10:21
Run Duration	230 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	56%

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PC Performing as expected (57^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600-$132 80,688 User benchmarks, average bench 68% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	83.3% Excellent	Memory 89.5 1-Core 121 2-Core 233 84% 148 Pts	4-Core 447 8-Core 440 60% 443 Pts	64-Core 451 28% 451 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 83.3% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3362) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 511.79 Performing below potential (21^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	97.5% Outstanding	Lighting 120 Reflection 138 Parallax 122 97% 127 fps	MRender 114 Gravity 127 Splatting 116 98% 119 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 97.5% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 72GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 250 221 206 201 202 188 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 436 Write 413 Mixed 347 SusWrite 211 79% 352 MB/s	4K Read 40.3 4K Write 98.4 4K Mixed 54.1 182% 64.3 MB/s	DQ Read 355 DQ Write 304 DQ Mixed 321 243% 326 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 124%
WD Black SN750 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB (2019)-$37 109,999 User benchmarks, average bench 244% 371GB free Firmware: 111110WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 935 954 956 964 967 860 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	242% Outstanding	Read 1,782 Write 1,521 Mixed 1,438 SusWrite 939 318% 1,420 MB/s	4K Read 46.6 4K Write 143 4K Mixed 68.8 234% 86 MB/s	DQ Read 978 DQ Write 845 DQ Mixed 899 678% 908 MB/s
Poor: 168% ↑ This bench: 242% Great: 297%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 562GB free Firmware: 1AJ10002 SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 128 135 132 133 132 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	68.9% Good	Read 114 Write 41 Mixed 75 SusWrite 125 66% 88.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 1 200% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 68.9% Great: 75%
Maxtor STM3250310AS 250GB 13,068 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 232GB free Firmware: 3.AAA SusWrite @10s intervals: 69 83 85 85 85 77 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	47.8% Average	Read 85.8 Write 49.8 Mixed 45 SusWrite 80.7 48% 65.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.8 140% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 47.8% Great: 53%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$65 6,723 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (38^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	77.1% Very good	MC Read 28.5 MC Write 29.8 MC Mixed 25.8 80% 28 GB/s	SC Read 13.2 SC Write 26.2 SC Mixed 20.5 57% 20 GB/s	Latency 67.8 59% 67.8 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 77.1% Great: 105%

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Gaming 69%

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Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

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	3,674x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	1,045x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	2,168x
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 $109Bench 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	808x
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 $295	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