Asus Z170 PRO GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 15% Surfboard	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 88.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	5.47% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	101% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

22 months ago, 21 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170 PRO GAMING (all builds)
Memory	28 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors, 2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180516
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 10 '22 at 17:11
Run Duration	165 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (73^rd 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 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	88.5% Excellent	Memory 94.5 1-Core 128 2-Core 219 85% 147 Pts	4-Core 445 8-Core 648 68% 546 Pts	64-Core 690 43% 690 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 88.5% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? Asus(1043 8694) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 30.0.101.1339 Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	5.47% Terrible	Lighting 7.4 Reflection 10.6 Parallax 8.7 6% 8.9 fps	MRender 11.1 Gravity 7 Splatting 0.3 4% 6.13 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.47% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 78GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 351 170 171 171 163 163 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 439 Write 432 Mixed 372 SusWrite 198 81% 360 MB/s	4K Read 37.9 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 53.2 182% 66 MB/s	DQ Read 357 DQ Write 305 DQ Mixed 324 245% 329 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 124%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 126GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 413 309 308 306 304 308 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 448 Write 424 Mixed 367 SusWrite 325 88% 391 MB/s	4K Read 33.7 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 47 169% 63.2 MB/s	DQ Read 361 DQ Write 305 DQ Mixed 328 247% 332 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 203 204 202 204 202 202 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 184 Write 150 Mixed 77.3 SusWrite 203 112% 154 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 184 197 197 196 196 197 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	Read 202 Write 157 Mixed 85.8 SusWrite 194 117% 160 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GB 31,785 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	MC Read 36.9 MC Write 38 MC Mixed 31.6 101% 35.5 GB/s	SC Read 22.1 SC Write 43.6 SC Mixed 30.9 92% 32.2 GB/s	Latency 58.6 68% 58.6 ns
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 119%

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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	6,629x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	3,676x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	1,045x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	2,169x
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 $94Bench 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	809x
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 $300	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