Asus Z170 PRO GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 95% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 82% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 85.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	107% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	45.8% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Motherboard	Asus Z170 PRO GAMING (all builds)
Memory	10.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20160111
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jun 13 '22 at 19:18
Run Duration	215 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing as expected (60^th 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 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	85.7% Excellent	Memory 96 1-Core 124 2-Core 239 87% 153 Pts	4-Core 406 8-Core 682 66% 544 Pts	64-Core 687 42% 687 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 85.7% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 85AA) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 471.96 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Lighting 135 Reflection 144 Parallax 134 110% 138 fps	MRender 120 Gravity 138 Splatting 125 104% 128 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsun 840 Series 120GB 110 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 16GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXT0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 70 78 90 95 84 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	45.8% Average	Read 306 Write 72.5 Mixed 94.5 SusWrite 83.9 30% 139 MB/s	4K Read 20.2 4K Write 58.2 4K Mixed 11.6 76% 30 MB/s	DQ Read 199 DQ Write 89 DQ Mixed 16.5 46% 102 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 45.8% Great: 70%
Samsun 870 EVO 1TB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 842GB free Firmware: SVT0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 322 369 387 412 401 396 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	109% Outstanding	Read 436 Write 399 Mixed 403 SusWrite 381 91% 405 MB/s	4K Read 40.3 4K Write 76.1 4K Mixed 50.5 166% 55.6 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 63.6 130% 264 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 109%
OCZ Trion 150 480GB-$300 13,412 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 70GB free Firmware: SAFZ SusWrite @10s intervals: 314 277 205 281 277 271 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	85.5% Excellent	Read 435 Write 396 Mixed 332 SusWrite 271 80% 359 MB/s	4K Read 22.3 4K Write 83.7 4K Mixed 31.4 118% 45.8 MB/s	DQ Read 346 DQ Write 341 DQ Mixed 42.4 115% 243 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 85.5% Great: 101%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 3TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 169 174 173 173 172 171 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	86.9% Excellent	Read 131 Write 152 Mixed 72.3 SusWrite 172 96% 132 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0 72% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 86.9% Great: 90%
WD Elements 2TB 35,768 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 1GB free, PID 1021 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 30 Write 40.5 Mixed 21 40% 30.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.2 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.3 48% 0.53 MB/s
Poor: 11% Great: 44%
Seagate Expansion Desk 5TB 1,232 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 231GB free, PID 3322 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 87 88 80 79 83 83 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	47.9% Average	Read 29.5 Write 88.8 Mixed 54.8 SusWrite 83.4 96% 64.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 8.2 4K Mixed 1 316% 3.37 MB/s	DQ Read 0.6 DQ Write 10.2 DQ Mixed 1 383% 3.93 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 47.9% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x4GB-$408 6,794 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	97.8% Outstanding	MC Read 35.9 MC Write 37.6 MC Mixed 31.1 100% 34.9 GB/s	SC Read 20.5 SC Write 37 SC Mixed 28.6 82% 28.7 GB/s	Latency 53.9 74% 53.9 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 97.8% Great: 115%

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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	6,665x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	3,689x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	1,050x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	2,180x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	1,386x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,257x

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	817x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	570x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	561x

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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 $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16