Asus Z170 PRO GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 82% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 65% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 93.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	84.8% 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	98.9% 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 (35%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 21 months ago, 21 months ago, 21 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170 PRO GAMING (all builds)
Memory	11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.5 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180516
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Jul 10 '22 at 16:54
Run Duration	139 Seconds
Run User	ZAF-User
Background CPU	35%

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PC Performing above expectations (65^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-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.9% Outstanding	Memory 94 1-Core 142 2-Core 283 96% 173 Pts	4-Core 540 8-Core 543 72% 542 Pts	64-Core 526 33% 526 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 93.9% 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 3302) CLim: 2075 MHz, MLim: 2052 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 516.40 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	84.8% Excellent	Lighting 106 Reflection 115 Parallax 106 86% 109 fps	MRender 94.3 Gravity 104 Splatting 101 82% 99.9 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 84.8% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 750 EVO 250GB-$55 75,831 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 35GB free (System drive) Firmware: MAT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 212 79 47 42 39 40 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	98.9% Outstanding	Read 457 Write 473 Mixed 283 SusWrite 76.4 72% 323 MB/s	4K Read 39.9 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 54.5 193% 71 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 308 246% 345 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 98.9% Great: 114%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 240GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 149 156 154 153 152 154 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	86.6% Excellent	Read 149 Write 96.8 Mixed 85.5 SusWrite 153 89% 121 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 199% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 86.6% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Adata DDR4 2666 2OZ 2x8GB 9,905 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2473 MHz Performing below potential (25^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	76.9% Very good	MC Read 28.3 MC Write 29.2 MC Mixed 23.5 77% 27 GB/s	SC Read 17.3 SC Write 28.5 SC Mixed 24 66% 23.3 GB/s	Latency 59.8 67% 59.8 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 76.9% Great: 97%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

Motherboard: Asus Z170 PRO GAMING - $295

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	6,614x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	3,671x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	1,043x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	2,164x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	1,381x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,247x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	884x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	785x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	320x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	806x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	565x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	559x

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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 $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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