Asus Z170 PRO GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 80% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 61% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	101% 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	93.8% 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.

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Run History

21 months ago, 21 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170 PRO GAMING (all builds)
Memory	8.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170207
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Jul 18 '22 at 07:01
Run Duration	163 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	25%

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PC Performing as expected (47^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 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	76.1% Very good	Memory 91.5 1-Core 125 2-Core 248 87% 155 Pts	4-Core 344 8-Core 397 48% 370 Pts	64-Core 275 17% 275 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 76.1% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3366) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 511.23 Performing below potential (42^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	101% Outstanding	Lighting 128 Reflection 138 Parallax 129 104% 131 fps	MRender 114 Gravity 122 Splatting 114 95% 117 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 600p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$119 20,782 User benchmarks, average bench 128% 131GB free (System drive) Firmware: PSF100C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 294 294 484 340 295 117 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	93.8% Outstanding	Read 596 Write 448 Mixed 500 SusWrite 304 104% 462 MB/s	4K Read 22.3 4K Write 90.3 4K Mixed 20.6 108% 44.4 MB/s	DQ Read 489 DQ Write 390 DQ Mixed 405 313% 428 MB/s
Poor: 95% ↑ This bench: 93.8% Great: 144%
Kingston SSDNow UV400 480GB-$175 24,007 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 289GB free Firmware: 0C3J96R9 SusWrite @10s intervals: 297 258 135 123 103 106 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	62.6% Good	Read 345 Write 322 Mixed 35.2 SusWrite 170 48% 218 MB/s	4K Read 7.4 4K Write 66.1 4K Mixed 25.5 79% 33 MB/s	DQ Read 329 DQ Write 278 DQ Mixed 131 146% 246 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 62.6% Great: 92%
Seagate ST3750528AS 750GB-$65 22,230 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 513GB free Firmware: HP35 SusWrite @10s intervals: 114 117 116 117 110 117 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	65.3% Good	Read 112 Write 99.8 Mixed 60.5 SusWrite 115 71% 96.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.9 168% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 65.3% Great: 65%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Adata DDR4 3000 2OZ 4x4GB 933 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	84% Excellent	MC Read 28.4 MC Write 35.1 MC Mixed 26.1 85% 29.9 GB/s	SC Read 16.4 SC Write 33.2 SC Mixed 26.3 72% 25.3 GB/s	Latency 65 62% 65 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 84% Great: 141%

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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	6,614x
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