Asus Z170 PRO GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 108% UFO	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 91% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 85%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	123% 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	174% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

21 months ago, 21 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170 PRO GAMING (all builds)
Memory	27.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180516
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Aug 24 '22 at 18:20
Run Duration	234 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	19%

PC Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700-$170 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	85% Excellent	Memory 93.7 1-Core 93 2-Core 234 79% 140 Pts	4-Core 411 8-Core 631 64% 521 Pts	64-Core 619 38% 619 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 85% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85F1) CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 516.94 Performing below potential (47^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	123% Outstanding	Lighting 166 Reflection 187 Parallax 176 136% 177 fps	MRender 134 Gravity 174 Splatting 122 115% 143 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SSD 256GB 256GB 9,229 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 176GB free (System drive) Firmware: T0918A0L SusWrite @10s intervals: 988 1061 896 116 144 118 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	174% Outstanding	Read 1,506 Write 1,168 Mixed 880 SusWrite 554 229% 1,027 MB/s	4K Read 43.4 4K Write 158 4K Mixed 25.6 182% 75.5 MB/s	DQ Read 372 DQ Write 853 DQ Mixed 355 344% 527 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 174% Great: 166%
Sandisk PLUS 480GB 58,990 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 435GB free Firmware: UG4500RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 299 177 90 174 183 180 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	53.2% Above average	Read 425 Write 345 Mixed 290 SusWrite 184 69% 311 MB/s	4K Read 16.3 4K Write 38.8 4K Mixed 16.9 67% 24 MB/s	DQ Read 121 DQ Write 87.6 DQ Mixed 42.4 48% 83.6 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 53.2% Great: 61%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$62 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 158 170 170 174 173 173 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	97.9% Outstanding	Read 172 Write 115 Mixed 79.1 SusWrite 170 98% 134 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 146% 1 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 97.9% Great: 114%
WD Red 4TB (2013)-$100 55,507 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 3TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 134 134 136 138 136 137 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	75.7% Very good	Read 128 Write 113 Mixed 91.7 SusWrite 136 86% 117 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 195% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 75.7% Great: 100%
WD Red 4TB (2013)-$100 55,507 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 733GB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 110 110 112 111 111 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	62.8% Good	Read 108 Write 104 Mixed 76 SusWrite 110 73% 99.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1 194% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 62.8% Great: 100%
TOSHIBA DT01ACA300 3TB 79 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 302GB free, PID 0400 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 112 109 113 112 113 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	46.9% Average	Read 110 Write 108 Mixed 38.4 SusWrite 111 122% 91.9 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.7 99% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 46.9% Great: 63%
WD My Book 25EE 6TB 6,646 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 1TB free, PID 25ee Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 113 114 112 114 112 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	69.6% Good	Read 124 Write 117 Mixed 88.3 SusWrite 113 148% 111 MB/s	4K Read 13.8 4K Write 7.7 4K Mixed 0.8 340% 7.43 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 69.6% Great: 103%
WD My Book 25ED 8TB 458 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 1.5TB free, PID 25ed Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 127 125 127 129 127 127 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	64.3% Good	Read 123 Write 130 Mixed 96.9 SusWrite 127 162% 119 MB/s	4K Read 4.5 4K Write 5.8 4K Mixed 1.6 268% 3.97 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 64.3% Great: 95%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GB 76,101 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2999 MHz Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	99% Outstanding	MC Read 36.2 MC Write 38.4 MC Mixed 31.6 101% 35.4 GB/s	SC Read 19.6 SC Write 41 SC Mixed 29.6 86% 30.1 GB/s	Latency 60.5 66% 60.5 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 99% Great: 106%

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Motherboard: Asus Z170 PRO GAMING - $295

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	6,697x
Core i5-6600KIntel $113Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	3,707x
Core i7-6700Intel $170Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	1,057x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	2,192x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	1,388x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,265x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	896x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	796x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	324x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	820x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	572x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	562x

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Value: 72% - Very good

Total price: $891

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $170	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	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