Asus Z170 PRO GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 14% Tree trunk	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	5.56% 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	111% 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	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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z170 PRO GAMING (all builds)
Memory	9.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kolorów,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180516
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 10 '22 at 03:00
Run Duration	255 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	18%

PC Performing above expectations (69^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, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	84.6% Excellent	Memory 94.7 1-Core 117 2-Core 208 82% 140 Pts	4-Core 402 8-Core 675 66% 538 Pts	64-Core 683 42% 683 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 84.6% 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. 31.0.101.2111 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	5.56% Terrible	Lighting 7.4 Reflection 68.5 Parallax 8.2 6% 28 fps	MRender 12.5 Gravity 7 Splatting 0.2 5% 6.57 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.56% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 193GB 21 User benchmarks, average bench 109% 106GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 363 60 61 63 62 60 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 1,054 Write 820 Mixed 632 SusWrite 112 145% 654 MB/s	4K Read 34 4K Write 67.1 4K Mixed 40 138% 47 MB/s	DQ Read 408 DQ Write 449 DQ Mixed 463 339% 440 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 158%
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$80 69,224 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 103GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 364 61 61 63 62 61 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 64% Great: 115%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 2TB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 115% 417GB free Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 364 61 61 63 62 61 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 954 Write 714 Mixed 543 SusWrite 112 129% 581 MB/s	4K Read 29 4K Write 67.9 4K Mixed 40.2 131% 45.7 MB/s	DQ Read 339 DQ Write 388 DQ Mixed 366 275% 364 MB/s
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 139%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 545GB free Firmware: JB0OA3J0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 0.6 1.6 0 14 20 17 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 35% Great: 75%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 1TB 266,123 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 565GB free Firmware: 2AR10002 SusWrite @10s intervals: 0.6 1.6 0 14 20 17 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	64% Good	Read 214 Write 32.6 Mixed 72.5 SusWrite 8.8 61% 81.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 3.3 4K Mixed 1 201% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 64% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 2666 C13 2x8GB 2,810 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2700 MHz Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	87.2% Excellent	MC Read 33 MC Write 33.4 MC Mixed 27.4 89% 31.3 GB/s	SC Read 18.3 SC Write 31.9 SC Mixed 23.1 70% 24.4 GB/s	Latency 58 69% 58 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 87.2% Great: 97%

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Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

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	6,672x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	3,691x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	1,051x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	2,182x
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	792x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	323x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	817x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	571x
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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	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