Asus Z170 PRO GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 120% UFO	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 102% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 92.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	127% 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	194% 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.

Very high background CPU (45%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

18 months ago, 18 months ago, 18 months ago, 17 months ago, 17 months ago, 17 months ago, 17 months ago, 17 months ago, 17 months ago, 17 months ago, 17 months ago, 17 months ago, 17 months ago, 16 months ago, 16 months ago, 16 months ago, 16 months ago, 15 months ago, 15 months ago, 15 months ago, 15 months ago, 15 months ago, 14 months ago, 14 months ago, 14 months ago, 14 months ago, 13 months ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus Z170 PRO GAMING (all builds)
Memory	26.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180516
Uptime	2.5 Days
Run Date	Dec 03 '22 at 04:12
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	45%

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PC Performing above expectations (73^rd 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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	92.3% Outstanding	Memory 96.4 1-Core 106 2-Core 284 88% 162 Pts	4-Core 475 8-Core 692 73% 584 Pts	64-Core 751 46% 751 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 92.3% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti-$340 442,467 User benchmarks, average bench 128% Nvidia(10DE 147A) ≥ 4GB; Nvidia FE CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 526.86 Performing below potential (45^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	127% Outstanding	Lighting 178 Reflection 167 Parallax 156 145% 167 fps	MRender 179 Gravity 130 Splatting 112 112% 140 fps
Poor: 116% ↑ This bench: 127% Great: 136%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 980 NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$54 5,987 User benchmarks, average bench 191% 118GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B4QFXO7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 956 1070 142 127 130 131 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	194% Outstanding	Read 1,374 Write 1,145 Mixed 1,200 SusWrite 426 232% 1,036 MB/s	4K Read 55 4K Write 124 4K Mixed 74.1 244% 84.4 MB/s	DQ Read 873 DQ Write 784 DQ Mixed 780 598% 812 MB/s
Poor: 122% ↑ This bench: 194% Great: 239%
Crucial MX500 2TB-$146 44,787 User benchmarks, average bench 108% 363GB free Firmware: M3CR045 SusWrite @10s intervals: 323 390 435 451 455 456 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 311 Write 223 Mixed 381 SusWrite 418 75% 333 MB/s	4K Read 40.7 4K Write 89.3 4K Mixed 55.3 180% 61.8 MB/s	DQ Read 387 DQ Write 347 DQ Mixed 159 176% 298 MB/s
Poor: 83% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 125%
HyperX Savage 240GB-$120 39,518 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 223GB free Firmware: SAFM001B SusWrite @10s intervals: 336 413 474 485 479 479 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 504 Write 495 Mixed 329 SusWrite 444 100% 443 MB/s	4K Read 30.7 4K Write 88.2 4K Mixed 39.3 144% 52.7 MB/s	DQ Read 364 DQ Write 334 DQ Mixed 69.8 129% 256 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 111%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$50 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 1.5TB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 179 179 178 179 179 178 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 177 Write 169 Mixed 22.1 SusWrite 178 98% 137 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.6 155% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GB 92,468 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3194 MHz Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	MC Read 38.2 MC Write 41.1 MC Mixed 28.6 103% 36 GB/s	SC Read 23.3 SC Write 43.5 SC Mixed 32.1 94% 33 GB/s	Latency 52.4 76% 52.4 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 114%

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

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Motherboard: Asus Z170 PRO GAMING - $295

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	6,629x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	3,674x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	1,045x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	2,168x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	1,383x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,250x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	885x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	787x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	321x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	808x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	566x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	560x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $750

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	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