Asus Z170 PRO GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 58% Gunboat	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 46% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (39th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 61 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 73.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	73.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	75.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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 (37%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z170 PRO GAMING (all builds)
Memory	2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160705
Uptime	5.3 Days
Run Date	Dec 05 '22 at 02:24
Run Duration	167 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	37%

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PC Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600-$128 80,688 User benchmarks, average bench 68% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	73.2% Very good	Memory 82.2 1-Core 101 2-Core 205 74% 129 Pts	4-Core 368 8-Core 390 50% 379 Pts	64-Core 388 24% 388 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 73.2% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 85A0) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 465.89 Performing below potential (12^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	73.2% Very good	Lighting 88.9 Reflection 104 Parallax 104 72% 99.1 fps	MRender 88 Gravity 91.5 Splatting 92.8 75% 90.8 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 73.2% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$122 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 321GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 252 223 150 133 140 154 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	75.9% Very good	Read 417 Write 324 Mixed 353 SusWrite 175 71% 317 MB/s	4K Read 28.2 4K Write 57.2 4K Mixed 28.4 109% 37.9 MB/s	DQ Read 360 DQ Write 321 DQ Mixed 334 252% 338 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 75.9% Great: 133%
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$159 331,647 User benchmarks, average bench 297% 325GB free Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1028 1276 1278 1309 1340 1404 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	242% Outstanding	Read 1,695 Write 1,463 Mixed 1,246 SusWrite 1,273 319% 1419 MB/s	4K Read 39.2 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 55.5 184% 65.1 MB/s	DQ Read 1,020 DQ Write 761 DQ Mixed 790 618% 857 MB/s
Poor: 214% ↑ This bench: 242% Great: 372%
Seagate Expansion Desk 8TB 11,959 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 6.5TB free Firmware: 9401 SusWrite @10s intervals: 164 180 186 186 185 187 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	82.6% Excellent	Read 105 Write 162 Mixed 34.9 SusWrite 181 87% 121 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 6.7 4K Mixed 0.7 248% 2.83 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 82.6% Great: 94%
WD WD2500BEVS-22UST 250GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 100GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 19 37 22 18 25 9.4 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	26.9% Poor	Read 72 Write 26.1 Mixed 20.4 SusWrite 21.7 26% 35 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 46% 0.37 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 26.9% Great: 28%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Patriot 2133 C14 Series 2x8GB 464 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (28^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	63.3% Good	MC Read 23.2 MC Write 24.1 MC Mixed 20.4 64% 22.6 GB/s	SC Read 14.2 SC Write 21.6 SC Mixed 18 51% 17.9 GB/s	Latency 76.6 52% 76.6 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 63.3% Great: 79%

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Gaming 69%

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Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

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	3,690x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	1,050x

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 $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	792x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	323x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 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: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $752

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $490	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

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 $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16