Asus Z170 PRO GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 78% Battleship	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 67% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 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 78.5%, 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	91.8% 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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Motherboard	Asus Z170 PRO GAMING (all builds)
Memory	9.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180516
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Dec 31 '22 at 14:36
Run Duration	190 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	22%

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PC Performing as expected (44^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-$219 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	78.5% Very good	Memory 84.3 1-Core 118 2-Core 218 79% 140 Pts	4-Core 391 8-Core 634 63% 513 Pts	64-Core 636 39% 636 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 78.5% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060S (Super)-$510 319,148 User benchmarks, average bench 100% Gigabyte(1458 401E) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2175 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 527.56 Performing below potential (62^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	101% Outstanding	Lighting 121 Reflection 113 Parallax 126 99% 120 fps	MRender 180 Gravity 114 Splatting 106 106% 133 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SHSS37A480G 480GB 14,802 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 371GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM02.H SusWrite @10s intervals: 307 381 425 461 459 466 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	91.8% Outstanding	Read 388 Write 401 Mixed 295 SusWrite 416 85% 375 MB/s	4K Read 21.6 4K Write 76.6 4K Mixed 32.8 115% 43.7 MB/s	DQ Read 334 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 175 177% 285 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 91.8% Great: 110%
HyperX Savage 120GB-$80 7,194 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 112GB free Firmware: SAFM00.U SusWrite @10s intervals: 366 381 394 411 409 415 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	92.7% Outstanding	Read 416 Write 384 Mixed 278 SusWrite 396 83% 368 MB/s	4K Read 24.1 4K Write 77.6 4K Mixed 32.3 119% 44.7 MB/s	DQ Read 339 DQ Write 349 DQ Mixed 66.7 127% 252 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 92.7% Great: 104%
Vaseky V880/500G 500GB 13 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 466GB free Firmware: R0411D SusWrite @10s intervals: 324 352 371 392 395 392 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	91.4% Outstanding	Read 400 Write 344 Mixed 298 SusWrite 371 80% 353 MB/s	4K Read 26.4 4K Write 82.7 4K Mixed 39.8 135% 49.6 MB/s	DQ Read 219 DQ Write 267 DQ Mixed 215 170% 233 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 91.4% Great: 101%
Crucial MX300 275GB-$100 67,541 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 256GB free Firmware: M0CR060 SusWrite @10s intervals: 369 401 323 154 152 152 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	79.1% Very good	Read 387 Write 393 Mixed 340 SusWrite 259 78% 345 MB/s	4K Read 21.3 4K Write 79.3 4K Mixed 31.7 115% 44.1 MB/s	DQ Read 236 DQ Write 322 DQ Mixed 302 222% 286 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 79.1% Great: 95%
SSD 1TB 1TB 2,981 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 655GB free Firmware: R1116A0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 358 92 76 65 77 79 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	53.4% Above average	Read 417 Write 381 Mixed 17 SusWrite 125 52% 235 MB/s	4K Read 19.4 4K Write 9.8 4K Mixed 18 58% 15.7 MB/s	DQ Read 178 DQ Write 324 DQ Mixed 0.8 71% 168 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 53.4% Great: 209%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 1x16GB 2,407 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 1 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	40.7% Average	MC Read 14.3 MC Write 14 MC Mixed 11.8 38% 13.4 GB/s	SC Read 12.7 SC Write 14.4 SC Mixed 13.9 39% 13.7 GB/s	Latency 72.9 55% 72.9 ns
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 40.7% Great: 63%

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Gaming 69%

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Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

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Motherboard: Asus Z170 PRO GAMING - $295

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $219Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	6,689x
Core i5-6600KIntel $122Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	3,701x
Core i7-6700Intel $219Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	1,055x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	2,188x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	1,387x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,262x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	895x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	795x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	323x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	818x
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: 92% - Outstanding

Total price: $794

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $124	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	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