Asus Z170 PRO GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 44% Speed boat	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 39% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 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 77.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	49.5% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	180% 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.

Run History

17 months ago, 17 months ago, 15 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170 PRO GAMING (all builds)
Memory	23 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180516
Uptime	2.2 Days
Run Date	Jan 27 '23 at 11:19
Run Duration	229 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing as expected (45^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 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	77.4% Very good	Memory 83.6 1-Core 121 2-Core 228 81% 144 Pts	4-Core 384 8-Core 617 61% 500 Pts	64-Core 633 39% 633 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 77.4% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Asus(1043 8508) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 528.24 Performing below potential (57^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	49.5% Average	Lighting 60.4 Reflection 69.9 Parallax 62.8 49% 64.4 fps	MRender 68.5 Gravity 62 Splatting 55.1 50% 61.9 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 49.5% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250 40,327 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 137GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 633 575 585 580 586 573 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	180% Outstanding	Read 1,712 Write 812 Mixed 610 SusWrite 589 205% 931 MB/s	4K Read 39.2 4K Write 86.9 4K Mixed 45.1 163% 57.1 MB/s	DQ Read 851 DQ Write 278 DQ Mixed 372 325% 500 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 180% Great: 243%
Intel 530 Series 240GB-$149 16,872 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 128GB free Firmware: DC12 SusWrite @10s intervals: 175 185 174 178 165 169 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	74.3% Very good	Read 312 Write 248 Mixed 279 SusWrite 174 57% 253 MB/s	4K Read 29.7 4K Write 73 4K Mixed 36.1 130% 46.3 MB/s	DQ Read 281 DQ Write 218 DQ Mixed 146 137% 215 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 74.3% Great: 91%
WD Black 2TB (2010)-$107 47,617 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 187GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 75 75 75 75 74 75 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	43.9% Average	Read 77.5 Write 65 Mixed 55.9 SusWrite 75 50% 68.3 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1 202% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 43.9% Great: 85%
WD WD2004FBYZ-01YCBB0 2TB 1,248 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 657GB free Firmware: RR02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 182 171 173 173 169 172 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	85.1% Excellent	Read 122 Write 205 Mixed 102 SusWrite 173 111% 151 MB/s	4K Read 4.7 4K Write 3.4 4K Mixed 1 370% 3.03 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 85.1% Great: 106%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 793GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 130 131 127 128 125 126 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	67.4% Good	Read 106 Write 118 Mixed 66.9 SusWrite 128 77% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.1 208% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 67.4% Great: 75%
WD My Passport 0820 2TB 18,744 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 45GB free, PID 0820 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 69 71 87 81 74 55 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	26.2% Poor	Read 61.8 Write 74 Mixed 23.6 SusWrite 72.9 79% 58.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.4 29% 0.4 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 26.2% Great: 42%
WD Elements 25A2 2TB 18,040 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 1TB free, PID 25a2 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 103 103 102 102 102 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	56% Above average	Read 137 Write 117 Mixed 81.9 SusWrite 103 144% 110 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 4.4 4K Mixed 0.3 163% 1.87 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 56% Great: 61%
Seagate FreeAgent 1TB 1,657 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 436GB free, PID 3008 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 40 41 41 41 41 41 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	18.1% Very poor	Read 38.3 Write 38.6 Mixed 31.4 SusWrite 40.8 51% 37.3 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.9 72% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 18.1% Great: 20%
WD My Passport 0827 3TB 1,438 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 264GB free, PID 0827 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 66 67 66 66 67 67 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	31.4% Below average	Read 81.8 Write 99.6 Mixed 86.3 SusWrite 66.3 115% 83.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 84% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 31.4% Great: 49%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2400 C15 2x16GB 9,797 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	73.6% Very good	MC Read 26.8 MC Write 28.3 MC Mixed 22.9 74% 26 GB/s	SC Read 17.2 SC Write 29 SC Mixed 22.6 66% 22.9 GB/s	Latency 74.2 54% 74.2 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 73.6% Great: 95%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 58%

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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