Asus Z170 PRO GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 96% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 73% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 64.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	148% 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	60.5% 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.

Motherboard	Asus Z170 PRO GAMING (all builds)
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.5 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180516
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 09 '23 at 11:22
Run Duration	186 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6400-$79 171,457 User benchmarks, average bench 61% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.7 GHz, turbo 3.1 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	64.2% Good	Memory 80.3 1-Core 84.9 2-Core 154 63% 106 Pts	4-Core 278 8-Core 290 38% 284 Pts	64-Core 292 18% 292 Pts
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 64.2% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3070-$400 619,642 User benchmarks, average bench 148% Nvidia(10DE 146B) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 528.24 Performing below potential (52^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	148% Outstanding	Lighting 217 Reflection 203 Parallax 215 177% 212 fps	MRender 193 Gravity 152 Splatting 133 127% 159 fps
Poor: 135% ↑ This bench: 148% Great: 158%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 520 Series 120GB-$199 19,348 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 10GB free (System drive) Firmware: 400i SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 104 100 106 102 101 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	60.5% Good	Read 315 Write 140 Mixed 183 SusWrite 105 41% 186 MB/s	4K Read 27.8 4K Write 60.6 4K Mixed 28.8 111% 39.1 MB/s	DQ Read 185 DQ Write 153 DQ Mixed 143 114% 160 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 60.5% Great: 88%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 66GB free Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1551 Write 1,445 Mixed 668 270% 1,221 MB/s	4K Read 35.2 4K Write 73.3 4K Mixed 43.1 147% 50.5 MB/s	DQ Read 884 DQ Write 485 DQ Mixed 536 438% 635 MB/s
Poor: 142% Great: 236%
Samsung HD502HJ 1TB 18 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 360GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 134 135 133 132 137 133 MB/s Relative performance n/a - drive id incomplete or inconclusive		Read 147 Write 124 Mixed 84 SusWrite 134 90% 122 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.2 227% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 35% Great: 99%
Samsung HD502HJ 1TB 18 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 433GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 145 149 148 152 151 150 MB/s Relative performance n/a - drive id incomplete or inconclusive		Read 162 Write 141 Mixed 100 SusWrite 149 102% 138 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.2 240% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 35% Great: 99%
WD Blue 2.5" 1TB (2004)-$47 218,164 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 177GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 66 67 68 69 68 69 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	37.4% Below average	Read 62.3 Write 66.5 Mixed 47.7 SusWrite 67.8 45% 61.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 128% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 37.4% Great: 62%
Samsung HM251HI 250GB-$50 910 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 18GB free Firmware: 2AJ10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 36 43 43 43 43 41 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	31.2% Below average	Read 67 Write 24.2 Mixed 34 SusWrite 41.7 31% 41.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.6 114% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 31.2% Great: 47%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GB-$42 131,007 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2460 MHz Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	76.3% Very good	MC Read 27 MC Write 32.2 MC Mixed 23.5 79% 27.6 GB/s	SC Read 15.3 SC Write 29.6 SC Mixed 21 63% 22 GB/s	Latency 79.9 50% 79.9 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 76.3% 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	3,676x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	1,045x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	2,169x
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 $94Bench 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	809x
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 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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