Asus Z170 PRO GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 89% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 76% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 83.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	104% 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.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

17 months ago, 17 months ago, 17 months ago, 17 months ago, 15 months ago, 9 months ago, 9 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170 PRO GAMING (all builds)
Memory	11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180516
Uptime	13.2 Days
Run Date	Mar 04 '23 at 14:12
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	JPN-User
Background CPU	16%

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PC Performing above expectations (78^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-$170 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	83.5% Excellent	Memory 91 1-Core 122 2-Core 241 85% 152 Pts	4-Core 409 8-Core 660 66% 535 Pts	64-Core 646 40% 646 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 83.5% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 85AA) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 516.94 Performing below potential (71^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	104% Outstanding	Lighting 131 Reflection 143 Parallax 131 107% 135 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 135 Splatting 119 101% 123 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Black SN750 NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB (2019)-$49 14,978 User benchmarks, average bench 201% 10GB free (System drive) Firmware: 111110WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,556 Write 1,405 Mixed 1,344 320% 1,435 MB/s	4K Read 44.5 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 64 213% 76.2 MB/s	DQ Read 919 DQ Write 783 DQ Mixed 802 614% 834 MB/s
Poor: 143% Great: 238%
Toshiba THNSNJ512GCSY 512GB 92 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 444GB free Firmware: JYRA0101 SusWrite @10s intervals: 236 413 437 465 464 463 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	97.4% Outstanding	Read 415 Write 408 Mixed 409 SusWrite 413 93% 411 MB/s	4K Read 22.4 4K Write 80.2 4K Mixed 40.9 129% 47.8 MB/s	DQ Read 351 DQ Write 325 DQ Mixed 345 257% 340 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 97.4% Great: 108%
WD Black 2TB (2010)-$107 47,617 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2TB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 124 147 148 148 148 147 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	85.3% Excellent	Read 153 Write 142 Mixed 114 SusWrite 144 102% 138 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 212% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 85.3% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2133 C13 2x8GB-$45 47,721 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	75.1% Very good	MC Read 27.1 MC Write 28.5 MC Mixed 23.3 75% 26.3 GB/s	SC Read 17.5 SC Write 29.9 SC Mixed 23.8 68% 23.7 GB/s	Latency 65.8 61% 65.8 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 75.1% Great: 80%

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

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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 $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	6,699x
Core i5-6600KIntel $113Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	3,711x
Core i7-6700Intel $170Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	1,058x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	2,194x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	1,389x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,265x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	897x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	796x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	324x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	821x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	573x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	562x

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Value: 72% - Very good

Total price: $891

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $170	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $122	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $28	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