Asus Z170I PRO GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 65% Battle cruiser	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 50% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	76.9% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	250% 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	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	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

13 months ago, 13 months ago, 13 months ago, 13 months ago, 13 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170I PRO GAMING (all builds)
Memory	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20160215
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	Apr 19 '23 at 15:25
Run Duration	172 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	14%

PC Performing as expected (50^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$113 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	78.5% Very good	Memory 94.5 1-Core 127 2-Core 253 89% 158 Pts	4-Core 363 8-Core 364 49% 363 Pts	64-Core 353 22% 353 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 78.5% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3050-$250 43,922 User benchmarks, average bench 75% Gigabyte(1458 40A9) CLim: 2115 MHz, MLim: 3600 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 531.41 Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	76.9% Very good	Lighting 105 Reflection 84.8 Parallax 51.4 85% 80.3 fps	MRender 86.9 Gravity 73.3 Splatting 65.1 60% 75.1 fps
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 76.9% Great: 79%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
CT1000P3PSSD8 1TB 17,197 User benchmarks, average bench 286% 843GB free (System drive) Firmware: P9CR40A SusWrite @10s intervals: 33 36 36 40 40 41 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	250% Outstanding	Read 3,181 Write 29.2 Mixed 58.5 SusWrite 37.7 172% 826 MB/s	4K Read 295 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 5.2 455% 101 MB/s
Poor: 115% ↑ This bench: 250% Great: 441%
SanDisk SSD Plus 120GB-$42 87,912 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 110GB free Firmware: Z22000RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 157 165 161 169 172 185 MB/s Performing below potential (26^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	49.4% Average	Read 281 Write 130 Mixed 117 SusWrite 168 39% 174 MB/s	4K Read 12 4K Write 75 4K Mixed 7.1 67% 31.4 MB/s	DQ Read 220 DQ Write 182 DQ Mixed 78.6 92% 160 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 49.4% Great: 78%
SSD 1TB 1TB 1,423 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 954GB free Firmware: V8442c31 SusWrite @10s intervals: 245 271 264 290 294 294 MB/s Performing below potential (15^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	59.2% Above average	Read 191 Write 157 Mixed 199 SusWrite 276 47% 206 MB/s	4K Read 10.4 4K Write 64.3 4K Mixed 28.5 86% 34.4 MB/s	DQ Read 149 DQ Write 179 DQ Mixed 171 127% 166 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 59.2% Great: 259%
Hitachi HTS545050B9A300 500GB 25 User benchmarks, average bench 14% 379GB free, PID 2338 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 35 37 36 38 38 39 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	18.1% Very poor	Read 54.7 Write 27.4 Mixed 27.1 SusWrite 37.2 46% 36.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.5 40% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 18.1% Great: 19%
WD Elements 1TB 51,914 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 147GB free, PID 1021 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 30 31 30 31 32 33 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	15.9% Very poor	Read 52.6 Write 25.6 Mixed 21.1 SusWrite 31.2 40% 32.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.5 34% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 15.9% Great: 43%

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 2 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2829 MHz Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	74.9% Very good	MC Read 20.7 MC Write 32.1 MC Mixed 24.9 74% 25.9 GB/s	SC Read 13.8 SC Write 32.4 SC Mixed 25.5 68% 23.9 GB/s	Latency 58.4 68% 58.4 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 74.9% Great: 95%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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 Z170I PRO GAMING - $165

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	584x
Core i5-6600KIntel $113Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	436x
Core i7-6700Intel $170Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	144x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	218x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	169x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	153x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	72x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	68x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	43x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	101x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	83x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	49x

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Value: 72% - Very good

Total price: $761

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $170	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 i5-13600K $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) $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