Asus Z170I PRO GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 68% Battle cruiser	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 55% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 82.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	77.7% 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	221% 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	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

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

Motherboard	Asus Z170I PRO GAMING (all builds)
Memory	11.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180516
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Nov 27 '23 at 21:51
Run Duration	227 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	14%

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PC Performing above expectations (67^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-$130 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	82.1% Excellent	Memory 91.3 1-Core 135 2-Core 269 92% 165 Pts	4-Core 417 8-Core 451 57% 434 Pts	64-Core 447 28% 447 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 82.1% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super)-$238 428,800 User benchmarks, average bench 71% MSI(1462 C758) CLim: 2220 MHz, MLim: 3750 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 545.84 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	77.7% Very good	Lighting 97.7 Reflection 93.8 Parallax 87.3 80% 92.9 fps	MRender 121 Gravity 84.3 Splatting 73.9 74% 93.1 fps
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 77.7% Great: 76%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Black SN750 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB (2019)-$37 109,999 User benchmarks, average bench 244% 192GB free (System drive) Firmware: 102000WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 846 815 831 846 817 717 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	221% Outstanding	Read 1,885 Write 1,971 Mixed 1,614 SusWrite 812 353% 1,570 MB/s	4K Read 39.7 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 57.8 192% 68.9 MB/s	DQ Read 1,035 DQ Write 604 DQ Mixed 766 584% 802 MB/s
Poor: 168% ↑ This bench: 221% Great: 297%
Gigastone SS6200-256GB 256GB 338 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 28GB free Firmware: N0724B SusWrite @10s intervals: 174 321 332 230 204 160 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	89.1% Excellent	Read 485 Write 323 Mixed 295 SusWrite 237 75% 335 MB/s	4K Read 27.2 4K Write 84.6 4K Mixed 39.3 136% 50.4 MB/s	DQ Read 275 DQ Write 304 DQ Mixed 185 168% 255 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 89.1% Great: 105%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 178 195 197 199 198 197 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 168 Write 132 Mixed 83.9 SusWrite 194 106% 144 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 138% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 145 153 150 154 152 154 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	69.9% Good	Read 91.1 Write 115 Mixed 63.6 SusWrite 151 77% 105 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 4.9 4K Mixed 0.7 214% 2.23 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 69.9% Great: 90%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB-$31 98,777 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	78.4% Very good	MC Read 27.9 MC Write 30.8 MC Mixed 23.9 79% 27.5 GB/s	SC Read 18.9 SC Write 30.5 SC Mixed 23.8 70% 24.4 GB/s	Latency 63.8 63% 63.8 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 78.4% Great: 88%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0P 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	52	18	60	34.1"	1280 720	GSM5AFB LG ULTRAWIDE

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Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

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Motherboard: Asus Z170I PRO GAMING - $165

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	580x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	433x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	144x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	218x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	168x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	152x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	72x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	68x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	43x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	100x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	81x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	49x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $622

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $23	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16