Asus Z170 PRO GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 91% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 72% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 83.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	105% 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	59.7% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

High background CPU (25%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z170 PRO GAMING (all builds)
Memory	27.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180516
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 21 '23 at 15:30
Run Duration	174 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	25%

PC Performing above expectations (61^st 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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	83.4% Excellent	Memory 90.7 1-Core 136 2-Core 259 90% 162 Pts	4-Core 440 8-Core 445 59% 442 Pts	64-Core 457 28% 457 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 83.4% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3060-$283 447,556 User benchmarks, average bench 100% MSI(1462 397D) CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 3750 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 546.33 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	105% Outstanding	Lighting 138 Reflection 130 Parallax 125 113% 131 fps	MRender 144 Gravity 102 Splatting 98.1 92% 114 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Unique Fusion 512gb SSD Drive 512GB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 374GB free (System drive) Firmware: HCS1A25C SusWrite @10s intervals: 223 343 42 67 49 49 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	59.7% Above average	Read 442 Write 358 Mixed 298 SusWrite 129 68% 307 MB/s	4K Read 29.4 4K Write 61.4 4K Mixed 9.7 90% 33.5 MB/s	DQ Read 171 DQ Write 229 DQ Mixed 13.7 62% 138 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 59.7% Great: 82%
Adata SU900 128GB 274 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 119GB free Firmware: Q0125A SusWrite @10s intervals: 255 409 436 447 451 451 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	99.7% Outstanding	Read 460 Write 409 Mixed 382 SusWrite 408 93% 415 MB/s	4K Read 28.6 4K Write 88.5 4K Mixed 42.3 144% 53.1 MB/s	DQ Read 175 DQ Write 340 DQ Mixed 208 172% 241 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 99.7% Great: 107%
Fikwot FN203 512GB 25 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 256GB free Firmware: SN14546 SusWrite @10s intervals: 261 403 416 427 431 430 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	93.6% Outstanding	Read 394 Write 443 Mixed 393 SusWrite 395 92% 406 MB/s	4K Read 30.8 4K Write 77.9 4K Mixed 38.5 137% 49.1 MB/s	DQ Read 220 DQ Write 286 DQ Mixed 268 198% 258 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 93.6% Great: 101%
Crucial MX500 1TB-$80 202,785 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 574GB free Firmware: M3CR045 SusWrite @10s intervals: 253 401 430 442 360 305 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 346 Write 410 Mixed 347 SusWrite 365 83% 367 MB/s	4K Read 37 4K Write 89.1 4K Mixed 50.5 168% 58.9 MB/s	DQ Read 388 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 161 176% 297 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 125%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 4133 C19 4x8GB 90 User benchmarks, average bench 111% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2800 MHz Performing below potential (31^st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	92.8% Outstanding	MC Read 32.4 MC Write 36.1 MC Mixed 30.6 94% 33 GB/s	SC Read 20.4 SC Write 36.1 SC Mixed 28 80% 28.2 GB/s	Latency 60.7 66% 60.7 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 92.8% Great: 161%

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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	67	58	60	32"	1280 720	MAC0101 MACROSILICON

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Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

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Motherboard: Asus Z170 PRO GAMING - $295

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	6,663x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	3,689x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	1,050x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	2,179x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	1,386x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,257x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	891x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	791x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	323x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	817x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	570x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	561x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $752

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16