Asus Z170 PRO GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 92% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 79% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	102% 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	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	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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z170 PRO GAMING (all builds)
Memory	20.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	3840 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180516
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 02 '24 at 17:46
Run Duration	207 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	20%

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PC Performing above expectations (63^rd 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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	85.4% Excellent	Memory 94.7 1-Core 126 2-Core 239 87% 153 Pts	4-Core 410 8-Core 638 65% 524 Pts	64-Core 661 41% 661 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 85.4% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 5700-XT-$250 254,908 User benchmarks, average bench 98% Sapphire(1DA2 E409) Ram: 8GB, Driver: 23.12.1 Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Lighting 131 Reflection 207 Parallax 217 107% 185 fps	MRender 114 Gravity 149 Splatting 94.2 95% 119 fps
Poor: 91% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 104%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 362GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1731 961 598 599 599 595 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	250% Outstanding	Read 2,378 Write 2,068 Mixed 1,489 SusWrite 847 379% 1,696 MB/s	4K Read 50.4 4K Write 99.2 4K Mixed 68.1 216% 72.6 MB/s	DQ Read 947 DQ Write 639 DQ Mixed 841 615% 809 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 250% Great: 340%
SSD 256GB 6,980 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 46GB free Firmware: SAFM02.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 323 312 273 260 301 232 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	90.3% Outstanding	Read 458 Write 347 Mixed 299 SusWrite 283 78% 347 MB/s	4K Read 28.3 4K Write 78.4 4K Mixed 35.3 130% 47.3 MB/s	DQ Read 317 DQ Write 348 DQ Mixed 168 172% 278 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 90.3% Great: 108%
WD Blue 1TB (2010)-$39 55,121 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 508GB free Firmware: 19.01H19 SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 107 109 108 108 106 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	59.1% Above average	Read 98.2 Write 91.2 Mixed 75.3 SusWrite 107 69% 93 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.8 161% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 59.1% Great: 74%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3333 C16 4x8GB 59 User benchmarks, average bench 100% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing below potential (39^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	95.1% Outstanding	MC Read 34.2 MC Write 36 MC Mixed 31.1 96% 33.8 GB/s	SC Read 19.9 SC Write 39.1 SC Mixed 28.2 83% 29.1 GB/s	Latency 58.2 69% 58.2 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 95.1% Great: 147%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 22: 0P 2R 2G 6B (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%	5	208	57	120	48.8"	1280 720	SAM7463 Odyssey G93SC

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Gaming 69%

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Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

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Motherboard: Asus Z170 PRO GAMING - $295

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	6,690x
Core i5-6600KIntel $113Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	3,703x
Core i7-6700Intel $170Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	1,056x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	2,188x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	1,388x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,263x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	895x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	795x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $135Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	323x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	818x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	572x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	562x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $745

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $124	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	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