Asus Z170 PRO GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 96% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 75% Battleship


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 78.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	122% 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	25.4% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
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 (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z170 PRO GAMING (all builds)
Memory	9.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180516
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Jan 17 '24 at 19:19
Run Duration	171 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	20%

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-$130 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	78.2% Very good	Memory 89.2 1-Core 111 2-Core 220 80% 140 Pts	4-Core 384 8-Core 412 53% 398 Pts	64-Core 416 26% 416 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 78.2% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 4060-$300 48,534 User benchmarks, average bench 122% MSI(1462 5161) CLim: 3105 MHz, MLim: 4250 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 546.65 Performing below potential (52^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	122% Outstanding	Lighting 166 Reflection 116 Parallax 156 135% 146 fps	MRender 196 Gravity 130 Splatting 104 113% 143 fps
Poor: 115% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 127%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$28 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 97GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z32080RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 46 64 40 43 39 51 MB/s Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	25.4% Poor	Read 238 Write 153 Mixed 188 SusWrite 47 35% 156 MB/s	4K Read 6.9 4K Write 32.1 4K Mixed 0.2 28% 13.1 MB/s	DQ Read 138 DQ Write 117 DQ Mixed 29.4 49% 95.1 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 25.4% Great: 86%
WDC WD40EFAX-68JH4N0 4TB 2,601 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 428GB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 94 93 93 94 94 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	12.4% Very poor	Read 97 Write 93.9 Mixed 62 SusWrite 93.6 20% 86.6 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 10.4 4K Mixed 1 9% 4.2 MB/s	DQ Read 1.2 DQ Write 13 DQ Mixed 1.3 3% 5.17 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 12.4% Great: 38%
Crucial M4 128GB-$116 34,516 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 118GB free Firmware: 010G SusWrite @10s intervals: 144 149 161 171 183 182 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	60.3% Good	Read 395 Write 174 Mixed 202 SusWrite 165 52% 234 MB/s	4K Read 21.5 4K Write 65.5 4K Mixed 12.9 84% 33.3 MB/s	DQ Read 285 DQ Write 171 DQ Mixed 29.8 75% 162 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 60.3% Great: 72%
Seagate External 1TB 204 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 391GB free, PID 3332 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 123 136 140 137 140 139 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	55% Above average	Read 146 Write 123 Mixed 81.9 SusWrite 136 161% 122 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.8 74% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 55% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GB-$125 59,072 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	76.6% Very good	MC Read 27.4 MC Write 29.1 MC Mixed 25.5 78% 27.3 GB/s	SC Read 16.2 SC Write 27.8 SC Mixed 22.9 64% 22.3 GB/s	Latency 68 59% 68 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 76.6% Great: 85%

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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	70	57	60	23.5"	1280 720	SAM0C1A S24E390

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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 $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	6,656x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	3,688x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	1,049x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	2,178x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	1,385x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,255x

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	815x
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 $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