Asus Z170 PRO GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 96% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 81% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78%, 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	82.1% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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 (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 months ago, 2 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170 PRO GAMING (all builds)
Memory	11.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150924
Uptime	1.9 Days
Run Date	Feb 03 '24 at 01:49
Run Duration	160 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	19%

PC Performing as expected (42^nd 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-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	78% Very good	Memory 84 1-Core 118 2-Core 236 82% 146 Pts	4-Core 388 8-Core 578 60% 483 Pts	64-Core 610 38% 610 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 78% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6696) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 551.23 Performing below potential (40^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	122% Outstanding	Lighting 162 Reflection 165 Parallax 165 132% 164 fps	MRender 139 Gravity 165 Splatting 129 117% 144 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue 3D 1TB-$100 16,039 User benchmarks, average bench 100% 59GB free (System drive) Firmware: X61190WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 346 305 263 220 236 203 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	82.1% Excellent	Read 460 Write 409 Mixed 322 SusWrite 262 81% 363 MB/s	4K Read 24.8 4K Write 48 4K Mixed 32.3 104% 35 MB/s	DQ Read 376 DQ Write 303 DQ Mixed 211 193% 296 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 82.1% Great: 121%
WD Blue 3D 1TB-$100 16,039 User benchmarks, average bench 100% 773GB free Firmware: X61190WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 434 433 447 446 458 458 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	94.2% Outstanding	Read 456 Write 458 Mixed 320 SusWrite 446 95% 420 MB/s	4K Read 25.3 4K Write 49 4K Mixed 32.9 106% 35.7 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 320 DQ Mixed 263 221% 320 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 94.2% Great: 121%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$31 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 915GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 SusWrite @10s intervals: 176 179 175 177 170 168 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	99.9% Outstanding	Read 174 Write 153 Mixed 34.1 SusWrite 174 97% 134 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.7 146% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 99.9% Great: 107%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 116 115 117 116 116 116 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	82.9% Excellent	Read 173 Write 172 Mixed 94.3 SusWrite 116 102% 139 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.1 212% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 82.9% Great: 101%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GB 904 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	73.4% Very good	MC Read 26.4 MC Write 28.2 MC Mixed 23.2 74% 25.9 GB/s	SC Read 16.9 SC Write 29 SC Mixed 22.6 65% 22.8 GB/s	Latency 73.5 54% 73.5 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 73.4% Great: 87%

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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	71	59	165	27"	2560 1377	ACR052F XB271HU A

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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	6,648x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	3,685x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	1,047x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	2,173x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	1,385x
GTX 1080Nvidia $245Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,254x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	889x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	790x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	322x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $37Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	812x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	569x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	560x

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Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $744

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 $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16