Asus Z170 PRO GAMING

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 67% Battle cruiser	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 56% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	84% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z170 PRO GAMING (all builds)
Memory	2.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160307
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 18 '24 at 19:36
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	18%

PC Performing as expected (52^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 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	84.8% Excellent	Memory 90.7 1-Core 122 2-Core 228 84% 147 Pts	4-Core 425 8-Core 638 66% 532 Pts	64-Core 634 39% 634 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 84.8% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4996) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1582 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 546.01 Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	84% Excellent	Lighting 105 Reflection 122 Parallax 116 85% 114 fps	MRender 102 Gravity 103 Splatting 95.4 82% 100 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 84% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 20GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 432 Write 390 Mixed 356 88% 393 MB/s	4K Read 31.9 4K Write 64.2 4K Mixed 43.1 138% 46.4 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 303 DQ Mixed 357 263% 347 MB/s
Poor: 72% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 586GB free Firmware: CC46 SusWrite @10s intervals: 6.1 22 8.2 7.2 14 14 MB/s Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	3.71% Terrible	Read 1 Write 7 Mixed 0.7 SusWrite 11.7 4% 5.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 33% 0.27 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 3.71% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3000 C15 1x8GB 212 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	39.8% Below average	MC Read 13.8 MC Write 13.5 MC Mixed 11.3 37% 12.9 GB/s	SC Read 12.1 SC Write 13.6 SC Mixed 13.5 37% 13.1 GB/s	Latency 65.4 61% 65.4 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 39.8% Great: 55%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 1: 0P 0R 0G 1B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
1%	20%	5	200	27	60	24"	1280 720	ACI24E1 VG248

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Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

Motherboard: Asus Z170 PRO GAMING - $295

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	6,672x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	3,690x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	1,050x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	2,182x
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	792x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	323x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	817x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	571x
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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $490	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	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