Asus Z170I PRO GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 22% Surfboard	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 20% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 96.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	12.7% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170I PRO GAMING (all builds)
Memory	12 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180329
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 03 '18 at 09:41
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	NZL-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (76^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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	96.1% Outstanding	Memory 95.4 1-Core 146 2-Core 291 98% 178 Pts	4-Core 555 8-Core 577 75% 566 Pts	64-Core 575 36% 575 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 96.1% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-Ti-$59 946,701 User benchmarks, average bench 29% Asus(1043 85C1) CLim: 2126 MHz, MLim: 1866 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 390.77 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Disable monitor sync before benchmarking (41 fps cap detected)	12.7% Very poor	Lighting 2.47 Reflection 35 Parallax 41.2 2% 26.2 fps	MRender 41.4 Gravity 41.5 Splatting 39.8 33% 40.9 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 12.7% Great: 33%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 600p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$119 20,782 User benchmarks, average bench 128% 28GB free (System drive) Firmware: PSF121C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 911 Write 558 Mixed 659 157% 709 MB/s	4K Read 35.7 4K Write 155 4K Mixed 56.1 208% 82.3 MB/s	DQ Read 503 DQ Write 532 DQ Mixed 470 367% 502 MB/s
Poor: 95% Great: 144%
Samsung 840 Pro 128GB-$150 34,842 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 119GB free Firmware: DXM05B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 388 435 436 438 436 436 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 493 Write 435 Mixed 317 SusWrite 428 94% 418 MB/s	4K Read 36.4 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 45.4 176% 66.4 MB/s	DQ Read 375 DQ Write 317 DQ Mixed 154 168% 282 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 110%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$80 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 71GB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 69 70 69 71 71 71 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	40.1% Average	Read 69.2 Write 69.2 Mixed 54.5 SusWrite 70.2 49% 65.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 143% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 40.1% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GB-$42 131,007 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	MC Read 36.6 MC Write 39.4 MC Mixed 32.7 104% 36.2 GB/s	SC Read 21.5 SC Write 41.5 SC Mixed 29.9 88% 31 GB/s	Latency 55.8 72% 55.8 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 95%

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

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Motherboard: Asus Z170I PRO GAMING - $165

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	580x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	433x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	144x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	218x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	168x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	152x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	72x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	68x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	43x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	100x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	81x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	49x

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Value: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $625

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 $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16