Asus Z170 PRO GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 114% UFO	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 99% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 86.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	133% 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	65.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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 (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z170 PRO GAMING (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170623
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 12 '18 at 12:38
Run Duration	168 Seconds
Run User	NZL-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing above expectations (81^st 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 way above expectations (89^th percentile)	86.6% Excellent	Memory 92.3 1-Core 127 2-Core 257 89% 159 Pts	4-Core 436 8-Core 717 70% 576 Pts	64-Core 722 45% 722 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 86.6% 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: 398.36 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	133% Outstanding	Lighting 186 Reflection 201 Parallax 199 152% 195 fps	MRender 131 Gravity 182 Splatting 128 119% 147 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 133% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M4 128GB-$116 34,516 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 76GB free (System drive) Firmware: 000F SusWrite @10s intervals: 168 146 181 176 175 185 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	65.1% Good	Read 430 Write 188 Mixed 223 SusWrite 172 56% 253 MB/s	4K Read 24 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 13.3 111% 48.7 MB/s	DQ Read 138 DQ Write 121 DQ Mixed 28.6 49% 95.7 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 65.1% Great: 72%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 231GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 405 285 310 311 310 309 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	120% Outstanding	Read 459 Write 428 Mixed 376 SusWrite 322 89% 396 MB/s	4K Read 40.8 4K Write 136 4K Mixed 62.2 213% 79.6 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 331 DQ Mixed 354 266% 355 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 124%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 440GB free Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 451 386 466 469 470 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	122% Outstanding	Read 450 Write 445 Mixed 417 SusWrite 424 98% 434 MB/s	4K Read 38.3 4K Write 137 4K Mixed 54.7 201% 76.8 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 358 270% 361 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 129%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 297GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 451 385 465 469 470 463 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	127% Outstanding	Read 459 Write 428 Mixed 372 SusWrite 451 96% 427 MB/s	4K Read 42 4K Write 135 4K Mixed 58.5 210% 78.5 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 339 DQ Mixed 356 268% 358 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 127% Great: 134%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2133 C15 2x8GB-$41 16,658 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	69.6% Good	MC Read 26.7 MC Write 26.4 MC Mixed 20.2 70% 24.4 GB/s	SC Read 15.8 SC Write 25.5 SC Mixed 20.9 59% 20.7 GB/s	Latency 63.6 63% 63.6 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 69.6% Great: 79%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 58%

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Motherboard: Asus Z170 PRO GAMING - $295

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	6,627x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	3,674x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	1,045x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	2,168x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	1,383x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,248x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	885x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	787x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	321x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	808x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	566x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	560x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $750

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	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 $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16