Asus Z170 PRO GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 19% Surfboard	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 90.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	11.2% 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.
Boot Drive	113% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus Z170 PRO GAMING (all builds)
Memory	8.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20180516
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Nov 24 '18 at 06:02
Run Duration	187 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	19%

PC Performing above expectations (63^rd 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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	90.8% Outstanding	Memory 93.6 1-Core 140 2-Core 276 94% 170 Pts	4-Core 506 8-Core 522 68% 514 Pts	64-Core 472 29% 472 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 90.8% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia Titan X Pascal-$286 8,692 User benchmarks, average bench 121% Dell(1028 119A) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 416.94 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	11.2% Very poor	Lighting 7.97 Reflection 20.7 Parallax 15.9 6% 14.8 fps	MRender 20.5 Gravity 23.4 Splatting 28.6 20% 24.2 fps
Poor: 108% ↑ This bench: 11.2% Great: 132%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 EVO M.2 500GB 25,072 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 68GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT21B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 398 309 163 147 139 123 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Read 473 Write 444 Mixed 365 SusWrite 213 84% 374 MB/s	4K Read 42.7 4K Write 125 4K Mixed 60.6 208% 76 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 360 271% 362 MB/s
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 131%
Micron C400 RealSSD 128GB 11,312 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 42GB free Firmware: 070H SusWrite @10s intervals: 171 180 190 182 184 166 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	68.9% Good	Read 411 Write 180 Mixed 216 SusWrite 179 55% 246 MB/s	4K Read 25.7 4K Write 95.9 4K Mixed 16.2 110% 45.9 MB/s	DQ Read 269 DQ Write 163 DQ Mixed 29.4 72% 154 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 68.9% Great: 70%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 70GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 92 93 94 94 91 92 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	61.9% Good	Read 123 Write 99.8 Mixed 76.2 SusWrite 92.5 72% 97.8 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 203% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 61.9% Great: 108%
WD Green 1.5TB (2009)-$150 16,916 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 947GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 88 90 90 90 89 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	49.4% Average	Read 82.8 Write 83.5 Mixed 47.8 SusWrite 89.5 56% 75.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.6 110% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 49.4% Great: 55%
Generic- SD/MMC/MS/MSPRO 64GB 63 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 58GB free, PID 0307 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 15 16 16 17 17 17 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	16.7% Very poor	Read 74.5 Write 15 Mixed 29.8 SusWrite 16.4 37% 33.9 MB/s	4K Read 4.8 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.8 59% 2 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 16.7% Great: 40%
WDC WD15 EARS-00Z5B1 1.5TB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 1.5TB free, PID 0c25 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 36 39 39 39 39 37 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	20.2% Poor	Read 36.5 Write 35.5 Mixed 29.3 SusWrite 38.2 48% 34.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.6 94% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 20.2% Great: 20%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2666 C15 2x8GB-$169 37,519 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2673 MHz Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	83.6% Excellent	MC Read 27.1 MC Write 34.1 MC Mixed 30.1 87% 30.4 GB/s	SC Read 15.4 SC Write 27.6 SC Mixed 20.7 61% 21.2 GB/s	Latency 60.7 66% 60.7 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 83.6% Great: 97%

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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	6,649x
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	2,174x
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	890x
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	813x
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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $64	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16