Asus Z170-PRO

Performance Results


Gaming 56% Gunboat	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 45% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	72.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	48.2% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-PRO (all builds)
Memory	9.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171227
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Sep 09 '18 at 20:30
Run Duration	196 Seconds
Run User	ESP-User
Background CPU	20%

PC Performing as expected (54^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-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	74.3% Very good	Memory 87 1-Core 122 2-Core 239 84% 149 Pts	4-Core 346 8-Core 410 49% 378 Pts	64-Core 441 27% 441 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 74.3% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4991) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing below potential (14^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	72.4% Very good	Lighting 92.6 Reflection 95.8 Parallax 96.2 75% 94.9 fps	MRender 82.1 Gravity 84.6 Splatting 78.3 67% 81.7 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 72.4% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba Q300 240GB-$85 5,005 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 37GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM12.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 224 125 128 21 136 MB/s Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	48.2% Average	Read 145 Write 138 Mixed 14.5 SusWrite 130 24% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 32.6 4K Mixed 29.3 56% 20.9 MB/s	DQ Read 345 DQ Write 332 DQ Mixed 34.6 110% 237 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 48.2% Great: 93%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 416GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 127 170 167 172 160 167 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	98.2% Outstanding	Read 181 Write 163 Mixed 92.7 SusWrite 160 110% 149 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 1.2 247% 1.87 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 98.2% Great: 113%
Intenso USB 3.0 device 4TB 411 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 141 145 147 148 148 148 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	85.7% Excellent	Read 153 Write 125 Mixed 77.2 SusWrite 146 92% 125 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.7 142% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 85.7% Great: 100%
Intenso External USB 3.0 4TB 638 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 1.5TB free Firmware: 1402 SusWrite @10s intervals: 181 184 182 186 188 191 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	87.2% Excellent	Read 115 Write 141 Mixed 102 SusWrite 186 100% 136 MB/s	4K Read 7.9 4K Write 4.3 4K Mixed 0.7 487% 4.3 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 87.2% Great: 97%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 931GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 184 181 181 180 182 177 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 185 Write 148 Mixed 81 SusWrite 181 109% 149 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 141% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 113%
Kingston DataTraveler Ultimate G3 USB 3.0 64GB-$72 264 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 26GB free, PID 1697 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 92 94 93 90 93 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	51.6% Above average	Read 175 Write 60 Mixed 25 SusWrite 89.4 99% 87.3 MB/s	4K Read 10.5 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.9 117% 4.27 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 51.6% Great: 52%

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 below potential (21^st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	63.3% Good	MC Read 23.8 MC Write 23.3 MC Mixed 19.7 64% 22.3 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 21.5 SC Mixed 19.8 54% 18.7 GB/s	Latency 70.5 57% 70.5 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 63.3% Great: 79%

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Gaming 69%

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Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

Motherboard: Asus Z170-PRO - $210

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	513x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	125x
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	78x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	169x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	105x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	71x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	62x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	55x
950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung $625Bench 223%, 54,978 samples	23x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	69x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	55x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x16GBCorsair $560Bench 84%, 34,441 samples	34x

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Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $674

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 $177	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) $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