Asus Z170 PRO GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 37% Jet ski	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 31% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (90th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 10 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 81.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	37% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	122% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (45%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z170 PRO GAMING (all builds)
Memory	8.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit färger
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170426
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Oct 04 '18 at 11:41
Run Duration	368 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	45%

PC Performing way above expectations (90^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 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	81.1% Excellent	Memory 92 1-Core 130 2-Core 260 90% 161 Pts	4-Core 395 8-Core 462 56% 429 Pts	64-Core 511 32% 511 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 81.1% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 380-$200 83,027 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Sapphire(174B E308) CLim: 1010 MHz, MLim: 1450 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.12 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	37% Below average	Lighting 46.8 Reflection 52.1 Parallax 56.2 38% 51.7 fps	MRender 51.7 Gravity 41.2 Splatting 37.4 35% 43.5 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 37% Great: 35%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 600p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$49 58,154 User benchmarks, average bench 116% 71GB free (System drive) Firmware: PSF100C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 434 92 173 218 63 98 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	122% Outstanding	Read 887 Write 561 Mixed 571 SusWrite 180 122% 550 MB/s	4K Read 34.1 4K Write 134 4K Mixed 52.1 189% 73.4 MB/s	DQ Read 279 DQ Write 501 DQ Mixed 317 261% 365 MB/s
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 157%
Toshiba THNSFC128GBSJ 128GB 469 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 113GB free Firmware: CJFA0203 SusWrite @10s intervals: 175 176 172 172 183 179 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	48.2% Average	Read 179 Write 152 Mixed 120 SusWrite 176 35% 157 MB/s	4K Read 12.1 4K Write 65.5 4K Mixed 28.3 89% 35.3 MB/s	DQ Read 19.7 DQ Write 73.1 DQ Mixed 20.5 23% 37.8 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 48.2% Great: 47%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 833GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 576 194 193 195 195 195 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 55% Great: 112%
WD WD6400AACS-00G8B1 640GB 9,045 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 592GB free Firmware: 05.04C05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 85 85 84 82 87 87 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	50.2% Above average	Read 89.6 Write 89.6 Mixed 57.4 SusWrite 85 59% 80.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.9 168% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 50.2% Great: 49%
HGST Travelstar 7K750 2.5" 750GB-$77 8,773 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 677GB free Firmware: JF4OA200 SusWrite @10s intervals: 124 124 123 124 125 126 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	69.5% Good	Read 118 Write 116 Mixed 67.1 SusWrite 124 78% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 135% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 69.5% Great: 68%
WD My Passport 0820 1TB 16,483 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 722GB free, PID 0820 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 97 102 100 99 102 103 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	43.6% Average	Read 104 Write 103 Mixed 61.3 SusWrite 100 124% 92.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 104% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 43.6% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 4x4GB 5,673 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	86% Excellent	MC Read 30.5 MC Write 33.4 MC Mixed 28.5 88% 30.8 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 33.6 SC Mixed 23.9 72% 25.1 GB/s	Latency 64 62% 64 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 86% Great: 100%

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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	6,620x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	3,671x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	1,044x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	2,166x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	1,382x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,247x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	884x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	786x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	320x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	807x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	565x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	559x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $750

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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