Asus Z170 PRO GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 88% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 71% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (93rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 7 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 96.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	87.5% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

Motherboard	Asus Z170 PRO GAMING (all builds)
Memory	12 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180516
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Oct 18 '18 at 08:02
Run Duration	215 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing way above expectations (93^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-$81 342,244 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 (100^th percentile)	96.8% Outstanding	Memory 95.4 1-Core 143 2-Core 286 97% 175 Pts	4-Core 566 8-Core 567 76% 567 Pts	64-Core 565 35% 565 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 96.8% 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 4995) CLim: 1593 MHz, MLim: 1802 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 416.34 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	87.5% Excellent	Lighting 112 Reflection 118 Parallax 103 92% 111 fps	MRender 97.8 Gravity 104 Splatting 92.1 80% 98.1 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 87.5% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 85GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 9,446 Write 8,421 Mixed 8,736 1,979% 8,868 MB/s	4K Read 682 4K Write 317 4K Mixed 420 1,740% 473 MB/s	DQ Read 2,089 DQ Write 1,776 DQ Mixed 1,878 1,422% 1,914 MB/s
Poor: 72% Great: 124%
OCZ AGILITY3 60GB 14,293 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 30GB free Firmware: 2.25 SusWrite @10s intervals: 72 72 71 70 65 70 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	54% Above average	Read 190 Write 72.2 Mixed 107 SusWrite 70 24% 110 MB/s	4K Read 29 4K Write 73.9 4K Mixed 30.7 122% 44.5 MB/s	DQ Read 139 DQ Write 74.8 DQ Mixed 83.7 68% 99.2 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 54% Great: 51%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 1TB-$68 105,708 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 558GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 190 192 193 193 193 193 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 165 Write 135 Mixed 57.8 SusWrite 192 100% 137 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 5 4K Mixed 2.5 433% 3 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 112%
WD WD6402AAEX-00Z3A0 640GB 6,247 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 268GB free Firmware: 01.01V01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 118 120 120 120 117 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	76.3% Very good	Read 147 Write 109 Mixed 82.3 SusWrite 119 84% 114 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.9 199% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 76.3% Great: 76%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 800GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 166 169 171 174 172 170 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	95.1% Outstanding	Read 161 Write 153 Mixed 90 SusWrite 170 105% 144 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1 207% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 95.1% Great: 109%
SanDisk Extreme USB 3.0 16GB-$17 2,906 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 15GB free, PID 5580 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 45 47 48 47 48 48 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	80.9% Excellent	Read 235 Write 49.3 Mixed 52 SusWrite 47.1 98% 95.9 MB/s	4K Read 13 4K Write 10.9 4K Mixed 7.9 688% 10.6 MB/s	DQ Read 13.4 DQ Write 11.9 DQ Mixed 10.3 805% 11.9 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 80.9% Great: 81%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x8GB-$42 66,222 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	94.1% Outstanding	MC Read 34.3 MC Write 35.2 MC Mixed 30.9 96% 33.5 GB/s	SC Read 20.6 SC Write 35.9 SC Mixed 27.8 80% 28.1 GB/s	Latency 56 72% 56 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 94.1% Great: 88%

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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	6,619x
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	2,165x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	1,381x
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	806x
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 $184	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) $35	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