Asus Z170 PRO GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 103% UFO	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 89% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 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 88.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	114% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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.

Very high background CPU (38%). 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 @ 2.9 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180516
Uptime	7.8 Days
Run Date	Apr 09 '19 at 19:13
Run Duration	155 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	38%

PC Performing as expected (45^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	88.4% Excellent	Memory 91.5 1-Core 142 2-Core 255 92% 163 Pts	4-Core 460 8-Core 730 73% 595 Pts	64-Core 708 44% 708 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 88.4% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6593) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 419.17 Performing below potential (13^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	114% Outstanding	Lighting 175 Reflection 55.1 Parallax 174 142% 135 fps	MRender 68 Gravity 47.7 Splatting 120 68% 78.6 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M4 128GB-$116 34,516 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 30GB free Firmware: 000F SusWrite @10s intervals: 153 146 157 160 159 162 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	54.4% Above average	Read 312 Write 152 Mixed 185 SusWrite 156 45% 201 MB/s	4K Read 17.3 4K Write 65.9 4K Mixed 11.5 76% 31.6 MB/s	DQ Read 298 DQ Write 174 DQ Mixed 28.7 77% 167 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 54.4% Great: 72%
Crucial MX200 SATA M.2 250GB-$90 2,162 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 139GB free Firmware: MU02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 295 303 325 329 331 339 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	79% Very good	Read 328 Write 306 Mixed 274 SusWrite 320 69% 307 MB/s	4K Read 18.6 4K Write 57.2 4K Mixed 31 98% 35.6 MB/s	DQ Read 355 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 255 217% 318 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 79% Great: 112%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 1TB-$45 105,708 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 409GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 119 91 127 141 142 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	73.5% Very good	Read 134 Write 122 Mixed 35.5 SusWrite 123 75% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.5 102% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 73.5% Great: 112%
Hitachi HDS721010CLA332 1TB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 12% 131GB free, PID ce08 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 39 39 39 40 40 40 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	18.3% Very poor	Read 40.5 Write 40.5 Mixed 29 SusWrite 39.4 50% 37.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.9 74% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 18.3% Great: 18%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$38 31,641 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	89% Excellent	MC Read 31.3 MC Write 33.9 MC Mixed 29.4 90% 31.5 GB/s	SC Read 18.1 SC Write 37.1 SC Mixed 28.6 80% 27.9 GB/s	Latency 65 62% 65 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 89% Great: 107%

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Gaming 69%

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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	6,668x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	3,689x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	1,050x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	2,180x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	1,386x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,257x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	891x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	791x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	323x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	817x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	570x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	561x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $752

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16