Asus Z170 PRO GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 85% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 65% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 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 78.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	106% 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	98.9% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170 PRO GAMING (all builds)
Memory	10 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150717
Uptime	2.5 Days
Run Date	Sep 13 '19 at 23:22
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	13%

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PC Performing as expected (42^nd 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 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	78.8% Very good	Memory 89 1-Core 104 2-Core 205 76% 133 Pts	4-Core 399 8-Core 388 53% 393 Pts	64-Core 353 22% 353 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 78.8% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% MSI(1462 3732) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 430.86 Performing below potential (72^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	106% Outstanding	Lighting 135 Reflection 120 Parallax 121 110% 125 fps	MRender 169 Gravity 124 Splatting 99.5 104% 131 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 132GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 306 236 240 236 234 231 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	98.9% Outstanding	Read 453 Write 430 Mixed 357 SusWrite 247 83% 372 MB/s	4K Read 34.6 4K Write 92.7 4K Mixed 51.5 168% 59.6 MB/s	DQ Read 318 DQ Write 274 DQ Mixed 290 219% 294 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 98.9% Great: 124%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 743GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 99 99 99 100 101 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	65.4% Good	Read 128 Write 128 Mixed 79.7 SusWrite 99.4 80% 109 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1 201% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 65.4% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB 15,285 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (15^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	67.7% Good	MC Read 24.1 MC Write 25.5 MC Mixed 22.7 69% 24.1 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 25.4 SC Mixed 17.4 54% 19 GB/s	Latency 68.4 58% 68.4 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 67.7% Great: 110%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 69%

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Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

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Motherboard: Asus Z170 PRO GAMING - $295

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	6,660x
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	2,179x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	1,386x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,255x

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	816x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16