Asus Z170I PRO GAMING

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 73%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 87%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 57%
Gunboat
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 83.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics84.6% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive43.9% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
MotherboardAsus Z170I PRO GAMING  (all builds)
Memory5.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180329
Uptime2.1 Days
Run DateOct 17 '20 at 12:23
Run Duration141 Seconds
Run User BGR-User
Background CPU5%
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 PC Performing above expectations (61st percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Xeon E3-1225 v5
LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.45 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
83.7% Excellent
Memory 91.6
1-Core 116
2-Core 223
82% 144 Pts
4-Core 440
8-Core 431
58% 435 Pts
64-Core 441
27% 441 Pts
Poor: 60%
This bench: 83.7%
Great: 82%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD RX Vega-56-$170
CLim: 1590 MHz, MLim: 800 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 20.4.2
Performing way above expectations (96th percentile)
84.6% Excellent
Lighting 101
Reflection 85.9
Parallax 143
82% 110 fps
MRender 87.3
Gravity 107
Splatting 124
89% 106 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 84.6%
Great: 85%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Mushkin Chronos 60GB-$65
18GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 603ABBF0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 103 105 98 99 97 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (7th percentile)
43.9% Average
Read 330
Write 121
Mixed 158
SusWrite 100
39% 177 MB/s
4K Read 27.1
4K Write 18.9
4K Mixed 18.1
74% 21.4 MB/s
DQ Read 62.2
DQ Write 32.6
DQ Mixed 40.3
32% 45 MB/s
Poor: 44%
This bench: 43.9%
Great: 77%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70
1.5TB free
Firmware: 51.0AB51
SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 110 112 113 113 114 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (86th percentile)
62% Good
Read 104
Write 105
Mixed 94.8
SusWrite 111
77% 104 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 2
4K Mixed 0.6
137% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 31%
This bench: 62%
Great: 67%
Generic Compact Flash 4GB
3GB free, PID 1345
Operating at USB 2.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 8.6 9 9.1 9.1 9.1 9.1 MB/s
Performing as expected (40th percentile)
4.53% Terrible
Read 10.2
Write 9
Mixed 6.7
SusWrite 9
12% 8.73 MB/s
4K Read 4.6
4K Write 0
4K Mixed 0.1
20% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 3%
This bench: 4.53%
Great: 19%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x4GB-$40
2 of 2 slots used
8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing below potential (37th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
74.4% Very good
MC Read 27.8
MC Write 29
MC Mixed 22.1
75% 26.3 GB/s
SC Read 16.5
SC Write 27.4
SC Mixed 22.3
63% 22.1 GB/s
Latency 64.8
62% 64.8 ns
Poor: 54%
This bench: 74.4%
Great: 104%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Z170I PRO GAMING Builds (Compare 1,607 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 69%
Battle cruiser
Desktop
Desktop 87%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 58%
Gunboat

Motherboard: Asus Z170I PRO GAMING - $165

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 95% - Outstanding Total price: $620
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