Asus Z170I PRO GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 83% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 70% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	98.4% 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 Drive	92.6% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 10 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Very high background CPU (54%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170I PRO GAMING (all builds)
Memory	9.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20170710
Uptime	32.6 Days
Run Date	Jan 11 '21 at 22:56
Run Duration	152 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	54%

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PC Performing as expected (48^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$219 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	79.7% Very good	Memory 94.9 1-Core 114 2-Core 221 82% 143 Pts	4-Core 349 8-Core 542 55% 446 Pts	64-Core 610 38% 610 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 79.7% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 5700-XT-$250 254,908 User benchmarks, average bench 98% MSI(1462 381A) ≥ 4GB Ram: 8GB, Driver: 20.4.2 Performing below potential (60^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	98.4% Outstanding	Lighting 126 Reflection 142 Parallax 239 102% 169 fps	MRender 115 Gravity 127 Splatting 94.9 90% 112 fps
Poor: 91% ↑ This bench: 98.4% Great: 104%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250 40,327 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 11GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 50 56 52 57 60 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	92.6% Outstanding	Read 704 Write 128 Mixed 224 SusWrite 60.5 60% 279 MB/s	4K Read 27.1 4K Write 71.2 4K Mixed 30.1 117% 42.8 MB/s	DQ Read 1,047 DQ Write 81 DQ Mixed 157 217% 428 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 92.6% Great: 243%
WDC WD15 EADS-00P8B0 1.5TB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 20% 943GB free, PID 0551 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 32 39 36 39 38 38 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	16.6% Very poor	Read 37 Write 38.3 Mixed 31.5 SusWrite 37 49% 36 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.5 53% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 16.6% Great: 24%
Seagate BUP BK 4TB 970 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 115GB free, PID ab28 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 108 116 116 109 116 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	65.1% Good	Read 90.5 Write 98.3 Mixed 68 SusWrite 109 126% 91.3 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 9.1 4K Mixed 0.6 335% 3.67 MB/s	DQ Read 0.4 DQ Write 10.5 DQ Mixed 0.8 386% 3.9 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 65.1% Great: 57%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GB-$102 110,884 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2 of 2 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	95.5% Outstanding	MC Read 33.8 MC Write 38.9 MC Mixed 30.6 98% 34.4 GB/s	SC Read 18.7 SC Write 37.1 SC Mixed 24.4 76% 26.7 GB/s	Latency 57.5 70% 57.5 ns
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 95.5% Great: 114%

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

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Typical Z170I PRO GAMING Builds (Compare 1,616 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

Motherboard: Asus Z170I PRO GAMING - $165

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $219Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	581x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	436x
Core i7-6700Intel $219Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	144x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	218x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	168x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	152x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	72x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	68x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	43x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	100x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	83x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	49x

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Value: 92% - Outstanding

Total price: $664

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $95	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16