Asus Z170 PRO GAMING

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 94.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	108% 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.

Very high background CPU (39%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170 PRO GAMING (all builds)
Memory	10 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180516
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Mar 14 '21 at 00:20
Run Duration	168 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	39%

PC Performing above expectations (78^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-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94.4% Outstanding	Memory 97.2 1-Core 147 2-Core 281 98% 175 Pts	4-Core 492 8-Core 811 80% 652 Pts	64-Core 798 49% 798 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 94.4% Great: 90%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 53GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 195 117 111 101 110 100 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 503 Write 458 Mixed 371 SusWrite 122 81% 364 MB/s	4K Read 45.7 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 59.4 208% 74.3 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 355 269% 361 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 124%
CT1000MX500SSD4 1TB 26,659 User benchmarks, average bench 107% 10GB free Firmware: M3CR023 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 513 Write 450 Mixed 418 102% 460 MB/s	4K Read 38.5 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 56.4 190% 69.2 MB/s	DQ Read 389 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 298 242% 344 MB/s
Poor: 86% Great: 123%
SanDisk Ultra II 240GB-$40 53,931 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 65GB free Firmware: X41100RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 387 258 181 185 180 185 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	84.9% Excellent	Read 478 Write 465 Mixed 341 SusWrite 229 85% 378 MB/s	4K Read 30.5 4K Write 55.4 4K Mixed 33.6 119% 39.8 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 297 DQ Mixed 247 210% 309 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 84.9% Great: 101%
Liteon IT LCS-256L9S 256GB 909 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 32GB free Firmware: 6C87902 SusWrite @10s intervals: 344 388 401 368 409 398 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	94.8% Outstanding	Read 480 Write 396 Mixed 297 SusWrite 384 87% 389 MB/s	4K Read 31.5 4K Write 71.5 4K Mixed 37.1 133% 46.7 MB/s	DQ Read 240 DQ Write 258 DQ Mixed 156 143% 218 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 94.8% Great: 95%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$36 287,720 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	94.4% Outstanding	MC Read 34.9 MC Write 38 MC Mixed 28.5 97% 33.8 GB/s	SC Read 20.4 SC Write 30.7 SC Mixed 25.3 73% 25.5 GB/s	Latency 49.3 81% 49.3 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 94.4% Great: 109%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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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	6,640x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	3,681x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	1,045x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	2,170x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	1,385x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,251x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	887x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	788x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	322x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	810x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	569x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	560x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $750

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	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