Asus Z170-PRO

Performance Results


Gaming 71% Battleship	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 55% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 73.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	95.8% 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	211% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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 (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-PRO (all builds)
Memory	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151001
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 09 '22 at 16:35
Run Duration	288 Seconds
Run User	IRN-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing as expected (46^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6400-$79 171,457 User benchmarks, average bench 61% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.7 GHz, turbo 3.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	73.9% Very good	Memory 83.3 1-Core 94.3 2-Core 190 71% 122 Pts	4-Core 374 8-Core 371 50% 372 Pts	64-Core 370 23% 370 Pts
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 73.9% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% MSI(1462 C307) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 512.15 Performing below potential (75^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	95.8% Outstanding	Lighting 120 Reflection 131 Parallax 122 98% 124 fps	MRender 94.5 Gravity 126 Splatting 113 91% 111 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 95.8% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 980 NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$54 5,987 User benchmarks, average bench 191% 203GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B4QFXO7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 724 1010 1104 774 95 159 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	211% Outstanding	Read 1,214 Write 1,046 Mixed 1,102 SusWrite 644 225% 1,002 MB/s	4K Read 56.8 4K Write 142 4K Mixed 77.5 261% 92.2 MB/s	DQ Read 906 DQ Write 977 DQ Mixed 806 644% 896 MB/s
Poor: 122% ↑ This bench: 211% Great: 239%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$31 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 848GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 142 145 146 146 144 144 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	83.3% Excellent	Read 145 Write 144 Mixed 102 SusWrite 144 99% 134 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.2 239% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 83.3% Great: 109%
APACER Portable HDD 2TB 231 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 93GB free, PID c004 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 61 63 64 64 64 64 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	23% Poor	Read 56.9 Write 73.7 Mixed 92.2 SusWrite 63.5 102% 71.6 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 0.2 4K Mixed 1.1 48% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 23% Great: 55%
ADATA USB Flash Drive 16GB 99 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 1GB free, PID cb22 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 6.8 8.5 9.8 10 11 10 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	2.51% Terrible	Read 3.2 Write 3.5 Mixed 5.5 SusWrite 9.4 8% 5.4 MB/s	4K Read 0 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 0% 0 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 2.51% Great: 10%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMH16GX4M2E3200C16 2x8GB 12,184 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	43.1% Average	MC Read 15.7 MC Write 15.4 MC Mixed 12.3 41% 14.5 GB/s	SC Read 12.1 SC Write 14.5 SC Mixed 14.3 39% 13.6 GB/s	Latency 74.7 54% 74.7 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 43.1% Great: 110%

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Typical Z170-PRO Builds (Compare 962 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

Motherboard: Asus Z170-PRO - $210

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	515x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	125x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	80x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	171x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	105x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	71x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	62x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	55x
950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung $625Bench 223%, 54,978 samples	23x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $37Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	69x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	56x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x16GBCorsair $560Bench 84%, 34,441 samples	34x

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Value: 100% - Outstanding

Total price: $653

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $64	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16