Asus Z170 PRO GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 15% Surfboard	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 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 80.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	14.4% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	89.1% 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.

Run History

24 months ago, 24 months ago, 23 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170 PRO GAMING (all builds)
Memory	9.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150717
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Jun 25 '22 at 13:34
Run Duration	214 Seconds
Run User	MEX-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700-$180 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	80.8% Excellent	Memory 83.3 1-Core 118 2-Core 226 80% 143 Pts	4-Core 422 8-Core 630 66% 526 Pts	64-Core 625 39% 625 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 80.8% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 750-$120 66,662 User benchmarks, average bench 15% Asus(1043 84B5) 1GB CLim: 1333 MHz, MLim: 1252 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 465.89 Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	14.4% Very poor	Lighting 17 Reflection 20.1 Parallax 14.1 14% 17.1 fps	MRender 23.3 Gravity 19 Splatting 15.6 15% 19.3 fps
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 14.4% Great: 16%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC WDS500G2B0A-00SM50 500GB 97,462 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 334GB free (System drive) Firmware: 411030WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 274 258 257 247 254 265 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	89.1% Excellent	Read 426 Write 338 Mixed 328 SusWrite 259 76% 338 MB/s	4K Read 25.9 4K Write 83.9 4K Mixed 39.9 135% 49.9 MB/s	DQ Read 356 DQ Write 282 DQ Mixed 244 203% 294 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 89.1% Great: 111%
Crucial BX100 250GB-$141 42,930 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 82GB free Firmware: MU02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 361 361 362 359 354 361 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	89.5% Excellent	Read 427 Write 359 Mixed 303 SusWrite 360 81% 362 MB/s	4K Read 17.5 4K Write 84.6 4K Mixed 39.4 122% 47.2 MB/s	DQ Read 264 DQ Write 275 DQ Mixed 194 166% 244 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 89.5% Great: 103%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 25GB free Firmware: 02.01A02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 91 90 88 90 90 91 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	53.3% Above average	Read 95.3 Write 99.3 Mixed 60.2 SusWrite 90 63% 86.2 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1.1 210% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 53.3% Great: 109%
Seagate Backup+ Desk 3TB 1,058 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 320GB free, PID a0a4 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 113 114 116 116 117 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	60.7% Good	Read 113 Write 117 Mixed 55.6 SusWrite 115 134% 100 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 6.2 4K Mixed 0.6 233% 2.4 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 60.7% Great: 72%
WDC WD10 JPVX-75JC3T0 1TB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 884GB free, PID 0567 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 91 91 91 91 90 90 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	39.3% Below average	Read 91.4 Write 95 Mixed 54.5 SusWrite 90.6 112% 82.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.9 100% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 39.3% Great: 39%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial Ballistix Sport DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GB-$170 3,887 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	41.3% Average	MC Read 14.4 MC Write 14.4 MC Mixed 12.1 39% 13.6 GB/s	SC Read 12.2 SC Write 15.1 SC Mixed 14.3 40% 13.9 GB/s	Latency 74.7 54% 74.7 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 41.3% Great: 89%

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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	6,678x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	3,694x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	1,053x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	2,184x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	1,386x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,261x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	894x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	793x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	323x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	817x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	572x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	561x

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Value: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $755

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	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