Asus Z170 PRO GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 92% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 79% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (32nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 68 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	120% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

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Motherboard	Asus Z170 PRO GAMING (all builds)
Memory	24.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161227
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 14 '22 at 18:55
Run Duration	183 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	31%

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PC Performing below expectations (32^nd 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 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	75.8% Very good	Memory 77.4 1-Core 109 2-Core 212 75% 133 Pts	4-Core 399 8-Core 613 63% 506 Pts	64-Core 616 38% 616 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 75.8% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070S (Super)-$210 663,603 User benchmarks, average bench 115% MSI(1462 C729) CLim: 2115 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 527.37 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	120% Outstanding	Lighting 158 Reflection 155 Parallax 155 128% 156 fps	MRender 186 Gravity 137 Splatting 119 117% 147 fps
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 123%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 600p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$49 58,154 User benchmarks, average bench 116% 6GB free (System drive) Firmware: PSF100C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 787 Write 517 Mixed 547 137% 617 MB/s	4K Read 25.8 4K Write 79.1 4K Mixed 40.1 132% 48.3 MB/s	DQ Read 279 DQ Write 529 DQ Mixed 314 264% 374 MB/s
Poor: 79% Great: 157%
Samsung 860 Evo 2TB-$275 44,466 User benchmarks, average bench 113% 864GB free Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 355 409 442 477 479 472 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 437 Write 408 Mixed 382 SusWrite 439 94% 417 MB/s	4K Read 39.9 4K Write 87 4K Mixed 54.1 176% 60.3 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 341 DQ Mixed 360 271% 362 MB/s
Poor: 89% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 133%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$50 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 1.5TB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 103 115 120 111 119 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	79.1% Very good	Read 161 Write 164 Mixed 40.3 SusWrite 114 87% 120 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.6 155% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 79.1% Great: 108%
WDC WD50 01FZWX-00ZHUA0 5TB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 1.5TB free, PID 0567 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 14 14 14 14 14 14 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	17.4% Very poor	Read 39.9 Write 39.9 Mixed 31.4 SusWrite 14.2 41% 31.4 MB/s	4K Read 2.3 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 0.9 128% 1.93 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 17.4% Great: 96%
WDC WD50 01FZWX-00ZHUA0 5TB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 168GB free, PID 0567 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 14 14 14 14 14 14 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	16.5% Very poor	Read 38.4 Write 40.2 Mixed 29.1 SusWrite 14.2 40% 30.5 MB/s	4K Read 1.9 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1 123% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 16.5% Great: 96%
ST4000DM 000-1F2168 4TB 203 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 1TB free, PID 0567 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 14 14 14 14 14 14 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	13.4% Very poor	Read 54.1 Write 36.2 Mixed 29.9 SusWrite 14.2 41% 33.6 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.6 49% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 13.4% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GB-$113 87,239 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	73.2% Very good	MC Read 26.5 MC Write 28.4 MC Mixed 22.7 74% 25.9 GB/s	SC Read 17.9 SC Write 30.2 SC Mixed 23.7 68% 23.9 GB/s	Latency 85.5 47% 85.5 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 73.2% Great: 120%

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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	6,638x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	3,679x
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