Asus Z170I PRO GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 66% Battle cruiser	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 51% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	80% 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	261% 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	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

Very high background CPU (41%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

14 months ago, 14 months ago, 14 months ago, 14 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170I PRO GAMING (all builds)
Memory	11.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.5 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20160215
Uptime	1.6 Days
Run Date	Apr 18 '23 at 18:45
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	41%

PC Performing as expected (49^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$49 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	77.5% Very good	Memory 93.3 1-Core 120 2-Core 247 86% 153 Pts	4-Core 359 8-Core 354 48% 357 Pts	64-Core 354 22% 354 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 77.5% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3050-$220 82,770 User benchmarks, average bench 74% Gigabyte(1458 40A9) CLim: 2190 MHz, MLim: 3600 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 531.41 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	80% Excellent	Lighting 109 Reflection 87.6 Parallax 96.5 89% 97.7 fps	MRender 87.7 Gravity 77.8 Splatting 69.2 63% 78.2 fps
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 80% Great: 78%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
CT1000P3PSSD8 1TB 17,197 User benchmarks, average bench 286% 843GB free (System drive) Firmware: P9CR40A SusWrite @10s intervals: 28 36 36 40 37 38 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	261% Outstanding	Read 2,217 Write 47.6 Mixed 92.6 SusWrite 35.9 125% 598 MB/s	4K Read 420 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 4.9 644% 142 MB/s
Poor: 115% ↑ This bench: 261% Great: 441%
SSD 1TB 1TB 2,243 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 954GB free Firmware: V8442c31 SusWrite @10s intervals: 209 262 259 289 274 277 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	69.6% Good	Read 416 Write 272 Mixed 307 SusWrite 262 70% 314 MB/s	4K Read 18.6 4K Write 62.6 4K Mixed 26.1 95% 35.8 MB/s	DQ Read 146 DQ Write 202 DQ Mixed 166 128% 171 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 69.6% Great: 233%
ADATA SP 550 120GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 26GB free, PID 2338 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 35 38 38 39 39 38 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	56.9% Above average	Read 49.7 Write 38.5 Mixed 38.6 SusWrite 37.9 54% 41.2 MB/s	4K Read 12.7 4K Write 12.5 4K Mixed 12.8 908% 12.7 MB/s	DQ Read 14.2 DQ Write 23.4 DQ Mixed 17.1 1,430% 18.2 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 56.9% Great: 57%
WD Elements 1TB 51,914 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 148GB free, PID 1021 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 25 27 28 30 30 30 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	16.1% Very poor	Read 58.4 Write 24.4 Mixed 20.6 SusWrite 28.3 39% 32.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.3 27% 0.53 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 16.1% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GB-$42 131,007 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2546 MHz Performing below potential (28^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	70.3% Very good	MC Read 21.3 MC Write 29.5 MC Mixed 23.1 70% 24.6 GB/s	SC Read 13.6 SC Write 31 SC Mixed 17.7 59% 20.8 GB/s	Latency 61.4 65% 61.4 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 70.3% Great: 95%

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Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

Motherboard: Asus Z170I PRO GAMING - $165

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	586x
Core i5-6600KIntel $49Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	438x
Core i7-6700Intel $170Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	144x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	219x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	169x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	154x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	73x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	68x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $137Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	43x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $50Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	102x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	84x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	49x

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Total price: $763

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