Asus Z170 PRO GAMING

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 25%
Raft
Desktop
Desktop 48%
Yacht
Workstation
Workstation 19%
Surfboard
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing way below expectations (2nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 98 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.
ProcessorWith a relatively low single core score, this CPU can handle email, light web browsing and basic audio/video playback, but it will struggle to handle CPU intensive tasks. Finally, with a gaming score of 36%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics60% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive62.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardAsus Z170 PRO GAMING  (all builds)
Memory11 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit kleuren
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180516
Uptime0.7 Days
Run DateNov 23 '21 at 11:07
Run Duration229 Seconds
Run User BEL-User
Background CPU 17%

 PC Performing way below expectations (2nd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180
LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 0.8 GHz (avg)
Performing way below expectations (1st percentile)
36% Below average
Memory 57.7
1-Core 23.8
2-Core 45.7
30% 42.4 Pts
4-Core 79.9
8-Core 118
12% 98.9 Pts
64-Core 122
8% 122 Pts
Poor: 70%
This bench: 36%
Great: 90%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX Titan X-$615
CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 496.76
Performing below potential (0th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
60% Good
Lighting 66.8
Reflection 79.6
Parallax 94.2
54% 80.2 fps
MRender 90.8
Gravity 91.5
Splatting 80.2
71% 87.5 fps
Poor: 68%
This bench: 60%
Great: 83%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100
127GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EMT01B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 313 173 194 186 181 168 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (3rd percentile)
62.3% Good
Read 421
Write 396
Mixed 342
SusWrite 203
76% 340 MB/s
4K Read 22.9
4K Write 29.7
4K Mixed 25.4
83% 26 MB/s
DQ Read 190
DQ Write 133
DQ Mixed 155
118% 159 MB/s
Poor: 72%
This bench: 62.3%
Great: 124%
WD Blue SSHD 4TB (2015)-$65
386GB free
Firmware: 80.00A80
SusWrite @10s intervals: 71 72 73 72 74 73 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (5th percentile)
37.3% Below average
Read 57.2
Write 101
Mixed 71.2
SusWrite 72.5
56% 75.6 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 2.1
4K Mixed 0.6
126% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 37%
This bench: 37.3%
Great: 83%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing way below expectations (2nd percentile)
45.6% Average
MC Read 17
MC Write 16.4
MC Mixed 19.2
50% 17.5 GB/s
SC Read 6.1
SC Write 9.3
SC Mixed 8.8
23% 8.07 GB/s
Latency 135
30% 135 ns
Poor: 58%
This bench: 45.6%
Great: 104%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Z170 PRO GAMING Builds (Compare 13,930 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 69%
Battle cruiser
Desktop
Desktop 87%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 58%
Gunboat

Motherboard: Asus Z170 PRO GAMING - $295

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 95% - Outstanding Total price: $750
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Intel Core i5-12600K $178Nvidia RTX 4070 $539Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52
HDDRAMUSB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16
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