Asus Z170-PRO

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 23% Surfboard	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 19% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 71.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	29.4% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (45%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-PRO (all builds)
Memory	1.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170630
Uptime	3.9 Days
Run Date	Jan 09 '18 at 00:53
Run Duration	309 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	45%

PC Performing as expected (53^rd 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-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	71.5% Very good	Memory 89.9 1-Core 115 2-Core 223 81% 143 Pts	4-Core 287 8-Core 468 46% 378 Pts	64-Core 485 30% 485 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 71.5% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 950-$100 111,509 User benchmarks, average bench 26% MSI(1462 3208) CLim: 1468 MHz, MLim: 1652 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 388.71 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	29.4% Poor	Lighting 37.3 Reflection 34 Parallax 30.8 30% 34 fps	MRender 36.3 Gravity 32.2 Splatting 32.1 27% 33.5 fps
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 29.4% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Expansion Desk 5TB 11,776 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2TB free Firmware: 0911 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	83.4% Excellent	Read 183 Write 106 Mixed 69.4 88% 119 MB/s	4K Read 0.83 4K Write 6.71 4K Mixed 0.42 205% 2.65 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 83.4% Great: 87%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$65 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 774GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	38.2% Below average	Read 72.9 Write 59.8 Mixed 68.2 51% 67 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.23 77% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 38.2% Great: 57%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 606GB free Firmware: CC27 Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	29.4% Poor	Read 54.1 Write 48.4 Mixed 36.4 35% 46.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.32 4K Write 0.91 4K Mixed 0.23 56% 0.49 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 29.4% Great: 114%
Seagate ST31000333AS 1TB-$750 12,067 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 151GB free Firmware: CC1H Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	63.1% Good	Read 107 Write 113 Mixed 94.2 78% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.76 4K Write 1.49 4K Mixed 0.56 122% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 63.1% Great: 66%
General UDisk 128GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 119GB free, PID null Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples		Read 13.9 Write 5.27 Mixed 7 10% 8.72 MB/s
Poor: 1% Great: 37%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x4GB-$30 19,452 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	55.7% Above average	MC Read 17.9 MC Write 22.1 MC Mixed 20.1 57% 20 GB/s	SC Read 13 SC Write 14.5 SC Mixed 11 37% 12.8 GB/s	Latency 67.3 59% 67.3 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 55.7% Great: 88%

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Typical Z170-PRO Builds (Compare 957 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 69%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 58%

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Motherboard: Asus Z170-PRO - $210

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	513x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	125x
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	78x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	169x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	105x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	71x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 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 $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	69x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $42Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	55x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x16GBCorsair $560Bench 84%, 34,441 samples	34x

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Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $674

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $274	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 $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $42	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