Asus Z170 PRO GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 60% Destroyer	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 47% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (39th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 61 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	81.7% 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	61.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

High background CPU (28%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170 PRO GAMING (all builds)
Memory	0.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180516
Uptime	12.9 Days
Run Date	Mar 14 '19 at 04:38
Run Duration	190 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	28%

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PC Performing below expectations (39^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-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	74.3% Very good	Memory 78.4 1-Core 105 2-Core 192 72% 125 Pts	4-Core 411 8-Core 379 54% 395 Pts	64-Core 384 24% 384 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 74.3% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Zotac(19DA 1445) ≥ 4GB; Zotac GTX 1070 CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 419.17 Performing below potential (73^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	81.7% Excellent	Lighting 103 Reflection 112 Parallax 95.8 84% 103 fps	MRender 92.1 Gravity 94.6 Splatting 98.3 78% 95 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 81.7% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue 3D 250GB-$31 23,658 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 30GB free (System drive) Firmware: X61190WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 162 172 24 14 162 155 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	61.6% Good	Read 422 Write 226 Mixed 213 SusWrite 115 54% 244 MB/s	4K Read 14 4K Write 38.8 4K Mixed 27.5 77% 26.8 MB/s	DQ Read 338 DQ Write 249 DQ Mixed 193 171% 260 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 61.6% Great: 105%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 2TB (2016)-$79 133,734 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 262GB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 135 118 95 127 142 128 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	40% Average	Read 14.2 Write 87.5 Mixed 24 SusWrite 124 45% 62.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 5.1 4K Mixed 1.7 308% 2.47 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 40% Great: 110%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$64 143,477 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 117GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 115 115 114 115 114 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	66% Good	Read 117 Write 106 Mixed 67.4 SusWrite 113 74% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.9 178% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 66% Great: 85%
Generic Flash Disk 32GB 9,471 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 30GB free, PID 6387 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 5.7 7.6 6.8 6.6 6.6 7.2 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	4.57% Terrible	Read 14.8 Write 12.5 Mixed 7 SusWrite 6.8 13% 10.3 MB/s	4K Read 4 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 15% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.57% Great: 21%
WD My Passport 25E2 2TB 8,938 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 26GB free, PID 25e2 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 71 79 76 77 77 77 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	32.8% Below average	Read 73 Write 73.8 Mixed 46 SusWrite 76.1 91% 67.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 90% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 32.8% Great: 53%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3000 C15 1x16GB 751 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 1 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (15^th percentile) - ensure that an XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	36.6% Below average	MC Read 12.6 MC Write 13.5 MC Mixed 12.1 36% 12.7 GB/s	SC Read 9.3 SC Write 11.9 SC Mixed 5.9 26% 9.03 GB/s	Latency 83.5 48% 83.5 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 36.6% Great: 58%

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

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Gaming 69%

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Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

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Motherboard: Asus Z170 PRO GAMING - $295

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	6,620x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	3,671x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	1,044x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	2,166x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	1,382x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,247x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	884x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	786x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	320x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	807x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	565x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	559x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $750

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	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