Asus Z170 PRO GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 75% Battleship	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 59% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	83.9% 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	79.6% 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 (29%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Asus Z170 PRO GAMING (all builds)
Memory	9.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180516
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 07 '20 at 17:13
Run Duration	151 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	29%

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PC Performing above expectations (78^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-$130 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	85.8% Excellent	Memory 90.5 1-Core 144 2-Core 286 95% 174 Pts	4-Core 471 8-Core 452 62% 462 Pts	64-Core 513 32% 513 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 85.8% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8599) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 445.75 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	83.9% Excellent	Lighting 106 Reflection 113 Parallax 94.3 86% 104 fps	MRender 89.6 Gravity 97.3 Splatting 99.8 79% 95.6 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 83.9% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Trion 100 240GB-$95 9,561 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 138GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM11.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 98 111 114 112 92 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	79.6% Very good	Read 495 Write 206 Mixed 205 SusWrite 107 56% 253 MB/s	4K Read 27.7 4K Write 94.5 4K Mixed 37.7 140% 53.3 MB/s	DQ Read 347 DQ Write 103 DQ Mixed 185 147% 212 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 79.6% Great: 83%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 768GB free Firmware: JC4B SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 102 101 106 106 108 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	62.5% Good	Read 114 Write 106 Mixed 68 SusWrite 104 72% 98.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 1 176% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 62.5% Great: 68%
Hitachi HTS545050B9A300 500GB-$71 21,137 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 166GB free Firmware: PB4OC66G SusWrite @10s intervals: 55 57 57 57 57 57 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	38% Below average	Read 75.5 Write 74.5 Mixed 41.3 SusWrite 56.8 46% 62 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.7 123% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 38% Great: 45%
WD My Passport 25AA 1TB 95 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 845GB free, PID 25aa Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 109 109 109 109 109 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	46% Average	Read 108 Write 108 Mixed 61.5 SusWrite 109 130% 96.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.8 101% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 46% Great: 46%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 4x4GB-$97 3,926 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2448 MHz Performing below potential (32^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	73.6% Very good	MC Read 25.6 MC Write 28.4 MC Mixed 24.2 74% 26.1 GB/s	SC Read 16.4 SC Write 27.9 SC Mixed 21.2 62% 21.8 GB/s	Latency 66.5 60% 66.5 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 73.6% Great: 107%

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

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Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

Motherboard: Asus Z170 PRO GAMING - $295

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	6,640x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	3,680x
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