Asus Z170 PRO GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 15% Surfboard	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 94.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	8.23% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	115% 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	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170 PRO GAMING (all builds)
Memory	8.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160919
Uptime	5.2 Days
Run Date	Nov 14 '20 at 18:06
Run Duration	160 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	14%

PC Performing as expected (60^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94.1% Outstanding	Memory 91.5 1-Core 131 2-Core 265 90% 162 Pts	4-Core 521 8-Core 742 79% 631 Pts	64-Core 749 46% 749 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 94.1% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) 188,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 8694) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 25.20.100.6373 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	8.23% Terrible	Lighting 8.63 Reflection 11.5 Parallax 8.56 7% 9.57 fps	MRender 11.9 Gravity 7.77 Splatting 17.2 11% 12.3 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 8.23% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force MP500 NVMe PCIe M.2 240GB-$43 14,860 User benchmarks, average bench 151% 90GB free (System drive) Firmware: E7FM02.1 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 166 171 176 174 174 171 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 1,023 Write 166 Mixed 272 SusWrite 172 88% 408 MB/s	4K Read 27.7 4K Write 85.9 4K Mixed 31.6 128% 48.4 MB/s	DQ Read 900 DQ Write 193 DQ Mixed 214 243% 436 MB/s
Poor: 106% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 210%
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 55GB free Firmware: EXT0BB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 290 132 132 129 132 125 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	91% Outstanding	Read 427 Write 319 Mixed 320 SusWrite 156 68% 306 MB/s	4K Read 34.3 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 40.4 161% 60.8 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 313 DQ Mixed 174 177% 288 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 91% Great: 108%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$50 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 76GB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 134 136 104 106 128 159 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	86.4% Excellent	Read 173 Write 165 Mixed 39.5 SusWrite 128 92% 126 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.6 155% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 86.4% Great: 108%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 320GB-$80 31,610 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 245GB free Firmware: 3.ADG SusWrite @10s intervals: 76 77 77 77 77 77 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	43.7% Average	Read 75.3 Write 77.5 Mixed 47.7 SusWrite 76.9 51% 69.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.8 140% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 43.7% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB-$299 20,912 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (24^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	73.6% Very good	MC Read 26.9 MC Write 27.5 MC Mixed 22.7 74% 25.7 GB/s	SC Read 17.8 SC Write 28.3 SC Mixed 23.6 66% 23.2 GB/s	Latency 64.9 62% 64.9 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 73.6% Great: 91%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 58%

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Motherboard: Asus Z170 PRO GAMING - $295

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	6,633x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	3,677x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	1,045x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	2,169x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	1,384x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,251x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	886x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	788x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	321x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	809x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	568x
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 $273	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 $179	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