Asus Z170 PRO GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 79% Battleship	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 63% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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	84.4% 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	15.7% is an extremely low SSD score, this system will benefit from a faster SSD.
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 (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170 PRO GAMING (all builds)
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161227
Uptime	1.9 Days
Run Date	Jul 21 '18 at 22:15
Run Duration	137 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	11%

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PC Performing as expected (54^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94.1% Outstanding	Memory 91 1-Core 143 2-Core 286 95% 173 Pts	4-Core 563 8-Core 545 75% 554 Pts	64-Core 558 34% 558 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 94.1% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6173) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.36 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	84.4% Excellent	Lighting 105 Reflection 117 Parallax 110 86% 111 fps	MRender 98.7 Gravity 93.8 Splatting 104 81% 98.7 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 84.4% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 120GB-$30 166,392 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 17GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFKB1E1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 71 12 76 59 16 49 MB/s Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	15.7% Very poor	Read 130 Write 67.8 Mixed 58.2 SusWrite 47.2 17% 75.9 MB/s	4K Read 9.8 4K Write 5.6 4K Mixed 5.8 25% 7.07 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 15.7% Great: 85%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 36GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 413 461 450 454 243 118 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	123% Outstanding	Read 472 Write 457 Mixed 389 SusWrite 357 94% 418 MB/s	4K Read 42.4 4K Write 140 4K Mixed 60.2 216% 80.9 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 362 272% 363 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 134%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 168 165 166 167 167 167 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	95.6% Outstanding	Read 167 Write 134 Mixed 83.5 SusWrite 167 101% 138 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 144% 1 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 95.6% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D240FSA.16FBD 2x8GB 1,700 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	47.2% Average	MC Read 16.3 MC Write 16.3 MC Mixed 14.7 45% 15.8 GB/s	SC Read 13.3 SC Write 16.7 SC Mixed 14.9 43% 15 GB/s	Latency 65.7 61% 65.7 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 47.2% Great: 91%

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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	6,630x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	3,676x
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	1,383x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,251x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	885x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	787x
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	566x
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 $300	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