Asus Z170 PRO GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 81% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 70% Battleship


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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	88.6% 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	343% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 10 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Motherboard	Asus Z170 PRO GAMING (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20180516
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 13 '19 at 12:30
Run Duration	229 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	4%

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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 i7-6700K-$219 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	87% Excellent	Memory 92.6 1-Core 129 2-Core 257 89% 160 Pts	4-Core 438 8-Core 714 71% 576 Pts	64-Core 704 44% 704 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 87% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3302) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 436.15 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	88.6% Excellent	Lighting 113 Reflection 117 Parallax 101 92% 111 fps	MRender 101 Gravity 97.7 Splatting 101 82% 99.9 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 88.6% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 384GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2262 809 811 808 819 817 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	343% Outstanding	Read 2370 Write 2,181 Mixed 1,482 SusWrite 1,054 396% 1,772 MB/s	4K Read 60.2 4K Write 231 4K Mixed 111 356% 134 MB/s	DQ Read 1,716 DQ Write 1,528 DQ Mixed 1,576 1,194% 1,607 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 343% Great: 340%
Samsun 840 Series 250GB 115 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 233GB free Firmware: DXT0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 243 241 243 243 241 242 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	79.8% Very good	Read 440 Write 249 Mixed 167 SusWrite 242 61% 274 MB/s	4K Read 24.5 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 20.4 119% 50 MB/s	DQ Read 352 DQ Write 220 DQ Mixed 58.5 105% 210 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 79.8% Great: 81%
Samsun 840 Series 120GB 110 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 111GB free Firmware: DXT0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 85 87 88 85 89 91 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	57.1% Above average	Read 407 Write 82.8 Mixed 87.5 SusWrite 87.5 36% 166 MB/s	4K Read 26.1 4K Write 54.8 4K Mixed 17.9 92% 32.9 MB/s	DQ Read 338 DQ Write 42 DQ Mixed 48.1 71% 143 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 57.1% Great: 70%
Samsun 860 EVO 500G 500GB 176 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 364GB free Firmware: RVT0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 461 463 462 462 448 355 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	132% Outstanding	Read 476 Write 455 Mixed 423 SusWrite 442 101% 449 MB/s	4K Read 42.8 4K Write 130 4K Mixed 70.1 223% 80.8 MB/s	DQ Read 377 DQ Write 339 DQ Mixed 353 266% 357 MB/s
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 132% Great: 132%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB 5,376 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (35^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	77.2% Very good	MC Read 28.2 MC Write 29.2 MC Mixed 23.9 77% 27.1 GB/s	SC Read 17.5 SC Write 29.9 SC Mixed 24.4 68% 23.9 GB/s	Latency 62.9 64% 62.9 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 77.2% Great: 111%

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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 $219Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	6,689x
Core i5-6600KIntel $122Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	3,702x
Core i7-6700Intel $219Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	1,056x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	2,188x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	1,387x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,263x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	895x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	795x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	323x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	818x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	572x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	562x

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Value: 92% - Outstanding

Total price: $794

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $124	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16