Asus Z170 PRO GAMING

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 93%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 86%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 79%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 86.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics113% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Very high background CPU (50%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardAsus Z170 PRO GAMING  (all builds)
Memory11.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colores
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20160307
Uptime0.1 Days
Run DateSep 15 '20 at 20:01
Run Duration142 Seconds
Run User ESP-User
Background CPU 50%
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 PC Performing as expected (59th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180
LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (84th percentile)
86.2% Excellent
Memory 96.1
1-Core 127
2-Core 231
87% 151 Pts
4-Core 412
8-Core 666
66% 539 Pts
64-Core 678
42% 678 Pts
Poor: 70%
This bench: 86.2%
Great: 90%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400
CLim: 2075 MHz, MLim: 2702 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 451.67
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
113% Outstanding
Lighting 151
Reflection 154
Parallax 131
123% 145 fps
MRender 121
Gravity 144
Splatting 110
101% 125 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 113%
Great: 110%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$92
40GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete
Read 2,218
Write 1,468
Mixed 1,172
357% 1,619 MB/s
4K Read 62.1
4K Write 161
4K Mixed 85.1
288% 103 MB/s
DQ Read 977
DQ Write 1184
DQ Mixed 1,007
780% 1,056 MB/s
Poor: 160% Great: 280%
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250
15GB free
Firmware: 1B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete
Read 1,938
Write 889
Mixed 760
261% 1,195 MB/s
4K Read 49.8
4K Write 164
4K Mixed 56.7
235% 90.1 MB/s
DQ Read 1,087
DQ Write 320
DQ Mixed 399
373% 602 MB/s
Poor: 131% Great: 243%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50
42GB free
Firmware: CC26
SusWrite @10s intervals: 144 155 168 170 133 144 MB/s
Performing as expected (46th percentile)
88.6% Excellent
Read 157
Write 130
Mixed 72
SusWrite 152
93% 128 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.8
148% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 51%
This bench: 88.6%
Great: 114%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
GEIL CL15-15-15 D4-3000 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz
Performing below potential (7th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
55.7% Above average
MC Read 19.8
MC Write 18.9
MC Mixed 16.1
52% 18.3 GB/s
SC Read 15.5
SC Write 20.8
SC Mixed 19.7
53% 18.7 GB/s
Latency 53.6
75% 53.6 ns
Poor: 56%
This bench: 55.7%
Great: 106%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Z170 PRO GAMING Builds (Compare 13,944 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 69%
Battle cruiser
Desktop
Desktop 87%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 58%
Gunboat

Motherboard: Asus Z170 PRO GAMING - $295

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 95% - Outstanding Total price: $750
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