Asus Z170I PRO GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 77% Battleship	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 66% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 88.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	84.5% 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	113% 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 (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus Z170I PRO GAMING (all builds)
Memory	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170710
Uptime	4.1 Days
Run Date	Aug 21 '18 at 16:27
Run Duration	199 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	19%

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PC Performing above expectations (79^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 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	88.4% Excellent	Memory 93.3 1-Core 128 2-Core 253 89% 158 Pts	4-Core 449 8-Core 703 71% 576 Pts	64-Core 706 44% 706 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 88.4% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3701) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.82 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	84.5% Excellent	Lighting 108 Reflection 110 Parallax 104 88% 107 fps	MRender 94.1 Gravity 96.4 Splatting 94.5 78% 95 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 84.5% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 104GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 364 228 212 214 203 207 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Read 474 Write 436 Mixed 347 SusWrite 238 84% 374 MB/s	4K Read 44.6 4K Write 127 4K Mixed 58.8 210% 76.7 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 295 DQ Mixed 355 261% 343 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 124%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 145GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 397 313 301 314 303 313 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	120% Outstanding	Read 471 Write 431 Mixed 349 SusWrite 324 88% 393 MB/s	4K Read 41.9 4K Write 131 4K Mixed 61.9 212% 78.3 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 317 DQ Mixed 344 259% 346 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 180 176 173 182 174 183 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 198 Write 110 Mixed 37.5 SusWrite 178 95% 131 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.3 74% 0.53 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 114%
WD My Book 1230 3TB 7,778 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 901GB free, PID 1230 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 99 97 101 97 100 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	43.4% Average	Read 98 Write 98.7 Mixed 72 SusWrite 99 125% 91.9 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1 119% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 43.4% Great: 59%
Seagate Backup+ BK 500GB 713 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 298GB free, PID a013 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 92 90 92 89 92 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	38.9% Below average	Read 89.2 Write 60.8 Mixed 49.5 SusWrite 90.5 96% 72.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.8 97% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 38.9% Great: 41%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB-$40 98,777 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	72.1% Very good	MC Read 27.7 MC Write 27.6 MC Mixed 20.2 72% 25.2 GB/s	SC Read 17 SC Write 26.7 SC Mixed 22.7 63% 22.1 GB/s	Latency 61.5 65% 61.5 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 72.1% Great: 88%

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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 Z170I PRO GAMING - $165

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	576x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	431x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	143x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	218x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	168x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	152x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	72x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	68x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $129Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	43x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	99x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	81x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	49x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $620

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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