Asus Z170 PRO GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 87% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 67% Battle cruiser


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 a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	106% 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.
Boot Drive	45.2% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 (16%). 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	11 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170623
Uptime	3.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 15 '18 at 19:32
Run Duration	204 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	16%

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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 i5-6600-$133 80,688 User benchmarks, average bench 68% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	80.3% Excellent	Memory 86.5 1-Core 108 2-Core 208 77% 134 Pts	4-Core 427 8-Core 437 58% 432 Pts	64-Core 337 21% 337 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 80.3% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3362) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 416.94 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Lighting 141 Reflection 145 Parallax 126 115% 137 fps	MRender 112 Gravity 133 Splatting 104 94% 116 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$30 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 138GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z32080RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 75 95 73 100 33 MB/s Performing below potential (22^nd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	45.2% Average	Read 214 Write 158 Mixed 29.3 SusWrite 82.7 27% 121 MB/s	4K Read 15.2 4K Write 96.3 4K Mixed 14.4 92% 42 MB/s	DQ Read 142 DQ Write 66.3 DQ Mixed 29.1 42% 79.2 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 45.2% Great: 86%
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$30 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 17GB free Firmware: Z32080RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 64 51 45 57 39 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	44.5% Average	Read 260 Write 286 Mixed 236 SusWrite 57.6 47% 210 MB/s	4K Read 16.3 4K Write 71.7 4K Mixed 9.4 75% 32.5 MB/s	DQ Read 159 DQ Write 257 DQ Mixed 18 67% 144 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 44.5% Great: 86%
Samsung Spinpoint F2 1TB-$60 32,476 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 858GB free Firmware: 1AG01118 SusWrite @10s intervals: 55 58 57 58 57 58 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	39.8% Below average	Read 81.2 Write 44 Mixed 41.5 SusWrite 57.1 41% 55.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 144% 1 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 39.8% Great: 58%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 1TB-$68 105,708 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 931GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 190 191 194 193 193 194 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 48% Great: 112%
PLATINUM My Drive 2.5" 1TB 68 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 625GB free, PID 55aa Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 97 97 97 97 96 96 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	40% Average	Read 98 Write 96.5 Mixed 37 SusWrite 96.7 109% 82.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.6 73% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 40% Great: 48%
ST2000DM 001-1CH164 2TB 35 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 238GB free, PID 0551 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 91 90 88 90 91 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	43.8% Average	Read 130 Write 86.5 Mixed 74 SusWrite 89.5 122% 95 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 88% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 43.8% Great: 66%
WDC WD50 01AALS-00L3B2 500GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 466GB free, PID 0551 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 92 90 88 90 91 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	38.6% Below average	Read 94.3 Write 92.3 Mixed 66 SusWrite 89.6 115% 85.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.9 91% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 38.6% Great: 39%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB 15,285 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (32^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	74.9% Very good	MC Read 27.1 MC Write 28.8 MC Mixed 24.9 77% 26.9 GB/s	SC Read 14.6 SC Write 27.2 SC Mixed 21 60% 20.9 GB/s	Latency 70.9 56% 70.9 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 74.9% Great: 110%

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Gaming 69%

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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 $163Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	6,742x
Core i5-6600KIntel $120Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	3,732x
Core i7-6700Intel $163Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	1,063x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	2,209x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	1,394x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,270x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	902x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	802x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	326x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	825x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $38Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	576x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	563x

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Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $150
Intel Core i5-13600K $270	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $388	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $90
Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4070 $520	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $353