Asus Z170 PRO GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 38% Jet ski	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 35% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 85.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	35.7% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	265% 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.

High background CPU (26%). 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	11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180516
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 03 '19 at 16:15
Run Duration	194 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	26%

PC Performing above expectations (66^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	85.8% Excellent	Memory 92 1-Core 138 2-Core 252 90% 161 Pts	4-Core 428 8-Core 779 72% 604 Pts	64-Core 783 48% 783 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 85.8% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Asus(1043 854D) CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	35.7% Below average	Lighting 46.5 Reflection 45 Parallax 39.5 38% 43.7 fps	MRender 38.6 Gravity 40.4 Splatting 36.3 31% 38.4 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 35.7% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$92 154,949 User benchmarks, average bench 235% 152GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 631 330 329 330 330 331 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	265% Outstanding	Read 2,424 Write 1,461 Mixed 1,032 SusWrite 380 292% 1,324 MB/s	4K Read 60.1 4K Write 187 4K Mixed 87.3 302% 112 MB/s	DQ Read 972 DQ Write 1,347 DQ Mixed 1,006 803% 1,108 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 265% Great: 280%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$31 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 672GB free Firmware: 02.01A02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 146 152 154 154 154 154 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	98.9% Outstanding	Read 192 Write 140 Mixed 81.7 SusWrite 152 103% 141 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1.2 241% 1.8 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 98.9% Great: 109%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 705GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 85 87 87 88 87 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	47.9% Average	Read 79.4 Write 92.9 Mixed 48.4 SusWrite 87.2 56% 77 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1.2 209% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 47.9% Great: 75%
WD Red 2TB (2012)-$82 64,359 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 537GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 92 93 94 93 94 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	50.1% Above average	Read 81.5 Write 87.8 Mixed 55.8 SusWrite 92.5 58% 79.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.9 174% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 50.1% Great: 86%
Seagate IronWolf 4TB (2016)-$95 26,217 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 3TB free Firmware: SC60 SusWrite @10s intervals: 172 179 182 184 184 184 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	Read 168 Write 168 Mixed 76.1 SusWrite 181 108% 148 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.8 159% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 108%
H/W JBOD 8TB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 6TB free Firmware: 0106 SusWrite @10s intervals: 145 145 147 147 151 149 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	88% Excellent	Read 160 Write 174 Mixed 75.6 SusWrite 147 102% 139 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 137% 1 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 88% Great: 88%
SanDisk Ultra Fit USB 3.0 64GB-$23 12,481 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 48GB free, PID 5583 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 22 25 25 25 15 15 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	19.2% Very poor	Read 32.9 Write 23 Mixed 27.6 SusWrite 21.2 34% 26.2 MB/s	4K Read 3.9 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 3.3 225% 3.37 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 19.2% Great: 39%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws 4 DDR4 2133 C15 2x8GB 4,421 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	77.6% Very good	MC Read 28.3 MC Write 29.3 MC Mixed 23.9 78% 27.2 GB/s	SC Read 18.9 SC Write 30.2 SC Mixed 24.4 70% 24.5 GB/s	Latency 64 62% 64 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 77.6% Great: 80%

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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	6,655x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	3,687x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	1,048x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	2,175x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	1,385x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,255x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	891x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	791x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	323x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	815x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	570x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	560x

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Value: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $755

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16