Asus Z170 PRO GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 18% Surfboard	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 81%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	11.7% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	66.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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 (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z170 PRO GAMING (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.5 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180516
Uptime	2 Days
Run Date	Jan 14 '19 at 01:24
Run Duration	167 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing as expected (48^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6500-$67 241,476 User benchmarks, average bench 64% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	81% Excellent	Memory 90.1 1-Core 111 2-Core 216 80% 139 Pts	4-Core 413 8-Core 436 56% 424 Pts	64-Core 431 27% 431 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 81% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 380-$200 83,027 User benchmarks, average bench 33% PowerColor(148C 2359) CLim: 980 MHz, MLim: 1475 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 18.12.2 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	11.7% Very poor	Lighting 0.03 Reflection 50.5 Parallax 58.6 0% 36.4 fps	MRender 50.7 Gravity 41.7 Splatting 36.1 34% 42.8 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 11.7% Great: 35%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk SD8SN8U128G1122 128GB 823 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 43GB free (System drive) Firmware: X4162000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 121 98 90 86 85 87 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	66.4% Good	Read 448 Write 319 Mixed 259 SusWrite 94.5 62% 280 MB/s	4K Read 26.3 4K Write 44.9 4K Mixed 27.3 99% 32.8 MB/s	DQ Read 327 DQ Write 227 DQ Mixed 225 182% 260 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 66.4% Great: 94%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 315GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 30 30 31 31 30 52 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	44.8% Average	Read 121 Write 117 Mixed 74 SusWrite 33.9 64% 86.4 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 3.4 4K Mixed 1.1 235% 1.9 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 44.8% Great: 113%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 747GB free Firmware: 12.01C02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 40 31 30 32 30 30 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	32.1% Below average	Read 79 Write 74.2 Mixed 55.8 SusWrite 32.1 45% 60.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1 181% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 32.1% Great: 69%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 1TB 15,101 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 246GB free, PID a200 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 84 85 84 84 85 83 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	35.4% Below average	Read 81 Write 80.3 Mixed 32.7 SusWrite 84 93% 69.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.6 80% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 35.4% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GB 20,001 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2460 MHz Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	87.5% Excellent	MC Read 31.6 MC Write 33.9 MC Mixed 29.3 90% 31.6 GB/s	SC Read 17.6 SC Write 32.9 SC Mixed 24.2 71% 24.9 GB/s	Latency 67.1 60% 67.1 ns
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 87.5% Great: 95%

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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	6,629x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	3,676x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	1,045x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	2,169x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	1,383x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,250x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	885x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	787x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	321x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	809x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	566x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	560x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $750

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	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