Asus Z170 PRO GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 91% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 80% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 81.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	110% 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	118% 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.

Motherboard	Asus Z170 PRO GAMING (all builds)
Memory	10.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160705
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 22 '19 at 04:15
Run Duration	179 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing above expectations (64^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 as expected (57^th percentile)	81.9% Excellent	Memory 91.5 1-Core 124 2-Core 224 84% 147 Pts	4-Core 390 8-Core 680 65% 535 Pts	64-Core 685 42% 685 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 81.9% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Zotac(19DA 1426) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 417.71 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Lighting 146 Reflection 152 Parallax 130 119% 143 fps	MRender 117 Gravity 141 Splatting 113 100% 124 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 132GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 391 456 463 433 456 463 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	118% Outstanding	Read 490 Write 469 Mixed 432 SusWrite 444 103% 459 MB/s	4K Read 34.9 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 55 177% 63.5 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 359 270% 360 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 133%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$37 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 125GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 42 46 40 38 48 54 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	36.6% Below average	Read 82.5 Write 80.5 Mixed 74.7 SusWrite 44.6 53% 70.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.6 118% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 36.6% Great: 76%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2016)-$114 34,353 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 3TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 183 188 188 186 188 188 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 185 Write 152 Mixed 79.5 SusWrite 187 110% 151 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.8 157% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 105%
Seagate IronWolf 4TB (2016)-$95 26,217 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 3.5TB free Firmware: SC60 SusWrite @10s intervals: 188 195 195 193 195 193 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 194 Write 184 Mixed 80.2 SusWrite 193 119% 163 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.9 166% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 108%
WD My Book 1230 3TB 7,778 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 2TB free, PID 1230 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 114 114 113 114 113 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	49.3% Average	Read 118 Write 120 Mixed 85 SusWrite 113 147% 109 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.9 116% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 49.3% Great: 59%
WD My Book 1140 3TB 6,710 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 1.5TB free, PID 1140 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 104 102 104 104 105 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	45% Average	Read 109 Write 110 Mixed 95.8 SusWrite 103 142% 104 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.7 99% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 45% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$57 31,641 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (20^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	69.1% Good	MC Read 26.4 MC Write 26.5 MC Mixed 20.2 70% 24.4 GB/s	SC Read 13.2 SC Write 25.1 SC Mixed 21.8 57% 20 GB/s	Latency 64.9 62% 64.9 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 69.1% Great: 107%

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Gaming 69%

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Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

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 $45	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