Asus Z170 PRO GAMING

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 3% Tree trunk	Desktop 48% Yacht	Workstation 2% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (18th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 82 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 54%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	4.04% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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.

Very high background CPU (47%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170 PRO GAMING (all builds)
Memory	10.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160705
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 07 '19 at 21:43
Run Duration	129 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	47%

PC Performing way below expectations (18^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-$130 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 below expectations (9^th percentile)	54% Above average	Memory 55 1-Core 79 2-Core 176 56% 103 Pts	4-Core 293 8-Core 374 43% 334 Pts	64-Core 380 24% 380 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 54% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? Asus(1043 8694) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 25.20.100.6373 Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	4.04% Terrible	Lighting 4.77 Reflection 5.04 Parallax 4.16 4% 4.65 fps	MRender 2.9 Gravity 3.67 Splatting 8.04 4% 4.87 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.04% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 EVO M.2 120GB 3,551 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 10GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT21B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 341 Write 321 Mixed 259 68% 307 MB/s	4K Read 24.3 4K Write 57.6 4K Mixed 32.3 109% 38.1 MB/s	DQ Read 340 DQ Write 297 DQ Mixed 311 235% 316 MB/s
Poor: 69% Great: 112%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 225GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 99 102 100 96 98 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	67.9% Good	Read 138 Write 130 Mixed 81.5 SusWrite 98.8 82% 112 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 1 190% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 67.9% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Patriot 2400 C16 Series 1x16GB 337 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 1 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	27.7% Poor	MC Read 9.9 MC Write 10.8 MC Mixed 9.4 29% 10 GB/s	SC Read 5 SC Write 7 SC Mixed 7.1 18% 6.37 GB/s	Latency 143 28% 143 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 27.7% Great: 49%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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	6,663x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	3,689x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	1,050x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	2,179x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	1,386x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,257x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	891x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	791x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	323x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	817x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	570x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	561x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $752

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16