Asus Z170 PRO GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 103% UFO	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 86% Aircraft carrier


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 91.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	109% 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	263% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z170 PRO GAMING (all builds)
Memory	11.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180516
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 13 '19 at 08:42
Run Duration	224 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	17%

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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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	91.1% Outstanding	Memory 96.4 1-Core 134 2-Core 264 92% 165 Pts	4-Core 463 8-Core 664 71% 564 Pts	64-Core 655 41% 655 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 91.1% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3702) CLim: 2113 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 430.86 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Lighting 143 Reflection 157 Parallax 134 117% 145 fps	MRender 119 Gravity 141 Splatting 116 102% 125 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 367,854 User benchmarks, average bench 276% 187GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 509 672 786 792 781 764 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	263% Outstanding	Read 2,652 Write 2,426 Mixed 1,925 SusWrite 717 431% 1,930 MB/s	4K Read 68 4K Write 171 4K Mixed 93.5 314% 111 MB/s	DQ Read 70.8 DQ Write 631 DQ Mixed 100 152% 267 MB/s
Poor: 178% ↑ This bench: 263% Great: 355%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 157GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 376 445 462 466 459 461 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 501 Write 490 Mixed 409 SusWrite 445 104% 461 MB/s	4K Read 45.2 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 61.4 204% 71 MB/s	DQ Read 46.9 DQ Write 121 DQ Mixed 64.5 55% 77.5 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 134%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 752GB 37 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 372GB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 244 182 124 115 125 126 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	61.5% Good	Read 556 Write 283 Mixed 316 SusWrite 153 72% 327 MB/s	4K Read 27.5 4K Write 56 4K Mixed 18.2 95% 33.9 MB/s	DQ Read 28.8 DQ Write 57.8 DQ Mixed 94.4 57% 60.3 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 61.5% Great: 122%
Tph01204000gb 0 4TB 204 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 3TB free Firmware: MFAOAA50 SusWrite @10s intervals: 163 164 159 167 168 168 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	95.1% Outstanding	Read 166 Write 169 Mixed 20.8 SusWrite 165 94% 130 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 0.8 187% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 95.1% Great: 98%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$56 31,641 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	93.3% Outstanding	MC Read 35.4 MC Write 36 MC Mixed 26.8 94% 32.7 GB/s	SC Read 20.9 SC Write 36.2 SC Mixed 30 83% 29 GB/s	Latency 52.4 76% 52.4 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 93.3% Great: 107%

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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	6,627x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	3,674x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	1,045x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	2,168x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	1,383x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,248x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	885x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 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	808x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	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