Asus Z170 PRO GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 113% UFO	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 96% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 89.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	127% 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	86.3% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

Motherboard	Asus Z170 PRO GAMING (all builds)
Memory	10.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160513
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 23 '19 at 21:12
Run Duration	240 Seconds
Run User	DNK-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing as expected (54^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 4.45 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	89.3% Excellent	Memory 93.5 1-Core 132 2-Core 252 90% 159 Pts	4-Core 459 8-Core 676 71% 567 Pts	64-Core 706 44% 706 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 89.3% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% MSI(1462 3602) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 430.86 Performing below potential (72^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	127% Outstanding	Lighting 179 Reflection 174 Parallax 184 146% 179 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 171 Splatting 118 109% 135 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 127% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba Q300 240GB-$85 5,005 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 44GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM12.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 225 118 125 72 127 166 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	86.3% Excellent	Read 490 Write 453 Mixed 374 SusWrite 139 81% 364 MB/s	4K Read 29 4K Write 92.4 4K Mixed 38.7 142% 53.4 MB/s	DQ Read 346 DQ Write 302 DQ Mixed 165 167% 271 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 86.3% Great: 93%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 61GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 447 467 385 233 185 188 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 494 Write 457 Mixed 393 SusWrite 318 93% 415 MB/s	4K Read 42.4 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 57.8 198% 71.3 MB/s	DQ Read 336 DQ Write 302 DQ Mixed 362 260% 333 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 134%
Corsair Force NVMe PCIe M.2 960GB 32,020 User benchmarks, average bench 230% 846GB free Firmware: ECFM12.2 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1561 1031 1022 1037 1030 1027 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	239% Outstanding	Read 1,387 Write 2,447 Mixed 1,528 SusWrite 1,118 367% 1,620 MB/s	4K Read 44.3 4K Write 129 4K Mixed 63.6 217% 79.1 MB/s	DQ Read 1,172 DQ Write 1,004 DQ Mixed 1,062 803% 1,079 MB/s
Poor: 150% ↑ This bench: 239% Great: 298%
Seagate IronWolf 3TB (2016)-$114 4,022 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 242GB free Firmware: SC60 SusWrite @10s intervals: 87 86 88 86 87 89 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	55.2% Above average	Read 105 Write 119 Mixed 63.8 SusWrite 87.3 69% 93.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.6 115% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 55.2% Great: 104%
WD My Passport 0820 1TB 16,483 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 216GB free, PID 0820 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 70 71 71 69 71 71 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	31% Below average	Read 62.5 Write 65.5 Mixed 42.5 SusWrite 70.5 82% 60.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.8 100% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 31% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GB 122,822 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2197 MHz Performing below potential (15^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	66.6% Good	MC Read 25.4 MC Write 25 MC Mixed 19.8 67% 23.4 GB/s	SC Read 15.9 SC Write 20.2 SC Mixed 20.2 54% 18.8 GB/s	Latency 61.1 66% 61.1 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 66.6% Great: 90%

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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	6,620x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	3,671x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	1,044x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	2,166x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	1,382x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,247x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	884x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	786x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	320x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	807x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	565x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	559x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $750

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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