Asus Z170 PRO GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 84% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 74% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 86.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	95.4% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	109% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z170 PRO GAMING (all builds)
Memory	25 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180516
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 25 '19 at 12:53
Run Duration	175 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	18%

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PC Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$242 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	86.2% Excellent	Memory 91.5 1-Core 138 2-Core 249 90% 159 Pts	4-Core 436 8-Core 720 71% 578 Pts	64-Core 759 47% 759 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 86.2% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$324 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% MSI(1462 3752) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 430.86 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	95.4% Outstanding	Lighting 123 Reflection 116 Parallax 110 100% 116 fps	MRender 138 Gravity 101 Splatting 85.3 86% 108 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 95.4% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 317GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 368 370 371 366 374 349 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 478 Write 450 Mixed 434 SusWrite 366 97% 432 MB/s	4K Read 38.9 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 42.6 169% 62.1 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 311 247% 345 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 133%
SanDisk Ultra Plus 256GB-$139 17,545 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 12GB free Firmware: X2306RL Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 402 Write 282 Mixed 128 60% 271 MB/s	4K Read 30.5 4K Write 99.8 4K Mixed 29.8 137% 53.4 MB/s	DQ Read 330 DQ Write 204 DQ Mixed 113 126% 216 MB/s
Poor: 58% Great: 99%
Sandisk SD7SN3Q512G1002 512GB 236 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 370GB free Firmware: X2170002 SusWrite @10s intervals: 397 427 430 429 428 415 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 463 Write 430 Mixed 244 SusWrite 421 88% 389 MB/s	4K Read 29.2 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 37.1 147% 56.6 MB/s	DQ Read 349 DQ Write 311 DQ Mixed 149 161% 270 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 104%
WD Red 8TB (2016)-$180 4,231 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 7TB free Firmware: 83.H0A83 SusWrite @10s intervals: 167 170 181 165 175 170 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	97.9% Outstanding	Read 170 Write 174 Mixed 84 SusWrite 171 109% 150 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 1.3 227% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 97.9% Great: 97%
Seagate DJI Fly Drive 2TB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 2TB free, PID a020 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples		Read 102 Write 136 Mixed 76 136% 105 MB/s	4K Read 1.6 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 98% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 18% Great: 35%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX2800C14D4/8GX G.SKILL F4-2800C15-8GVRB KHX3000C15D4/8GX G.SKILL F4-2800C15-8GVRB 32GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (33^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	72.4% Very good	MC Read 25.9 MC Write 28 MC Mixed 22.9 73% 25.6 GB/s	SC Read 16.2 SC Write 27.5 SC Mixed 19.8 60% 21.2 GB/s	Latency 64.9 62% 64.9 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 72.4% Great: 93%

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

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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	6,619x
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	2,165x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	1,381x
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	806x
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 $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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