Asus Z170-PRO

Performance Results


Gaming 90% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 76% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 88.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	103% 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	179% 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.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus Z170-PRO (all builds)
Memory	8.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150917
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Dec 26 '19 at 23:36
Run Duration	150 Seconds
Run User	PRT-User
Background CPU	9%

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PC Performing as expected (50^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 way above expectations (95^th percentile)	88.9% Excellent	Memory 91.7 1-Core 128 2-Core 255 88% 158 Pts	4-Core 464 8-Core 706 72% 585 Pts	64-Core 696 43% 696 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 88.9% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060S (Super)-$510 319,148 User benchmarks, average bench 100% Asus(1043 870B) ≥ 4GB; Asus ROG-STRIX-RTX2060S A8G GAMING CLim: 2160 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.12 Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	103% Outstanding	Lighting 127 Reflection 124 Parallax 138 103% 130 fps	MRender 177 Gravity 113 Splatting 104 104% 131 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250 40,327 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 78GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 601 577 548 561 566 550 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	179% Outstanding	Read 1143 Write 844 Mixed 604 SusWrite 567 176% 789 MB/s	4K Read 44.4 4K Write 152 4K Mixed 57.2 221% 84.4 MB/s	DQ Read 1,095 DQ Write 306 DQ Mixed 375 361% 592 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 179% Great: 243%
Toshiba X300 6TB-$78 5,594 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 743GB free Firmware: FS2A SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 109 109 112 109 111 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	60.4% Good	Read 100 Write 93.7 Mixed 50.2 SusWrite 110 65% 88.6 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 1.1 212% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 60.4% Great: 109%
WD Re 2TB-$28 16,276 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 313GB free Firmware: 01.01D02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 138 141 142 141 141 142 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	81.2% Excellent	Read 142 Write 136 Mixed 97.3 SusWrite 141 95% 129 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 1.1 224% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 81.2% Great: 83%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 131GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 155 157 160 161 120 104 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	90.1% Outstanding	Read 172 Write 179 Mixed 75.7 SusWrite 143 104% 142 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.7 131% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 90.1% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB 391 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	41.4% Average	MC Read 14.2 MC Write 14 MC Mixed 11.8 38% 13.3 GB/s	SC Read 12.5 SC Write 15 SC Mixed 14.5 40% 14 GB/s	Latency 64.7 62% 64.7 ns
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 41.4% Great: 112%

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Typical Z170-PRO Builds (Compare 957 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

Motherboard: Asus Z170-PRO - $210

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	513x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	125x
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	78x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	169x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	105x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	71x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	62x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	55x
950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung $625Bench 223%, 54,978 samples	23x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	69x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	55x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x16GBCorsair $560Bench 84%, 34,441 samples	34x

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Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $674

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