Asus Z170I PRO GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 14% Tree trunk	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (94th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 6 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	5.56% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	113% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Very high background CPU (31%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z170I PRO GAMING (all builds)
Memory	3.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.5 GHz
Display	1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20180516
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 29 '19 at 11:28
Run Duration	232 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	31%

PC Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6400-$79 171,457 User benchmarks, average bench 61% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.7 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	79.6% Very good	Memory 90.6 1-Core 98.5 2-Core 202 76% 131 Pts	4-Core 398 8-Core 391 53% 395 Pts	64-Core 409 25% 409 Pts
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 79.6% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) 188,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 8694) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 21.20.16.4860 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	5.56% Terrible	Lighting 5.77 Reflection 8.88 Parallax 5.56 5% 6.74 fps	MRender 8.38 Gravity 4.53 Splatting 12.2 7% 8.38 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.56% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung SSD 120GB 432 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 42GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 356 115 146 141 117 134 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	113% Outstanding	Read 500 Write 475 Mixed 276 SusWrite 168 79% 355 MB/s	4K Read 47.5 4K Write 136 4K Mixed 64.9 227% 82.7 MB/s	DQ Read 274 DQ Write 266 DQ Mixed 238 187% 259 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 115%
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$92 154,949 User benchmarks, average bench 235% 232GB free Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1491 408 408 405 409 409 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	304% Outstanding	Read 2,538 Write 1,909 Mixed 1,342 SusWrite 588 354% 1,595 MB/s	4K Read 42.9 4K Write 256 4K Mixed 102 331% 134 MB/s	DQ Read 1,003 DQ Write 1,821 DQ Mixed 1,156 950% 1,327 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 304% Great: 280%
Seagate ST1000DM 010-2EP102 1TB 10,780 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 388GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 192 195 191 196 194 190 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 200 Write 79.3 Mixed 84.3 SusWrite 193 102% 139 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 114%
Seagate SkyHawk 1TB (2016)-$46 7,846 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 524GB free Firmware: CV11 SusWrite @10s intervals: 150 151 148 151 150 151 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	91.2% Outstanding	Read 168 Write 167 Mixed 80.5 SusWrite 150 103% 141 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.8 146% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 91.2% Great: 98%
Philips USB Flash Drive 32GB 300 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 22GB free, PID 4200 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 8.6 4.9 5.7 5 5.5 4.9 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	9.91% Terrible	Read 28 Write 25.3 Mixed 24 SusWrite 5.7 27% 20.8 MB/s	4K Read 5.2 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 1.6 111% 2.63 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 9.91% Great: 10%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Apacer 78.BAGPD.AUC0B 78.BAGPD.C7Z0B 8GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2460, 2460 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	79.6% Very good	MC Read 29.3 MC Write 31.9 MC Mixed 24.3 81% 28.5 GB/s	SC Read 16.3 SC Write 29.2 SC Mixed 23 65% 22.8 GB/s	Latency 66.4 60% 66.4 ns
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 79.6% Great: 80%

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

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 58%

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Motherboard: Asus Z170I PRO GAMING - $165

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	578x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	431x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	144x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	218x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	168x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	152x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	72x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	68x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	43x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	99x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	81x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	49x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $620

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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