Asus Z170 PRO GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 80% Battleship	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 68% Battle cruiser


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 89.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	84.2% 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	280% 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 (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170 PRO GAMING (all builds)
Memory	8.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben, 2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170623
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Apr 09 '20 at 02:57
Run Duration	257 Seconds
Run User	AUT-User
Background CPU	11%

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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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	89.1% Excellent	Memory 95.9 1-Core 136 2-Core 263 92% 165 Pts	4-Core 446 8-Core 626 67% 536 Pts	64-Core 703 44% 703 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 89.1% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3701) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 445.75 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	84.2% Excellent	Lighting 107 Reflection 111 Parallax 92.9 87% 103 fps	MRender 93.5 Gravity 95.9 Splatting 98.8 79% 96.1 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 84.2% Great: 88%

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% 184GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 844 595 582 575 566 557 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	280% Outstanding	Read 2,407 Write 1,966 Mixed 1,663 SusWrite 620 371% 1,664 MB/s	4K Read 64 4K Write 162 4K Mixed 85.4 292% 104 MB/s	DQ Read 1,344 DQ Write 1,141 DQ Mixed 1,237 928% 1,241 MB/s
Poor: 178% ↑ This bench: 280% Great: 355%
Kingston SSDNow UV400 240GB-$89 105,079 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 36GB free Firmware: 0C3FD6SD SusWrite @10s intervals: 343 120 94 88 93 88 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	74.5% Very good	Read 351 Write 308 Mixed 262 SusWrite 138 59% 265 MB/s	4K Read 31.7 4K Write 72.7 4K Mixed 34 130% 46.1 MB/s	DQ Read 297 DQ Write 255 DQ Mixed 133 139% 229 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 74.5% Great: 88%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 38GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 329 103 85 75 65 57 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 494 Write 468 Mixed 381 SusWrite 119 82% 366 MB/s	4K Read 41.7 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 54.5 188% 66.9 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 235 211% 320 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 118%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 787GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 128 128 130 130 130 128 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	65.2% Good	Read 98 Write 105 Mixed 76.3 SusWrite 129 75% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 191% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 65.2% Great: 84%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 137 140 139 141 142 140 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	79.2% Very good	Read 136 Write 135 Mixed 77.8 SusWrite 140 90% 122 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 203% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 79.2% Great: 101%
SanDisk SDSSDA120G 120GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 141% 18GB free, PID 55aa Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 122 83 77 77 84 79 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	260% Outstanding	Read 372 Write 138 Mixed 139 SusWrite 86.9 208% 184 MB/s	4K Read 18.2 4K Write 59.5 4K Mixed 13.7 2,557% 30.5 MB/s	DQ Read 18.3 DQ Write 76.1 DQ Mixed 14.9 3,163% 36.4 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 260% Great: 260%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$56 346,786 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	85.6% Excellent	MC Read 32.5 MC Write 31.4 MC Mixed 26.4 86% 30.1 GB/s	SC Read 19.2 SC Write 31.3 SC Mixed 26.8 74% 25.8 GB/s	Latency 54.3 74% 54.3 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 85.6% Great: 110%

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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	6,638x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	3,679x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	1,045x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	2,170x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	1,385x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,251x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	887x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	788x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	322x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	810x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	569x
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 $269	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 $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