Asus Z170I PRO GAMING

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 14%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 83%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 13%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics6.98% 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 Drive225% 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.
Memory32GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
MotherboardAsus Z170I PRO GAMING  (all builds)
Memory21.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20161227
Uptime7.2 Days
Run DateApr 22 '17 at 04:29
Run Duration257 Seconds
Run User CAN-User
Background CPU7%

 PC Performing as expected (52nd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180
LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (84th percentile)
85.6% Excellent
Memory 87.7
1-Core 128
2-Core 255
87% 157 Pts
4-Core 450
8-Core 699
71% 574 Pts
64-Core 703
44% 703 Pts
Poor: 70%
This bench: 85.6%
Great: 90%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake)
Asus(1043 8694) 1GB
Driver: igdumdim64 Ver. 21.20.16.4542
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
6.98% Terrible
Lighting 7.2
Reflection 10.9
Parallax 7.16
6% 8.43 fps
MRender 9.81
Gravity 6.57
Splatting 15.4
9% 10.6 fps
Poor: 3%
This bench: 6.98%
Great: 6%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625
314GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
Performing as expected (45th percentile)
225% Outstanding
Read 1,782
Write 1,219
Mixed 1,239
313% 1,414 MB/s
4K Read 43.7
4K Write 118
4K Mixed 55.2
199% 72.1 MB/s
DQ Read 483
DQ Write 300
DQ Mixed 186
194% 323 MB/s
Poor: 138%
This bench: 225%
Great: 283%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 8TB
7TB free
Firmware: 1.0.
Performing way below expectations (6th percentile)
85.2% Excellent
Read 172
Write 123
Mixed 83
93% 126 MB/s
4K Read 2.73
4K Write 6.43
4K Mixed 0.82
324% 3.33 MB/s
Poor: 86%
This bench: 85.2%
Great: 262%
Garmin Edge 5xx Flash 16GB
8GB free, PID null
Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete
Read 1.64
1% 1.64 MB/s
Poor: 4% Great: 8%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x16GB-$74
2 of 2 slots used
32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing below potential (28th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
69.2% Good
MC Read 25.8
MC Write 25.1
MC Mixed 21.5
69% 24.1 GB/s
SC Read 18.3
SC Write 24.7
SC Mixed 23.5
63% 22.2 GB/s
Latency 69.8
57% 69.8 ns
Poor: 50%
This bench: 69.2%
Great: 94%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Z170I PRO GAMING Builds (Compare 1,604 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 69%
Battle cruiser
Desktop
Desktop 87%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 58%
Gunboat

Motherboard: Asus Z170I PRO GAMING - $165

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 95% - Outstanding Total price: $620
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HDDRAMUSB
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