Asus Z170 PRO GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 44% Speed boat	Desktop 54% Yacht	Workstation 35% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (7th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 93 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 43.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	96.7% 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	46.4% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Very high background CPU (52%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus Z170 PRO GAMING (all builds)
Memory	21.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160705
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 14 '20 at 22:02
Run Duration	116 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	52%

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PC Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$130 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	43.9% Average	Memory 52 1-Core 56.3 2-Core 116 43% 74.8 Pts	4-Core 205 8-Core 219 28% 212 Pts	64-Core 270 17% 270 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 43.9% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3367) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 452.06 Performing below potential (18^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	96.7% Outstanding	Lighting 127 Reflection 105 Parallax 106 103% 113 fps	MRender 93.9 Gravity 112 Splatting 101 84% 103 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 96.7% Great: 110%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$90 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 27GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 54 53 55 65 76 MB/s Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	46.4% Average	Read 340 Write 36.5 Mixed 158 SusWrite 65.2 33% 150 MB/s	4K Read 12.2 4K Write 36.4 4K Mixed 16.5 59% 21.7 MB/s	DQ Read 363 DQ Write 117 DQ Mixed 164 141% 214 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 46.4% Great: 134%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4-3200C16-8GVRB F4-3200C16-8GVRB F4-2400C15-8GVR F4-2400C15-8GVR 32GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	44.5% Average	MC Read 14.9 MC Write 19.7 MC Mixed 15.1 47% 16.6 GB/s	SC Read 7.9 SC Write 13.7 SC Mixed 11.3 31% 11 GB/s	Latency 153 26% 153 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 44.5% Great: 82%

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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%

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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	6,655x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	3,686x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	1,048x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	2,175x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	1,385x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,255x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	890x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	791x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	323x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $37Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	815x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	570x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	560x

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Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $744

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16