Asus Z170 PRO GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 46% Yacht	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 39% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 73.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	60.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
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 (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z170 PRO GAMING (all builds)
Memory	9.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180222
Uptime	1.2 Days
Run Date	Apr 02 '21 at 03:29
Run Duration	180 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	14%

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PC Performing as expected (59^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-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	73.3% Very good	Memory 90.8 1-Core 148 2-Core 278 95% 172 Pts	4-Core 302 8-Core 534 50% 418 Pts	64-Core 522 32% 522 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 73.3% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% EVGA(3842 6264) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 465.89 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	60.7% Good	Lighting 76.6 Reflection 75.6 Parallax 69.6 62% 73.9 fps	MRender 66.8 Gravity 73.7 Splatting 69.5 57% 70 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 60.7% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HyperX Fury 120GB-$160 11,403 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 111GB free Firmware: 603ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 81 98 97 98 99 92 MB/s Performing below potential (51^st percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	63.8% Good	Read 195 Write 105 Mixed 178 SusWrite 94 32% 143 MB/s	4K Read 29 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 38.6 148% 56.7 MB/s	DQ Read 93.5 DQ Write 126 DQ Mixed 98.4 77% 106 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 63.8% Great: 75%
WD WD10EURX 1TB-$23 53,598 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 283GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 31 40 24 36 61 60 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	45.6% Average	Read 116 Write 120 Mixed 77 SusWrite 42 66% 88.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 0.9 185% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 45.6% Great: 87%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 229GB free Firmware: CC49 SusWrite @10s intervals: 137 137 134 131 134 134 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	95% Outstanding	Read 197 Write 159 Mixed 89.5 SusWrite 134 106% 145 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.7 146% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 95% Great: 112%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 2.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 145 145 145 144 147 147 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	84.1% Excellent	Read 148 Write 143 Mixed 88 SusWrite 145 96% 131 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 195% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 84.1% Great: 83%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 724GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 154 152 153 154 156 155 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	88.7% Excellent	Read 155 Write 149 Mixed 98.5 SusWrite 154 102% 139 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.1 226% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 88.7% Great: 109%
WD RE4 500GB (2010)-$30 12,344 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 466GB free Firmware: 01.01S02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 133 132 133 135 135 135 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	76.9% Very good	Read 134 Write 124 Mixed 99.5 SusWrite 133 91% 123 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 170% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 76.9% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2133 C13 2x8GB-$46 47,721 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	41.2% Average	MC Read 13.5 MC Write 14.3 MC Mixed 12.6 38% 13.5 GB/s	SC Read 11.9 SC Write 15.1 SC Mixed 12.6 38% 13.2 GB/s	Latency 66 61% 66 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 41.2% 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 Z170 PRO GAMING - $295

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	6,618x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	3,671x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	1,044x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	2,165x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	1,381x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,247x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	884x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	786x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $129Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	320x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	806x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	565x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	559x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $750

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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