Asus Z170 PRO GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 53% Yacht	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 46% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 82.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	61.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	236% 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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170 PRO GAMING (all builds)
Memory	11.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160919
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Feb 07 '19 at 21:57
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing above expectations (69^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 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	82.7% Excellent	Memory 90.8 1-Core 120 2-Core 256 86% 155 Pts	4-Core 402 8-Core 686 66% 544 Pts	64-Core 694 43% 694 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 82.7% Great: 90%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) 188,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 8694) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 23.20.16.4973 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	6.8% Terrible	Lighting 7.3 Reflection 10.5 Parallax 7.34 6% 8.38 fps	MRender 7.43 Gravity 6.83 Splatting 14.7 8% 9.67 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.8% Great: 6%
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Gigabyte(1458 3739) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 418.81 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	61.6% Good	Lighting 77.7 Reflection 74.2 Parallax 67.6 63% 73.2 fps	MRender 70.4 Gravity 70.1 Splatting 72.8 58% 71.1 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 61.6% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$92 154,949 User benchmarks, average bench 235% 141GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 540 306 309 309 309 309 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	236% Outstanding	Read 2,331 Write 1,471 Mixed 1106 SusWrite 347 290% 1,314 MB/s	4K Read 59.6 4K Write 137 4K Mixed 75 259% 90.6 MB/s	DQ Read 980 DQ Write 864 DQ Mixed 927 694% 924 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 236% Great: 280%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 664GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 189 189 193 193 193 193 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 192 Write 193 Mixed 77.2 SusWrite 192 119% 163 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 160% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3600 C16 2x8GB 13 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (15^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	40.1% Average	MC Read 14.1 MC Write 14 MC Mixed 11.5 38% 13.2 GB/s	SC Read 12.3 SC Write 14.7 SC Mixed 9.7 35% 12.2 GB/s	Latency 66.1 60% 66.1 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 40.1% 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	6,645x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	3,685x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	1,046x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	2,173x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	1,385x
GTX 1080Nvidia $245Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,254x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	889x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	789x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	322x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	811x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	569x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	560x

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Value: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $755

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	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 $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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16