Asus Z170 PRO GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 31% Sail boat	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 26% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 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 79.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	31.5% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	99.4% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (29%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus Z170 PRO GAMING (all builds)
Memory	4.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180516
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 11 '19 at 18:50
Run Duration	163 Seconds
Run User	NAM-User
Background CPU	29%

PC Performing as expected (48^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 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	79.7% Very good	Memory 83.8 1-Core 136 2-Core 281 91% 167 Pts	4-Core 435 8-Core 446 59% 440 Pts	64-Core 479 30% 479 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 79.7% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Gigabyte(1458 36BD) 2GB CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 431.36 Performing below potential (46^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	31.5% Below average	Lighting 41.2 Reflection 40.7 Parallax 35.5 34% 39.1 fps	MRender 31.2 Gravity 37.1 Splatting 32.8 28% 33.7 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 31.5% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata XPG SX6000 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$40 8,737 User benchmarks, average bench 119% 44GB free (System drive) Firmware: V6005-a9 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 430 89 80 78 93 78 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	99.4% Outstanding	Read 525 Write 662 Mixed 536 SusWrite 142 105% 466 MB/s	4K Read 32.3 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 45.8 170% 65.3 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 406 DQ Mixed 300 252% 362 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 99.4% Great: 153%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 500GB-$80 27,325 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 54GB free Firmware: SD1A SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 89 88 89 89 90 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	44.1% Average	Read 64.5 Write 57.7 Mixed 45.7 SusWrite 88.8 47% 64.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.9 165% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 44.1% Great: 59%
WD WD5000AAVS-00ZTB0 500GB 13,629 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 336GB free Firmware: 01.01B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 69 69 69 70 70 70 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	39.8% Below average	Read 68.8 Write 66.7 Mixed 46 SusWrite 69.4 46% 62.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.7 141% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 39.8% Great: 44%
VendorCo ProductCode 4GB 1,811 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 4GB free, PID 5678 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 7.3 7.5 7.5 7.4 6.8 7.1 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	3.92% Terrible	Read 12.5 Write 7 Mixed 4.5 SusWrite 7.2 10% 7.8 MB/s	4K Read 2.3 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 8% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 3.92% Great: 7%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS4G4D26BFSB.8FD2 2x4GB 51 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	71.4% Very good	MC Read 28.8 MC Write 25.4 MC Mixed 23.6 74% 25.9 GB/s	SC Read 15.4 SC Write 21.3 SC Mixed 19.7 54% 18.8 GB/s	Latency 73.7 54% 73.7 ns
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 71.4% Great: 97%

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

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Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

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Motherboard: Asus Z170 PRO GAMING - $295

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	6,649x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	3,685x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	1,047x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	2,174x
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 $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	790x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	322x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $37Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	813x
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: 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) $64	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16