Asus Z170 PRO GAMING

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 67%
Battle cruiser
Desktop
Desktop 81%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 58%
Gunboat
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics86.2% 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 Drive31.7% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
MotherboardAsus Z170 PRO GAMING  (all builds)
Memory11.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20160919
Uptime0 Days
Run DateJun 19 '19 at 18:44
Run Duration132 Seconds
Run User GBR-User
Background CPU9%

 PC Performing as expected (43rd 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 4.1 GHz (avg)
Performing below expectations (34th percentile)
79.3% Very good
Memory 81
1-Core 128
2-Core 219
81% 143 Pts
4-Core 418
8-Core 668
67% 543 Pts
64-Core 668
41% 668 Pts
Poor: 70%
This bench: 79.3%
Great: 90%
Graphics Cards Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560
Gigabyte(1458 36B7) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1544 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 430.86
Performing way above expectations (92nd percentile)
86.2% Excellent
Lighting 111
Reflection 114
Parallax 102
91% 109 fps
MRender 94.4
Gravity 101
Splatting 90.7
78% 95.2 fps
Poor: 70%
This bench: 86.2%
Great: 87%
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake)
Asus(1043 8694) 1GB
Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 25.20.100.6373
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
7.27% Terrible
Lighting 8
Reflection 10.3
Parallax 7.88
6% 8.74 fps
MRender 6.67
Gravity 6.97
Splatting 16
9% 9.86 fps
Poor: 3%
This bench: 7.27%
Great: 6%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
PNY CS900 240GB-$20
73GB free (System drive)
Firmware: CS900812
SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 121 81 82 81 73 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (2nd percentile)
31.7% Below average
Read 421
Write 288
Mixed 258
SusWrite 90
59% 264 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 18.2
4K Mixed 1.4
12% 6.7 MB/s
DQ Read 81.1
DQ Write 186
DQ Mixed 210
138% 159 MB/s
Poor: 43%
This bench: 31.7%
Great: 91%
Toshiba P300 2TB-$61
255GB free
Firmware: MX4OACF0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 143 141 145 145 143 139 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (18th percentile)
71.5% Very good
Read 106
Write 114
Mixed 28.5
SusWrite 143
71% 97.9 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 2.1
4K Mixed 0.8
174% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 58%
This bench: 71.5%
Great: 108%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Crucial BLS16G4D240FSE.16FBD 1x16GB
1 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing below potential (12th percentile) - ensure that an XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
35.7% Below average
MC Read 12.5
MC Write 12.1
MC Mixed 10.4
33% 11.7 GB/s
SC Read 11
SC Write 12.4
SC Mixed 12
34% 11.8 GB/s
Latency 78.7
51% 78.7 ns
Poor: 34%
This bench: 35.7%
Great: 47%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Z170 PRO GAMING Builds (Compare 13,904 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 Z170 PRO GAMING - $295

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 95% - Outstanding Total price: $750
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