Asus Z170-PRO

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 78% Battleship	Desktop 100% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 63% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 102%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	75.3% 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	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.

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Motherboard	Asus Z170-PRO (all builds)
Memory	13.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161227
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 10 '19 at 17:32
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	26%

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PC Performing as expected (60^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7600K-$190 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.85 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Memory 96 1-Core 158 2-Core 316 104% 190 Pts	4-Core 624 8-Core 629 84% 627 Pts	64-Core 627 39% 627 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 85A0) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 430.86 Performing below potential (21^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	75.3% Very good	Lighting 92.3 Reflection 111 Parallax 91.3 75% 98.2 fps	MRender 95.5 Gravity 85 Splatting 95.2 76% 91.9 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 75.3% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 338GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC44 SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 115 114 118 129 130 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	74.5% Very good	Read 142 Write 157 Mixed 83 SusWrite 118 92% 125 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.7 132% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 74.5% Great: 112%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 58GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 114 115 114 117 114 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	64.7% Good	Read 111 Write 59.2 Mixed 71 SusWrite 114 66% 88.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.7 131% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 64.7% Great: 113%
Seagate ST9320325AS 320GB-$34 18,767 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 57GB free Firmware: 0003SDM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 60 63 62 63 63 63 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	35.2% Below average	Read 60.3 Write 56.3 Mixed 36.8 SusWrite 62.2 40% 53.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.7 119% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 35.2% Great: 39%
Amd-raid WDC WDS240G2G0A- 240GB 15,164 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 141GB free Firmware: UF360000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 75 145 73 134 138 139 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	167% Outstanding	Read 455 Write 352 Mixed 224 SusWrite 117 212% 287 MB/s	4K Read 24.1 4K Write 7.9 4K Mixed 19.3 3,295% 17.1 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 167% Great: 160%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D26BFSCK.8FBD 2x8GB 1,777 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2994 MHz Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	93.6% Outstanding	MC Read 33.9 MC Write 37.7 MC Mixed 27.3 94% 33 GB/s	SC Read 20.8 SC Write 37.3 SC Mixed 28.6 83% 28.9 GB/s	Latency 54 74% 54 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 93.6% Great: 97%

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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 - $210

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	513x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	125x
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	78x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	169x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	105x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	71x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	62x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	55x
950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung $625Bench 223%, 54,978 samples	23x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	69x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	55x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x16GBCorsair $560Bench 84%, 34,441 samples	34x

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Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $674

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	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) $30	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