Asus Z170 PRO GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 107% UFO	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 83% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	126% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	33.1% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170 PRO GAMING (all builds)
Memory	3.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150717
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 06 '19 at 20:42
Run Duration	192 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing above expectations (71^st 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 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	87.6% Excellent	Memory 90.3 1-Core 137 2-Core 269 92% 165 Pts	4-Core 502 8-Core 431 64% 466 Pts	64-Core 528 33% 528 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 87.6% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Zotac(19DA 5471) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 432.0 Performing below potential (64^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	126% Outstanding	Lighting 174 Reflection 191 Parallax 190 142% 185 fps	MRender 123 Gravity 175 Splatting 126 114% 141 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 126% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M4 128GB-$116 34,516 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 34GB free (System drive) Firmware: 000F SusWrite @10s intervals: 142 110 81 148 130 62 MB/s Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	33.1% Below average	Read 84.7 Write 128 Mixed 106 SusWrite 112 24% 108 MB/s	4K Read 9.6 4K Write 61.7 4K Mixed 9.9 60% 27.1 MB/s	DQ Read 135 DQ Write 104 DQ Mixed 28.7 46% 89.4 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 33.1% Great: 72%
WD Blue 3D SATA M.2 500GB-$113 27,087 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 296GB free Firmware: X61190WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 407 404 402 410 409 409 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	117% Outstanding	Read 502 Write 452 Mixed 230 SusWrite 407 89% 398 MB/s	4K Read 42.2 4K Write 124 4K Mixed 47.3 190% 71.1 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 248 DQ Mixed 286 220% 304 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 116%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 371GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 0.5 0.4 0.8 0.5 0.4 MB/s Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Write 1 SusWrite 0.5 1% 0.75 MB/s	4K Mixed 0 0% 0 MB/s
Poor: 52% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2133 C15 1x8GB 547 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2197 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	43.7% Average	MC Read 15.3 MC Write 15.1 MC Mixed 12.9 41% 14.4 GB/s	SC Read 13.2 SC Write 15.5 SC Mixed 13.5 40% 14.1 GB/s	Latency 66.8 60% 66.8 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 43.7% Great: 44%

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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	6,619x
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 $130Bench 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