Asus Z170 PRO GAMING

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 50%
Yacht
Desktop
Desktop 85%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 39%
Jet ski
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 80.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics60.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot DriveThe 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.
Memory32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS VersionAlthough 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
MotherboardAsus Z170 PRO GAMING  (all builds)
Memory27.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.5 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20160705
Uptime7 Days
Run DateMar 25 '18 at 21:48
Run Duration111 Seconds
Run User GBR-User
Background CPU 29%
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 PC Performing as expected (53rd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-6600K-$81
LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (87th percentile)
80.8% Excellent
Memory 87.8
1-Core 125
2-Core 257
87% 157 Pts
4-Core 431
8-Core 402
56% 416 Pts
64-Core 436
27% 436 Pts
Poor: 57%
This bench: 80.8%
Great: 85%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 388.71
Performing way above expectations (96th percentile)
60.5% Good
Lighting 76.1
Reflection 76.1
Parallax 72.6
62% 74.9 fps
MRender 71.4
Gravity 68.8
Splatting 70.5
58% 70.2 fps
Poor: 51%
This bench: 60.5%
Great: 60%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Toshiba DT01ACA300 3TB-$80
2TB free (System drive)
Firmware: MX6OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing below expectations (24th percentile)
71.8% Very good
Read 153
Write 97.3
Mixed 145
100% 132 MB/s
4K Read 0.36
4K Write 1.54
4K Mixed 0.17
62% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 51%
This bench: 71.8%
Great: 107%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2666 C15 4x8GB-$165
4 of 4 slots used
32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2472 MHz
Performing below potential (6th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
74.4% Very good
MC Read 25.3
MC Write 28.8
MC Mixed 25.7
76% 26.6 GB/s
SC Read 15.2
SC Write 26.1
SC Mixed 22.9
61% 21.4 GB/s
Latency 69.7
57% 69.7 ns
Poor: 74%
This bench: 74.4%
Great: 118%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Z170 PRO GAMING Builds (Compare 13,921 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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