Asus Z170 PRO GAMING

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall 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.
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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 93.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	36.7% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait 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.

Very high background CPU (33%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170 PRO GAMING (all builds)
Memory	8.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160705
Uptime	10.5 Days
Run Date	Sep 28 '18 at 18:16
Run Duration	151 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	33%

PC Performing as expected (53^rd 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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.9% Outstanding	Memory 96.7 1-Core 138 2-Core 274 95% 170 Pts	4-Core 522 8-Core 548 71% 535 Pts	64-Core 525 32% 525 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 93.9% Great: 85%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk SD8SBBU480G1122 480GB 1,863 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 152GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z3106000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 134 51 40 62 58 44 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	36.7% Below average	Read 327 Write 291 Mixed 174 SusWrite 64.9 48% 214 MB/s	4K Read 8.9 4K Write 50.6 4K Mixed 12.5 56% 24 MB/s	DQ Read 15.2 DQ Write 106 DQ Mixed 0.1 18% 40.5 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 36.7% Great: 67%
Adata Ultimate SU800 1TB-$112 26,139 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 548GB free Firmware: Q0922FS SusWrite @10s intervals: 192 213 244 263 223 148 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	59.6% Above average	Read 405 Write 378 Mixed 360 SusWrite 214 76% 339 MB/s	4K Read 13.6 4K Write 58.2 4K Mixed 25.3 84% 32.4 MB/s	DQ Read 33.5 DQ Write 149 DQ Mixed 53 52% 78.4 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 59.6% Great: 126%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 856GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 142 147 154 159 158 133 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	89.1% Excellent	Read 162 Write 151 Mixed 105 SusWrite 149 104% 142 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1.1 210% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 89.1% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB 30,943 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3112 MHz Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	97% Outstanding	MC Read 36.3 MC Write 38.8 MC Mixed 28.8 99% 34.6 GB/s	SC Read 20.5 SC Write 34.4 SC Mixed 28 79% 27.6 GB/s	Latency 51.6 78% 51.6 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 97% Great: 103%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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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 GAMING - $295

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	6,620x
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	2,166x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	1,382x
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	807x
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) $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