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 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 97.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	76.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Motherboard	Asus Z170 PRO GAMING (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180516
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 11 '18 at 11:57
Run Duration	295 Seconds
Run User	SRB-User
Background CPU	7%

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-$130 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	97.9% Outstanding	Memory 96.6 1-Core 146 2-Core 247 93% 163 Pts	4-Core 572 8-Core 572 77% 572 Pts	64-Core 577 36% 577 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 97.9% Great: 85%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 830 128GB-$109 37,250 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 87GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXM03B1Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 219 237 272 296 292 299 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	76.9% Very good	Read 493 Write 302 Mixed 287 SusWrite 269 75% 338 MB/s	4K Read 24.6 4K Write 67.1 4K Mixed 26.4 107% 39.4 MB/s	DQ Read 295 DQ Write 78.2 DQ Mixed 131 111% 168 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 76.9% Great: 76%
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 162GB free Firmware: SBFKB1D1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 278 217 287 215 212 296 MB/s Performing below potential (11^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	39.2% Below average	Read 212 Write 92.5 Mixed 85.9 SusWrite 251 36% 160 MB/s	4K Read 15.5 4K Write 20.6 4K Mixed 11.3 49% 15.8 MB/s	DQ Read 14.3 DQ Write 15.4 DQ Mixed 14.5 11% 14.7 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 39.2% Great: 100%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 364GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 147 152 148 151 152 151 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	86.2% Excellent	Read 150 Write 80.3 Mixed 80.9 SusWrite 150 85% 115 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 143% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 86.2% Great: 113%
Kingston DataTraveler 2.0 16GB 1,009 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 15GB free, PID 1607 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 13 14 13 13 13 13 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	7.81% Terrible	Read 18.7 Write 11.7 Mixed 12 SusWrite 13.2 18% 13.9 MB/s	4K Read 9.4 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 35% 3.13 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.81% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z RGB DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GB-$56 84,291 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	97% Outstanding	MC Read 36.3 MC Write 38.3 MC Mixed 28.6 98% 34.4 GB/s	SC Read 21.5 SC Write 34.8 SC Mixed 29.8 82% 28.7 GB/s	Latency 51.7 77% 51.7 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 97% Great: 101%

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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	6,665x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	3,689x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	1,050x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	2,180x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	1,386x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,257x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	891x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	791x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	323x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	817x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	570x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	561x

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Value: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $755

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16