Asus Z170 PRO GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 60% Destroyer	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 53% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 86.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	63.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	288% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus Z170 PRO GAMING (all builds)
Memory	13.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150924
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 28 '18 at 17:37
Run Duration	243 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	86.6% Excellent	Memory 91.9 1-Core 133 2-Core 256 90% 160 Pts	4-Core 438 8-Core 711 70% 574 Pts	64-Core 705 44% 705 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 86.6% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Asus(1043 8518) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1443 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	63.2% Good	Lighting 80.9 Reflection 83.3 Parallax 72.3 66% 78.9 fps	MRender 78 Gravity 72.3 Splatting 64.7 58% 71.7 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 63.2% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 441GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2014 756 604 607 604 609 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	288% Outstanding	Read 2,343 Write 2,079 Mixed 1407 SusWrite 866 374% 1,674 MB/s	4K Read 61.6 4K Write 148 4K Mixed 75.4 268% 95 MB/s	DQ Read 1,412 DQ Write 1,253 DQ Mixed 1,264 966% 1,309 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 288% Great: 340%
Kingston HyperX 3K 240GB-$70 27,495 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 34GB free Firmware: 521ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 219 190 198 221 220 224 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	86.2% Excellent	Read 340 Write 251 Mixed 294 SusWrite 212 62% 274 MB/s	4K Read 27.7 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 42.1 156% 61 MB/s	DQ Read 280 DQ Write 246 DQ Mixed 267 199% 264 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 86.2% Great: 94%
Kingston HyperX 3K 240GB-$70 27,495 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 35GB free Firmware: 521ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 151 118 155 151 135 147 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	80.4% Excellent	Read 401 Write 224 Mixed 177 SusWrite 143 52% 236 MB/s	4K Read 35.2 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 33.6 150% 56.9 MB/s	DQ Read 278 DQ Write 194 DQ Mixed 226 171% 232 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 80.4% Great: 94%
Crucial M4 128GB-$116 34,516 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 118GB free Firmware: 0309 SusWrite @10s intervals: 172 195 187 195 196 182 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	72.6% Very good	Read 435 Write 187 Mixed 218 SusWrite 188 57% 257 MB/s	4K Read 22.3 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 18.1 114% 49.3 MB/s	DQ Read 296 DQ Write 178 DQ Mixed 58.9 92% 177 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 72.6% Great: 72%
Samsung Spinpoint F1 1TB-$100 65,786 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 24GB free Firmware: 1AA01118 SusWrite @10s intervals: 63 62 64 65 65 63 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	40.3% Average	Read 76.5 Write 54 Mixed 53.7 SusWrite 63.6 46% 61.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 1.1 191% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 40.3% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	76% Very good	MC Read 27.8 MC Write 29 MC Mixed 23.6 77% 26.8 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 28.7 SC Mixed 22.1 66% 23 GB/s	Latency 64.3 62% 64.3 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 76% Great: 104%

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

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Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

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