Asus Z170 PRO GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 51% Yacht	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 40% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 86.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	53.8% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	169% 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.

High background CPU (22%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170 PRO GAMING (all builds)
Memory	10.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170623
Uptime	4.9 Days
Run Date	Jul 16 '19 at 19:14
Run Duration	128 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	22%

Watch Gameplay: 580 + 9600K How to compare your gameplay

PC Performing as expected (55^th 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 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	86.4% Excellent	Memory 90.5 1-Core 130 2-Core 265 90% 162 Pts	4-Core 479 8-Core 456 63% 467 Pts	64-Core 464 29% 464 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 86.4% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 580-$130 360,351 User benchmarks, average bench 52% MSI(1462 3417) CLim: 1380 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.6.1 Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	53.8% Above average	Lighting 66.5 Reflection 71 Parallax 84.8 54% 74.1 fps	MRender 71.1 Gravity 68.7 Splatting 57.7 53% 65.8 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 53.8% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 87,206 User benchmarks, average bench 234% 162GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 505 401 400 401 399 398 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	169% Outstanding	Read 662 Write 596 Mixed 597 SusWrite 417 128% 568 MB/s	4K Read 59.5 4K Write 138 4K Mixed 80 266% 92.5 MB/s	DQ Read 836 DQ Write 723 DQ Mixed 1,129 751% 896 MB/s
Poor: 152% ↑ This bench: 169% Great: 302%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$31 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 466GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 SusWrite @10s intervals: 147 151 144 157 157 143 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	95.1% Outstanding	Read 182 Write 134 Mixed 28.2 SusWrite 150 89% 124 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.5 114% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 95.1% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GB-$42 105,447 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2197 MHz Performing below potential (13^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	66.1% Good	MC Read 25.3 MC Write 24.2 MC Mixed 21.1 67% 23.5 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 18.8 SC Mixed 19.4 51% 17.9 GB/s	Latency 66.5 60% 66.5 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 66.1% Great: 88%

Take a copy of your results

System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Custom PC Builder (Explore upgrades for this PC) Build your perfect PC: compare component prices, popularity, speed and value for money

CHOOSE AN UPGRADE:

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

MBD

Typical Z170 PRO GAMING Builds (Compare 13,927 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

Motherboard: Asus Z170 PRO GAMING - $295

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	6,633x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	3,677x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	1,045x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	2,169x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	1,384x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,251x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	886x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	788x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	321x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	809x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	568x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	560x

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER

Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $750

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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