Asus Z170 PRO GAMING

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 69%
Battle cruiser
Desktop
Desktop 83%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 54%
Yacht
PC StatusOverall 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.
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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics85.6% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive97% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait 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 (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardAsus Z170 PRO GAMING  (all builds)
Memory27.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20160307
Uptime7.5 Days
Run DateJul 24 '19 at 18:35
Run Duration144 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 21%

 PC Performing above expectations (66th 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 3.6 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (73rd percentile)
77% Very good
Memory 82.2
1-Core 107
2-Core 210
75% 133 Pts
4-Core 419
8-Core 394
55% 406 Pts
64-Core 428
26% 428 Pts
Poor: 57%
This bench: 77%
Great: 85%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560
Gigabyte(1458 36B7) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1544 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 431.60
Performing way above expectations (92nd percentile)
85.6% Excellent
Lighting 109
Reflection 115
Parallax 103
89% 109 fps
MRender 95.4
Gravity 101
Splatting 93.7
79% 96.8 fps
Poor: 70%
This bench: 85.6%
Great: 87%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$115
55GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EXM02B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 306 243 234 231 228 221 MB/s
Performing below expectations (34th percentile)
97% Outstanding
Read 435
Write 414
Mixed 318
SusWrite 244
79% 353 MB/s
4K Read 33.3
4K Write 97.6
4K Mixed 46
161% 59 MB/s
DQ Read 354
DQ Write 309
DQ Mixed 314
240% 326 MB/s
Poor: 71%
This bench: 97%
Great: 124%
Intel 730 Series 240GB-$250
30GB free
Firmware: L2010420
SusWrite @10s intervals: 287 286 286 287 286 285 MB/s
Performing above expectations (76th percentile)
88.9% Excellent
Read 366
Write 286
Mixed 261
SusWrite 286
67% 300 MB/s
4K Read 31.8
4K Write 96.1
4K Mixed 35
144% 54.3 MB/s
DQ Read 320
DQ Write 268
DQ Mixed 261
205% 283 MB/s
Poor: 67%
This bench: 88.9%
Great: 95%
WD Black 500GB (2008)-$95
252GB free
Firmware: 05.01D05
SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 114 116 116 116 115 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (94th percentile)
66.8% Good
Read 117
Write 110
Mixed 77
SusWrite 115
77% 105 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 2.3
4K Mixed 1
200% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 29%
This bench: 66.8%
Great: 69%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GB
4 of 4 slots used
32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing below potential (24th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
72.5% Very good
MC Read 26.1
MC Write 28.2
MC Mixed 24
75% 26.1 GB/s
SC Read 14.5
SC Write 26.1
SC Mixed 20.8
58% 20.5 GB/s
Latency 76.5
52% 76.5 ns
Poor: 66%
This bench: 72.5%
Great: 106%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Z170 PRO GAMING Builds (Compare 13,890 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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Intel Core i5-12600K $186Nvidia RTX 4070 $409Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52
HDDRAMUSB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16
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