Asus Z170I PRO GAMING

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 86%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 100%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 69%
Battle cruiser
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 97.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics85.3% 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 Drive120% 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.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
MotherboardAsus Z170I PRO GAMING  (all builds)
Memory12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180516
Uptime3.9 Days
Run DateAug 22 '19 at 02:16
Run Duration124 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU3%

 PC Performing above expectations (80th 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 4.6 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
97.7% Outstanding
Memory 92.5
1-Core 150
2-Core 299
99% 180 Pts
4-Core 592
8-Core 597
79% 595 Pts
64-Core 573
36% 573 Pts
Poor: 57%
This bench: 97.7%
Great: 85%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560
CLim: 1582 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 431.60
Performing way above expectations (89th percentile)
85.3% Excellent
Lighting 110
Reflection 117
Parallax 104
90% 111 fps
MRender 96.9
Gravity 103
Splatting 84
76% 94.6 fps
Poor: 70%
This bench: 85.3%
Great: 87%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 850 EVO M.2 500GB
141GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EMT21B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 278 307 188 189 187 180 MB/s
Performing above expectations (74th percentile)
120% Outstanding
Read 510
Write 491
Mixed 395
SusWrite 222
91% 404 MB/s
4K Read 47.4
4K Write 138
4K Mixed 67.7
231% 84.2 MB/s
DQ Read 287
DQ Write 344
DQ Mixed 361
260% 331 MB/s
Poor: 79%
This bench: 120%
Great: 131%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$61
1.5TB free
Firmware: 80.00A80
SusWrite @10s intervals: 144 146 147 147 146 146 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
86.9% Excellent
Read 157
Write 132
Mixed 90
SusWrite 146
96% 131 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 2.3
4K Mixed 0.9
172% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 40%
This bench: 86.9%
Great: 84%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$45
2 of 2 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing below potential (38th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
78.3% Very good
MC Read 27.2
MC Write 29.9
MC Mixed 25.6
79% 27.6 GB/s
SC Read 17.3
SC Write 30.1
SC Mixed 24.4
68% 23.9 GB/s
Latency 63.1
63% 63.1 ns
Poor: 61%
This bench: 78.3%
Great: 110%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Z170I PRO GAMING Builds (Compare 1,607 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 Z170I PRO GAMING - $165

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 95% - Outstanding Total price: $620
The Best.
CPUGPUSSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273Nvidia RTX 4060 $300Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177Nvidia RTX 4070 $539Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52
HDDRAMUSB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37Corsair 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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