Asus Z170-PRO

Performance Results


Gaming 78% Battleship	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 62% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With 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 76.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	97.2% 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 Drive	219% 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

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

Motherboard	Asus Z170-PRO (all builds)
Memory	13.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180314
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 03 '19 at 18:19
Run Duration	160 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6500-$67 241,476 User benchmarks, average bench 64% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	76.1% Very good	Memory 80.7 1-Core 114 2-Core 224 78% 140 Pts	4-Core 409 8-Core 430 56% 419 Pts	64-Core 431 27% 431 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 76.1% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% Asus(1043 861D) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 397.64 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	97.2% Outstanding	Lighting 124 Reflection 137 Parallax 115 101% 126 fps	MRender 97.5 Gravity 126 Splatting 104 89% 109 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 97.2% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung MZVLB256HAHQ-00000 256GB 13,215 User benchmarks, average bench 190% 187GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXD7 SusWrite @10s intervals: 536 335 336 334 325 320 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	219% Outstanding	Read 1,898 Write 1,582 Mixed 1,061 SusWrite 364 273% 1,226 MB/s	4K Read 62.4 4K Write 179 4K Mixed 82 294% 108 MB/s	DQ Read 977 DQ Write 386 DQ Mixed 411 376% 591 MB/s
Poor: 119% ↑ This bench: 219% Great: 249%
Crucial M4 128GB-$116 34,516 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 62GB free Firmware: 070H SusWrite @10s intervals: 177 171 185 196 197 196 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	67.3% Good	Read 433 Write 188 Mixed 225 SusWrite 187 57% 258 MB/s	4K Read 29 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 13.5 117% 49 MB/s	DQ Read 130 DQ Write 114 DQ Mixed 29.3 47% 91 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 67.3% Great: 72%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 505GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 159 161 164 164 164 164 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	84.3% Excellent	Read 131 Write 146 Mixed 104 SusWrite 163 100% 136 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.2 242% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 84.3% Great: 108%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 1.5TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 132 152 152 152 152 151 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	96% Outstanding	Read 186 Write 198 Mixed 97.3 SusWrite 148 115% 157 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 3.2 4K Mixed 1.1 223% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 96% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS4G4D240FSE.8FBD2 BLS4G4D240FSE.8FBD BLS4G4D240FSE.8FBD2 BLS4G4D240FSE.M8FADM 16GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2400, 2400, 2400, 2400 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (20^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	79.7% Very good	MC Read 29.4 MC Write 31.4 MC Mixed 26.8 83% 29.2 GB/s	SC Read 17.3 SC Write 27.2 SC Mixed 19.5 61% 21.3 GB/s	Latency 79.2 50% 79.2 ns
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 79.7% Great: 85%

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Typical Z170-PRO Builds (Compare 961 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

Motherboard: Asus Z170-PRO - $210

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	514x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	125x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	80x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	170x
GTX 1080Nvidia $245Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	105x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	71x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	62x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	55x
950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung $625Bench 223%, 54,978 samples	23x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	69x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	55x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x16GBCorsair $560Bench 84%, 34,441 samples	34x

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Value: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $660

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16