Asus Z170I PRO GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 108% UFO	Desktop 101% UFO	Workstation 85% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (84th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 16 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 95%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	111% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	221% 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.

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Motherboard	Asus Z170I PRO GAMING (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170710
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 02 '20 at 13:52
Run Duration	256 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	26%

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PC Performing above expectations (84^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-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95% Outstanding	Memory 95.5 1-Core 145 2-Core 287 97% 176 Pts	4-Core 546 8-Core 544 73% 545 Pts	64-Core 528 33% 528 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 95% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3702) CLim: 2050 MHz, MLim: 2577 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.87 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Lighting 146 Reflection 157 Parallax 147 119% 150 fps	MRender 122 Gravity 143 Splatting 116 103% 127 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 141GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 689 395 353 343 247 214 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	221% Outstanding	Read 2,078 Write 1,602 Mixed 648 SusWrite 374 260% 1,176 MB/s	4K Read 44.5 4K Write 183 4K Mixed 62.4 244% 96.5 MB/s	DQ Read 1,057 DQ Write 766 DQ Mixed 802 629% 875 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 221% Great: 254%
Samsung 750 EVO 250GB-$55 75,831 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 188GB free Firmware: MAT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 323 230 231 233 232 232 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 508 Write 490 Mixed 341 SusWrite 247 89% 397 MB/s	4K Read 44.5 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 58.1 205% 74 MB/s	DQ Read 386 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 337 260% 355 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 114%
Samsung Portable SSD T5 500GB 14,526 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 448GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 408 409 408 409 409 405 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	78.7% Very good	Read 408 Write 411 Mixed 349 SusWrite 408 89% 394 MB/s	4K Read 23.6 4K Write 39 4K Mixed 29.9 95% 30.8 MB/s	DQ Read 175 DQ Write 173 DQ Mixed 119 104% 156 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 78.7% Great: 97%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 302GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 205 222 225 225 221 225 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	122% Outstanding	Read 205 Write 168 Mixed 101 SusWrite 220 127% 174 MB/s	4K Read 1.8 4K Write 4.9 4K Mixed 1 277% 2.57 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 67%
WD Elements 1TB 51,914 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 926GB free, PID 1042 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 56 59 60 58 61 56 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	25.7% Poor	Read 61.2 Write 21.7 Mixed 24.7 SusWrite 58.3 52% 41.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.5 63% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 25.7% Great: 43%
Seagate Expansion Desk 4TB 713 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 398GB free, PID 3322 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 164 170 174 179 179 173 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	69.4% Good	Read 175 Write 157 Mixed 77 SusWrite 173 193% 146 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.7 94% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 69.4% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GB 122,822 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2800 MHz Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	83.2% Excellent	MC Read 32.3 MC Write 34.6 MC Mixed 26.3 89% 31.1 GB/s	SC Read 9.8 SC Write 16.9 SC Mixed 22.6 47% 16.4 GB/s	Latency 55.6 72% 55.6 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 83.2% Great: 90%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 58%

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Motherboard: Asus Z170I PRO GAMING - $165

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	576x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	431x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	143x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	218x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	168x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	152x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	72x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	68x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $129Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	43x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	99x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	81x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	49x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $620

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