Asus Z170-PRO

Performance Results


Gaming 83% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 66% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 81.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very 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	232% 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

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-PRO (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 4096 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180314
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 15 '20 at 20:04
Run Duration	160 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (74^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 3.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	81.7% Excellent	Memory 89 1-Core 116 2-Core 225 82% 143 Pts	4-Core 430 8-Core 430 58% 430 Pts	64-Core 431 27% 431 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 81.7% 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: 1949 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.20 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	97.2% Outstanding	Lighting 124 Reflection 136 Parallax 115 101% 125 fps	MRender 96.8 Gravity 126 Splatting 106 90% 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% 149GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXD7 SusWrite @10s intervals: 527 321 316 306 316 313 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	232% Outstanding	Read 1,702 Write 1,514 Mixed 1,076 SusWrite 350 259% 1,161 MB/s	4K Read 62.6 4K Write 183 4K Mixed 86.7 303% 111 MB/s	DQ Read 968 DQ Write 1,222 DQ Mixed 1,046 803% 1,079 MB/s
Poor: 119% ↑ This bench: 232% Great: 249%
Crucial M4 128GB-$116 34,516 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 98GB free Firmware: 070H SusWrite @10s intervals: 186 196 175 157 190 194 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	72.7% Very good	Read 432 Write 194 Mixed 224 SusWrite 183 57% 258 MB/s	4K Read 28.8 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 14.2 121% 51.4 MB/s	DQ Read 276 DQ Write 171 DQ Mixed 29.7 74% 159 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 72.7% Great: 72%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 456GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 125 124 124 123 126 126 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	82.1% Excellent	Read 161 Write 142 Mixed 88.2 SusWrite 125 95% 129 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1.2 245% 1.83 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 82.1% Great: 108%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 1TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 201 200 199 202 201 202 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	87.6% Excellent	Read 104 Write 117 Mixed 73.6 SusWrite 201 91% 124 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1 200% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 87.6% 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 as expected (50^th percentile)	82.8% Excellent	MC Read 30 MC Write 31.4 MC Mixed 26.9 84% 29.4 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 32.6 SC Mixed 25.1 72% 25.3 GB/s	Latency 68.4 58% 68.4 ns
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 82.8% Great: 85%

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Typical Z170-PRO Builds (Compare 957 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	513x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	125x
Core i7-7700KIntel $242Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	78x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	169x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	105x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	71x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 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 $43Bench 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: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $674

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