Asus Z170 PRO GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 95% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 84% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (92nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 8 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 92.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	99.7% 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	103% 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.
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.

Motherboard	Asus Z170 PRO GAMING (all builds)
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151116
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 27 '20 at 18:06
Run Duration	177 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	92.2% Outstanding	Memory 94.8 1-Core 147 2-Core 260 94% 167 Pts	4-Core 482 8-Core 816 79% 649 Pts	64-Core 799 49% 799 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 92.2% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% MSI(1462 C303) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 445.87 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	99.7% Outstanding	Lighting 128 Reflection 140 Parallax 118 105% 129 fps	MRender 98.7 Gravity 124 Splatting 107 90% 110 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 99.7% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk X400 512GB-$99 7,913 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 115GB free (System drive) Firmware: X4140000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 320 195 224 83 67 83 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 508 Write 490 Mixed 354 SusWrite 162 85% 378 MB/s	4K Read 39.4 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 53.4 191% 70.3 MB/s	DQ Read 319 DQ Write 291 DQ Mixed 239 198% 283 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 104%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 83GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 338 283 294 296 296 297 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	127% Outstanding	Read 509 Write 490 Mixed 424 SusWrite 301 97% 431 MB/s	4K Read 49.5 4K Write 133 4K Mixed 67.5 232% 83.3 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 356 269% 360 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 127% Great: 124%
WDC WDS100T2B0A 1TB 10,504 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 931GB free Firmware: X61190WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 368 404 482 479 477 479 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	127% Outstanding	Read 518 Write 465 Mixed 410 SusWrite 448 104% 460 MB/s	4K Read 42.4 4K Write 126 4K Mixed 57.2 204% 75 MB/s	DQ Read 375 DQ Write 337 DQ Mixed 280 231% 331 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 127% Great: 121%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 1TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 114 128 128 129 129 128 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	70.3% Very good	Read 119 Write 119 Mixed 80.6 SusWrite 126 82% 111 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1 194% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 70.3% Great: 84%
WD My Passport 0820 2TB 18,744 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 1.5TB free, PID 0820 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 98 99 96 100 97 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	41% Average	Read 92.5 Write 93.5 Mixed 54.1 SusWrite 97.7 114% 84.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.7 94% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 41% Great: 42%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GB-$42 131,007 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	92.2% Outstanding	MC Read 33.8 MC Write 35.2 MC Mixed 28.6 93% 32.5 GB/s	SC Read 20.4 SC Write 37 SC Mixed 28.7 82% 28.7 GB/s	Latency 57.6 69% 57.6 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 92.2% Great: 95%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 58%

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Motherboard: Asus Z170 PRO GAMING - $295

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	6,615x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	3,671x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	1,043x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	2,164x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	1,381x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,247x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	884x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	785x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	320x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	806x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	565x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	559x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $750

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $186	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