Asus Z170 PRO GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 66% Battle cruiser	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 58% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 76.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	84.3% 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 Drive	143% 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.

Very high background CPU (70%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Asus Z170 PRO GAMING (all builds)
Memory	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180516
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Aug 08 '20 at 07:42
Run Duration	129 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	70%

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PC Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$241 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	76.2% Very good	Memory 96.7 1-Core 114 2-Core 261 88% 157 Pts	4-Core 301 8-Core 549 51% 425 Pts	64-Core 700 43% 700 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 76.2% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8599) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 2087 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.87 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	84.3% Excellent	Lighting 104 Reflection 117 Parallax 99 84% 107 fps	MRender 98.7 Gravity 104 Splatting 104 84% 102 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 84.3% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Black NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB (2017)-$135 28,136 User benchmarks, average bench 121% 150GB free (System drive) Firmware: B35900WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 285 209 208 200 196 210 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	143% Outstanding	Read 1027 Write 683 Mixed 582 SusWrite 218 139% 627 MB/s	4K Read 43.7 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 57.5 200% 71.4 MB/s	DQ Read 660 DQ Write 521 DQ Mixed 388 346% 523 MB/s
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 143% Great: 144%
PNY CS900 480GB-$42 17,946 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 37GB free Firmware: CS900612 SusWrite @10s intervals: 430 247 104 102 105 104 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	89.4% Excellent	Read 462 Write 162 Mixed 331 SusWrite 182 63% 284 MB/s	4K Read 38.6 4K Write 87.5 4K Mixed 39.5 155% 55.2 MB/s	DQ Read 253 DQ Write 304 DQ Mixed 200 172% 252 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 89.4% Great: 102%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
GEIL CL16-18-18 D4-3000 2x8GB 5,165 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3075 MHz Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	55.3% Above average	MC Read 20.3 MC Write 19.1 MC Mixed 15.1 52% 18.2 GB/s	SC Read 16.3 SC Write 20.4 SC Mixed 17.1 51% 17.9 GB/s	Latency 51.3 78% 51.3 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 55.3% Great: 104%

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

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Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

Motherboard: Asus Z170 PRO GAMING - $295

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	6,628x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	3,674x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	1,045x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	2,168x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	1,383x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,249x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	885x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	787x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	321x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	808x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	566x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	560x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $750

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	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 $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16