Asus Z170 PRO GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 53% Yacht	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 46% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 79.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	61.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent 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

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170 PRO GAMING (all builds)
Memory	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180516
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 13 '21 at 11:58
Run Duration	162 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700-$180 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	79.3% Very good	Memory 89.1 1-Core 122 2-Core 226 83% 146 Pts	4-Core 375 8-Core 624 61% 499 Pts	64-Core 630 39% 630 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 79.3% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% EVGA(3842 2982) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1506 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 471.68 Performing below potential (75^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	61.3% Good	Lighting 75.5 Reflection 90.3 Parallax 78.3 62% 81.4 fps	MRender 79.2 Gravity 76.2 Splatting 70 61% 75.1 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 61.3% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 55GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 346 110 136 135 131 127 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 448 Write 380 Mixed 384 SusWrite 164 77% 344 MB/s	4K Read 43.4 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 55.7 195% 69.6 MB/s	DQ Read 354 DQ Write 305 DQ Mixed 328 246% 329 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 124%
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 21GB free Firmware: BBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 121 103 117 127 125 128 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	74.5% Very good	Read 371 Write 144 Mixed 187 SusWrite 120 45% 206 MB/s	4K Read 31.3 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 36.4 149% 57.4 MB/s	DQ Read 166 DQ Write 142 DQ Mixed 144 110% 150 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 74.5% Great: 73%
Sandisk SD7SN6S-128G-1006 128GB 1,206 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 22GB free Firmware: 1006 SusWrite @10s intervals: 197 179 177 176 177 177 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	89.1% Excellent	Read 400 Write 206 Mixed 193 SusWrite 180 54% 245 MB/s	4K Read 34.2 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 44.9 165% 61.2 MB/s	DQ Read 315 DQ Write 197 DQ Mixed 201 164% 237 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 89.1% Great: 89%
Seagate ST3500312CS 500GB-$20 89,637 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 65GB free Firmware: SC13 SusWrite @10s intervals: 61 61 60 60 60 60 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	44.5% Average	Read 94.5 Write 95.3 Mixed 46.8 SusWrite 60.4 54% 74.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 130% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 44.5% Great: 60%

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 @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	75.5% Very good	MC Read 27.7 MC Write 29 MC Mixed 23.2 76% 26.6 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 30 SC Mixed 22.6 66% 23.2 GB/s	Latency 68.3 59% 68.3 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 75.5% Great: 95%

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

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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	6,656x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	3,688x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	1,049x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	2,178x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	1,385x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,255x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	891x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	791x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	323x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	815x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	570x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	561x

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Value: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $755

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $23	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