Asus Z170 PRO GAMING

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 76%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 91%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 66%
Battle cruiser
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 83.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics86.8% 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 Drive208% 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.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardAsus Z170 PRO GAMING  (all builds)
Memory12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180222
Uptime0 Days
Run DateApr 27 '18 at 17:51
Run Duration148 Seconds
Run User GBR-User
Background CPU 18%
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 PC Performing as expected (59th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180
LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (72nd percentile)
83.7% Excellent
Memory 92.5
1-Core 119
2-Core 244
85% 152 Pts
4-Core 404
8-Core 689
66% 546 Pts
64-Core 675
42% 675 Pts
Poor: 70%
This bench: 83.7%
Great: 90%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132
CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 391.1
Performing way above expectations (95th percentile)
86.8% Excellent
Lighting 110
Reflection 112
Parallax 92.8
90% 105 fps
MRender 97.4
Gravity 100
Splatting 99.1
81% 98.8 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 86.8%
Great: 88%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43
375GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
Performing below expectations (39th percentile)
208% Outstanding
Read 2,236
Write 1,233
Mixed 1,378
356% 1,616 MB/s
4K Read 45.3
4K Write 74.6
4K Mixed 22.8
137% 47.6 MB/s
DQ Read 38.6
DQ Write 87.4
DQ Mixed 24
29% 50 MB/s
Poor: 153%
This bench: 208%
Great: 254%
Crucial BX200 960GB-$80
240GB free
Firmware: MU01.6 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (14th percentile)
67.6% Good
Read 491
Write 249
Mixed 270
74% 337 MB/s
4K Read 28.4
4K Write 49.2
4K Mixed 13
86% 30.2 MB/s
DQ Read 226
DQ Write 136
DQ Mixed 35.8
66% 132 MB/s
Poor: 60%
This bench: 67.6%
Great: 100%
Seagate Expansion Desk 5TB
2.5TB free, PID 3322
Operating at USB 3.0 Speed
Performing way above expectations (96th percentile)
76.1% Very good
Read 107
Write 133
Mixed 92.5
144% 111 MB/s
4K Read 0.97
4K Write 10.2
4K Mixed 0.56
370% 3.92 MB/s
DQ Read 1.05
DQ Write 7.98
DQ Mixed 0.61
296% 3.21 MB/s
Poor: 15%
This bench: 76.1%
Great: 76%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x8GB-$42
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing below potential (40th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
70.7% Very good
MC Read 26.4
MC Write 27.4
MC Mixed 20.4
71% 24.7 GB/s
SC Read 16.8
SC Write 26.1
SC Mixed 21.2
61% 21.4 GB/s
Latency 63
64% 63 ns
Poor: 51%
This bench: 70.7%
Great: 88%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Z170 PRO GAMING Builds (Compare 13,902 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 69%
Battle cruiser
Desktop
Desktop 87%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 58%
Gunboat

Motherboard: Asus Z170 PRO GAMING - $295

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 95% - Outstanding Total price: $750
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HDDRAMUSB
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