Asus Z170 PRO GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 109% UFO	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 93% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	124% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	31.1% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170 PRO GAMING (all builds)
Memory	25.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180516
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 28 '21 at 21:30
Run Duration	169 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing as expected (58^th 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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	86.1% Excellent	Memory 95.1 1-Core 133 2-Core 222 87% 150 Pts	4-Core 416 8-Core 651 66% 534 Pts	64-Core 666 41% 666 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 86.1% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080S (Super)-$466 261,508 User benchmarks, average bench 131% Gigabyte(1458 3FE9) CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 3875 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 461.92 Performing below potential (16^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	124% Outstanding	Lighting 156 Reflection 185 Parallax 190 128% 177 fps	MRender 207 Gravity 161 Splatting 134 133% 167 fps
Poor: 116% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 139%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Patriot Blaze 240GB-$50 1,382 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 103GB free (System drive) Firmware: S8FM07.9 SusWrite @10s intervals: 12 56 30 19 27 15 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	31.1% Below average	Read 438 Write 135 Mixed 23.2 SusWrite 26.5 33% 156 MB/s	4K Read 6.4 4K Write 15.7 4K Mixed 8.2 28% 10.1 MB/s	DQ Read 125 DQ Write 14.2 DQ Mixed 10 22% 49.7 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 31.1% Great: 85%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 578GB free Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 470 462 465 473 474 474 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	120% Outstanding	Read 499 Write 475 Mixed 458 SusWrite 470 107% 476 MB/s	4K Read 44 4K Write 76 4K Mixed 54.8 177% 58.3 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 318 DQ Mixed 362 268% 355 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 133%
Crucial BX500 120GB-$15 37,154 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 112GB free Firmware: M6CR013 SusWrite @10s intervals: 436 214 68 71 65 65 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	63.8% Good	Read 513 Write 430 Mixed 417 SusWrite 153 84% 378 MB/s	4K Read 15.6 4K Write 70 4K Mixed 15.6 81% 33.7 MB/s	DQ Read 142 DQ Write 309 DQ Mixed 45.3 86% 165 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 63.8% Great: 86%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC27 SusWrite @10s intervals: 185 186 187 189 190 190 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 180 Write 140 Mixed 84 SusWrite 188 108% 148 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GB 11,284 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	98.8% Outstanding	MC Read 35.1 MC Write 40.1 MC Mixed 30.8 101% 35.3 GB/s	SC Read 15.1 SC Write 43.1 SC Mixed 29.2 83% 29.1 GB/s	Latency 56.8 70% 56.8 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 98.8% Great: 118%

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

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Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

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Motherboard: Asus Z170 PRO GAMING - $295

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	6,640x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	3,680x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	1,045x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	2,170x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	1,385x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,251x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	887x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	788x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	322x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	810x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	569x
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 $269	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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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