Asus Z170 PRO GAMING

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 90%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 81%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 77%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing below expectations (27th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 73 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
ProcessorWith a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 73.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics121% 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 Drive153% 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.
Very high background CPU (37%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardAsus Z170 PRO GAMING  (all builds)
Memory3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20150827
Uptime5.9 Days
Run DateNov 20 '18 at 16:10
Run Duration125 Seconds
Run User GBR-User
Background CPU 37%

 PC Performing below expectations (27th 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 way below expectations (13th percentile)
73.9% Very good
Memory 80.3
1-Core 110
2-Core 192
74% 127 Pts
4-Core 364
8-Core 538
56% 451 Pts
64-Core 641
40% 641 Pts
Poor: 70%
This bench: 73.9%
Great: 90%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485
CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 388.59
Performing below potential (40th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
121% Outstanding
Lighting 159
Reflection 196
Parallax 185
130% 180 fps
MRender 134
Gravity 189
Splatting 127
121% 150 fps
Poor: 109%
This bench: 121%
Great: 133%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Intel 750 Series NVMe PCIe 1.2TB-$1,000
213GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 8EV10135 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 940 1029 778 608 596 576 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (13th percentile)
153% Outstanding
Read 706
Write 1,020
Mixed 499
SusWrite 754
168% 745 MB/s
4K Read 29.9
4K Write 124
4K Mixed 43.2
166% 65.6 MB/s
DQ Read 879
DQ Write 398
DQ Mixed 764
533% 680 MB/s
Poor: 124%
This bench: 153%
Great: 250%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52
2.5TB free
Firmware: CC54
SusWrite @10s intervals: 156 161 162 162 160 163 MB/s
Performing above expectations (70th percentile)
84.6% Excellent
Read 134
Write 110
Mixed 72.5
SusWrite 160
88% 120 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.7
132% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 46%
This bench: 84.6%
Great: 96%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x4GB-$408
4 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing way below expectations (2nd percentile)
61.1% Good
MC Read 23.4
MC Write 23.8
MC Mixed 19
63% 22.1 GB/s
SC Read 11.5
SC Write 22.2
SC Mixed 14.1
46% 15.9 GB/s
Latency 79.9
50% 79.9 ns
Poor: 69%
This bench: 61.1%
Great: 115%

 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
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16
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