Asus Z170 PRO GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 13% Tree trunk	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 12% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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 81%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	6.95% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	89.2% 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	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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 (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z170 PRO GAMING (all builds)
Memory	18.7 GB free of 24 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150814
Uptime	5.9 Days
Run Date	Feb 26 '19 at 23:41
Run Duration	153 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600-$132 80,688 User benchmarks, average bench 68% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	81% Excellent	Memory 87.7 1-Core 114 2-Core 226 81% 143 Pts	4-Core 426 8-Core 447 58% 436 Pts	64-Core 446 28% 446 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 81% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD FirePro V4900-$150 2,218 User benchmarks, average bench 7% AMD(1002 2B06) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.2401.0 Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	6.95% Terrible	Lighting 8.8 Reflection 8.65 Parallax 7.03 7% 8.16 fps	MRender 8.52 Gravity 6.3 Splatting 8.83 6% 7.88 fps
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 6.95% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Trion 150 480GB-$300 13,412 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 360GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFZ12.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 398 261 204 261 268 253 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	89.2% Excellent	Read 436 Write 412 Mixed 348 SusWrite 274 82% 368 MB/s	4K Read 25.7 4K Write 92 4K Mixed 36.6 134% 51.4 MB/s	DQ Read 344 DQ Write 268 DQ Mixed 191 174% 268 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 89.2% Great: 101%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 148GB free Firmware: CC37 SusWrite @10s intervals: 81 79 83 82 82 80 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	45.4% Average	Read 77 Write 75 Mixed 57.5 SusWrite 81.1 54% 72.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 1 170% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 45.4% Great: 70%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$95 81,608 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 581GB free Firmware: CC3C SusWrite @10s intervals: 87 103 110 104 103 107 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	49.9% Average	Read 70.2 Write 76 Mixed 29 SusWrite 102 50% 69.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 5.6 4K Mixed 0.4 173% 2.2 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 49.9% Great: 75%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 441GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 107 107 109 110 110 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	68.9% Good	Read 132 Write 101 Mixed 61.3 SusWrite 108 74% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 68.9% Great: 96%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX2133C14D4/4G KHX2133C14/8G KHX2133C14D4/4G KHX2133C14/8G 24GB 165 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096, 8192 MB Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	73.9% Very good	MC Read 26.8 MC Write 28.5 MC Mixed 24 76% 26.4 GB/s	SC Read 15.8 SC Write 25.8 SC Mixed 21.8 60% 21.1 GB/s	Latency 69.8 57% 69.8 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 73.9% Great: 90%

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Gaming 69%

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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	6,633x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	3,677x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	1,045x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	2,169x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	1,384x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,251x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	886x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	788x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	321x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	809x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	568x
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 $184	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