Asus Z170 PRO GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 26% Raft	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 23% Surfboard


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 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	19.1% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	84.9% 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

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170 PRO GAMING (all builds)
Memory	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180516
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	Jun 22 '19 at 04:19
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	1%

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 i5-6600K-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	87.7% Excellent	Memory 96.6 1-Core 126 2-Core 252 89% 158 Pts	4-Core 451 8-Core 484 62% 467 Pts	64-Core 484 30% 484 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 87.7% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 390-$325 82,117 User benchmarks, average bench 50% Asus(1043 04DD) CLim: 1050 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.5.2 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	19.1% Very poor	Lighting 0 Reflection 62.1 Parallax 84.5 0% 48.9 fps	MRender 62 Gravity 59.5 Splatting 79.8 56% 67.1 fps
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 19.1% Great: 52%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 240GB-$40 53,931 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 39GB free (System drive) Firmware: X31200RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 173 122 46 34 47 40 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	84.9% Excellent	Read 496 Write 442 Mixed 284 SusWrite 77.2 72% 325 MB/s	4K Read 30.7 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 40.2 153% 58 MB/s	DQ Read 351 DQ Write 259 DQ Mixed 246 200% 286 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 84.9% Great: 101%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 92GB free Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 440 319 317 291 307 306 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	122% Outstanding	Read 512 Write 486 Mixed 461 SusWrite 330 101% 448 MB/s	4K Read 44.5 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 60.8 208% 74.8 MB/s	DQ Read 386 DQ Write 347 DQ Mixed 361 272% 365 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 129%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$78 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 438GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 90 90 89 90 91 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	56.7% Above average	Read 107 Write 93.2 Mixed 76 SusWrite 90.1 68% 91.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.9 176% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 56.7% Great: 84%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3000 C15 4x4GB 789 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	MC Read 37.1 MC Write 40 MC Mixed 34.4 106% 37.2 GB/s	SC Read 21.8 SC Write 41.2 SC Mixed 30.2 89% 31.1 GB/s	Latency 51.7 77% 51.7 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 113%

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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	6,620x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	3,671x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	1,044x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	2,166x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	1,382x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,247x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	884x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	786x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	320x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	807x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	565x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	559x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $750

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	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