Asus Z170 PRO GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 28% Raft	Desktop 64% Destroyer	Workstation 25% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall 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.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 61.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	32% 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	170% 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.
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.

Very high background CPU (55%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Asus Z170 PRO GAMING (all builds)
Memory	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180516
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 19 '19 at 11:02
Run Duration	153 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	55%

PC Performing as expected (59^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6400-$79 171,457 User benchmarks, average bench 61% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.7 GHz, turbo 2.3 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	61.8% Good	Memory 69.8 1-Core 26.1 2-Core 79.2 38% 58.4 Pts	4-Core 294 8-Core 400 44% 347 Pts	64-Core 395 24% 395 Pts
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 61.8% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 950-$100 111,509 User benchmarks, average bench 26% Asus(1043 8554) CLim: 1624 MHz, MLim: 2026 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 431.36 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	32% Below average	Lighting 39.6 Reflection 37.4 Parallax 34.2 32% 37.1 fps	MRender 44.7 Gravity 35.7 Splatting 35.8 31% 38.7 fps
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 32% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$92 154,949 User benchmarks, average bench 235% 131GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 622 303 298 298 290 289 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	170% Outstanding	Read 1,885 Write 1,438 Mixed 882 SusWrite 350 252% 1,139 MB/s	4K Read 38.3 4K Write 66.2 4K Mixed 38.8 143% 47.8 MB/s	DQ Read 540 DQ Write 793 DQ Mixed 988 657% 774 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 170% Great: 280%
Seagate ST380013AS 2TB 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 132 143 143 146 148 147 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples		Read 148 Write 142 Mixed 80.8 SusWrite 143 94% 129 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1 197% 1.5 MB/s

Lexar JumpDrive S25 USB 3.0 32GB-$13 3,792 User benchmarks, average bench 21% 26GB free, PID a838 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 39 39 40 39 40 41 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	31.5% Below average	Read 132 Write 42.3 Mixed 73.7 SusWrite 39.5 84% 71.8 MB/s	4K Read 4.4 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 1.4 94% 2.23 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 31.5% Great: 33%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x4GB-$408 6,794 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2963 MHz Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	90.6% Outstanding	MC Read 35 MC Write 40.7 MC Mixed 33.7 104% 36.5 GB/s	SC Read 10.3 SC Write 11.1 SC Mixed 13.4 33% 11.6 GB/s	Latency 102 39% 102 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 90.6% Great: 115%

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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	6,629x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	3,676x
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	1,383x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,250x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	885x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	787x
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	566x
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 $300	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