Asus Z170 PRO GAMING

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 73%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 80%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 56%
Gunboat
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 80.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics95.3% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot DriveThe boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory24GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardAsus Z170 PRO GAMING  (all builds)
Memory16.3 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180516
Uptime0.1 Days
Run DateJun 30 '20 at 11:47
Run Duration122 Seconds
Run User ROU-User
Background CPU 11%

 PC Performing as expected (43rd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-6600K-$130
LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (84th percentile)
80.4% Excellent
Memory 81.5
1-Core 124
2-Core 220
80% 142 Pts
4-Core 457
8-Core 460
61% 459 Pts
64-Core 433
27% 433 Pts
Poor: 57%
This bench: 80.4%
Great: 85%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299
Nvidia(10DE 119D) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 451.48
Performing below potential (75th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
95.3% Outstanding
Lighting 122
Reflection 137
Parallax 117
100% 125 fps
MRender 95.6
Gravity 120
Splatting 103
87% 106 fps
Poor: 86%
This bench: 95.3%
Great: 101%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Amd-raid WDC WDS240G2G0A- 240GB
50GB free (System drive)
Firmware: UF300000
SusWrite @10s intervals: 11 4.8 65 52 13 80 MB/s
Performing below expectations (31st percentile)
76.5% Very good
Read 222
Write 149
Mixed 240
SusWrite 37.6
123% 162 MB/s
4K Read 19.7
4K Write 5.6
4K Mixed 0.7
1,002% 8.67 MB/s
Poor: 16%
This bench: 76.5%
Great: 160%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28
397GB free
Firmware: CC45
SusWrite @10s intervals: 150 153 151 152 153 154 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (18th percentile)
73.2% Very good
Read 103
Write 66.5
Mixed 64.3
SusWrite 152
71% 96.4 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.9
163% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 55%
This bench: 73.2%
Great: 112%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 2133 C14 3x8GB
3 of 4 slots used
24GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 1867 MHz
Performing below potential (6th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
42.8% Average
MC Read 15
MC Write 15.9
MC Mixed 12.5
41% 14.5 GB/s
SC Read 12.2
SC Write 14.7
SC Mixed 13
38% 13.3 GB/s
Latency 77.8
51% 77.8 ns
Poor: 43%
This bench: 42.8%
Great: 92%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Z170 PRO GAMING Builds (Compare 13,956 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: 96% - Outstanding Total price: $744
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