Asus Z170-PRO

Performance Results


Gaming 97% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 84% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 91.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	103% 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 Drive	324% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-PRO (all builds)
Memory	25 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180314
Uptime	3.6 Days
Run Date	Nov 17 '20 at 21:50
Run Duration	259 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	91.8% Outstanding	Memory 91.7 1-Core 144 2-Core 267 93% 167 Pts	4-Core 494 8-Core 769 78% 631 Pts	64-Core 790 49% 790 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 91.8% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3362) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 456.55 Performing below potential (61^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	103% Outstanding	Lighting 130 Reflection 149 Parallax 128 106% 136 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 135 Splatting 111 98% 121 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$158 331,647 User benchmarks, average bench 297% 734GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1327 1004 987 1045 943 982 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	324% Outstanding	Read 2,513 Write 2393 Mixed 1,690 SusWrite 1048 428% 1,911 MB/s	4K Read 65.1 4K Write 166 4K Mixed 91.5 304% 108 MB/s	DQ Read 1,563 DQ Write 1371 DQ Mixed 1,431 1,083% 1,455 MB/s
Poor: 214% ↑ This bench: 324% Great: 372%
Samsung 860 Evo 2TB-$275 44,466 User benchmarks, average bench 113% 452GB free Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 481 484 484 483 478 455 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	133% Outstanding	Read 515 Write 487 Mixed 469 SusWrite 478 110% 487 MB/s	4K Read 44.9 4K Write 126 4K Mixed 63.7 216% 78.3 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 359 271% 362 MB/s
Poor: 89% ↑ This bench: 133% Great: 133%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 427GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 247 254 254 253 253 253 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	122% Outstanding	Read 505 Write 480 Mixed 408 SusWrite 252 92% 411 MB/s	4K Read 48.6 4K Write 126 4K Mixed 67.1 226% 80.6 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 362 272% 362 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 134%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 225GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 419 312 314 312 313 313 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	126% Outstanding	Read 508 Write 489 Mixed 409 SusWrite 330 98% 434 MB/s	4K Read 47.5 4K Write 127 4K Mixed 64.7 222% 79.8 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 358 270% 362 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 126% Great: 124%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 1.5TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 186 186 186 185 185 187 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	98.8% Outstanding	Read 158 Write 171 Mixed 86.2 SusWrite 186 110% 150 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 3.3 4K Mixed 1 214% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 98.8% Great: 112%
Hitachi HDS5C4040ALE630 4TB 469 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 3.5TB free Firmware: MPAOA580 SusWrite @10s intervals: 127 127 127 129 127 129 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	72.9% Very good	Read 126 Write 122 Mixed 29 SusWrite 128 73% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.6 135% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 72.9% Great: 73%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4-2400C15-8GVS F4-2400C15-8GVR F4-2400C15-8GVS F4-2400C15-8GVR 32GB 24 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2197, 2197, 2197, 2197 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	75.1% Very good	MC Read 27.1 MC Write 28.6 MC Mixed 23.2 75% 26.3 GB/s	SC Read 16.5 SC Write 29.7 SC Mixed 24.3 67% 23.5 GB/s	Latency 64.6 62% 64.6 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 75.1% Great: 85%

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Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

Motherboard: Asus Z170-PRO - $210

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	513x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	125x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	79x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	169x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	105x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	71x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	62x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	55x
950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung $625Bench 223%, 54,978 samples	23x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	69x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	55x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x16GBCorsair $560Bench 84%, 34,441 samples	34x

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Value: 99% - Outstanding

Total price: $660

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $124	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	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