Asus Z170-DELUXE

Performance Results

Benchmarks - excluding HDD
Gaming 70% Battle cruiser	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 73% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (85th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 15 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 96.5%, this CPUs suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	68.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	112% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 8 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-DELUXE (all builds)
Memory	14.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.5 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20160128
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 30 '16 at 22:50
Run Duration	106 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Single core	Quad core	Multi core
Intel Core i7-6700K-$359 198,716 User benchmarks, average bench 91% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	96.5% Outstanding	SC Int 143 SC Float 147 SC Mixed 146 116% 145 Pts	QC Int 460 QC Float 465 QC Mixed 446 104% 457 Pts	MC Int 728 MC Float 824 MC Mixed 790 117% 781 Pts
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 96.5% Great: 106%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$370 247,983 User benchmarks, average bench 64% EVGA(3842 2978) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6472 Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	68.3% Good	Lighting 208 Reflection 190 Parallax 228 66% 209 fps	MRender 157 Gravity 195 Splatting 130 70% 161 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 68.3% Great: 72%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$300 31,005 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 865GB free Firmware: EMT0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s SYSTEM NCQ 4KALIGNED SSD TRIM S.M.A.R.T Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 67 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 17 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 67 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 4 (F1) Unknown 99 99 517117221	112% Outstanding	Read 503 Write 405 Mixed 413 98% 440 MB/s	4K Read 40.3 4K Write 69.6 4K Mixed 52.7 165% 54.2 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 277 DQ Mixed 93.9 134% 251 MB/s
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 115%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$137 184,154 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 466GB free Firmware: EMT0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s NCQ 4KALIGNED SSD TRIM S.M.A.R.T Performing above expectations (78^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 6 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 63 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 99 99 8287894	106% Outstanding	Read 503 Write 407 Mixed 418 98% 443 MB/s	4K Read 40.8 4K Write 66.1 4K Mixed 45.7 155% 50.8 MB/s	DQ Read 374 DQ Write 221 DQ Mixed 112 133% 235 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 116%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial Ballistix Sport LT DDR4 2400 C16 4x8GB-$326 239 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2472 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	86.6% Excellent	MC Read 30.8 MC Write 32.3 MC Mixed 27.6 86% 30.2 GB/s	SC Read 20.5 SC Write 34.8 SC Mixed 28.8 80% 28 GB/s	Latency 58.5 68% 58.5 ns
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 86.6% Great: 87%

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Gaming 111%

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Desktop 113%

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Workstation 81%

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Motherboard: Asus Z170-DELUXE - $303

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $359Bench 91%, 198,716 samples	1,805x
Core i5-6600KIntel $222Bench 89%, 111,329 samples	166x
Core i7-7700KIntel $290Bench 100%, 156,048 samples	123x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $538Bench 125%, 192,223 samples	460x
GTX 980 TiNvidia $550Bench 98%, 69,904 samples	346x
GTX 1070Nvidia $447Bench 100%, 265,250 samples	333x

SSD
950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung $586Bench 214%, 19,518 samples	250x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $137Bench 95%, 184,154 samples	223x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $80Bench 94%, 274,376 samples	148x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $183Bench 85%, 61,633 samples	122x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $195Bench 91%, 36,892 samples	102x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x16GBCorsair $380Bench 83%, 3,497 samples	50x

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Value: 90% - Outstanding

Total price: $1,969

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i7-8700K $330	Nvidia GTX 1070 $447	Samsung 850 Evo 250GB $80
Intel Core i7-7700K $290	Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB $300	Samsung 850 Evo 500GB $137
AMD Ryzen 5 1600 $170	AMD RX 480 $350	Samsung 850 Pro 256GB $158

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $44	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $183	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $70
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $80	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $957	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $45
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $36	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $195	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $12