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 above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 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 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 2 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 above expectations (83^rd 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-$314 134,212 User benchmarks - Average bench 92% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz Performing above expectations (72^nd 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: 79% ↑ This bench: 96.5% Great: 106%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$350 198,763 User benchmarks - Average bench 64% EVGA(3842 2978) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6472 Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	68.3% Good	Lighting 208 Reflection 190 Parallax 228 66% 209 fps	MRender 157 Gravity 195 Splatting 130 70% 161 fps
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 68.3% Great: 72%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$295 19,726 User benchmarks - Average bench 97% 865GB free Firmware: EMT0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s SYSTEM NCQ 4KALIGNED SSD TRIM S.M.A.R.T Performing above expectations (85^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: 71% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 119%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$150 92,372 User benchmarks - Average bench 96% 466GB free Firmware: EMT0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s NCQ 4KALIGNED SSD TRIM S.M.A.R.T Performing above expectations (76^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: 70% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 117%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial Ballistix Sport LT DDR4 2400 C16 4x8GB-$189 177 User benchmarks - Average bench 80% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2472 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^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: 71% ↑ This bench: 86.6% Great: 87%

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Gaming 100%

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Desktop 114%

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Workstation 80%

Battleship

Motherboard: Asus Z170-DELUXE - $303

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $314Bench 92%, 134,212 samples	1,953x
Core i5-6600KIntel $215Bench 88%, 86,171 samples	176x
Core i7-6700Intel $297Bench 79%, 34,335 samples	112x

GPU
GTX 980 TiNvidia $560Bench 99%, 53,706 samples	455x
GTX 1080Nvidia $76Bench 127%, 91,608 samples	394x
GTX 1070Nvidia $410Bench 101%, 151,116 samples	273x

SSD
950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung $481Bench 221%, 18,348 samples	404x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $150Bench 96%, 92,372 samples	348x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $97Bench 95%, 156,440 samples	238x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $152Bench 84%, 34,710 samples	149x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $163Bench 87%, 19,380 samples	90x
Dominator DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $176Bench 85%, 2,234 samples	50x

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Value: 86% - Excellent

Total price: $1,810

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i7-7700K $297	Nvidia GTX 1070 $410	Samsung 850 Evo 250GB $97
AMD Ryzen 7 1700 $270	AMD RX 480 $350	Samsung 850 Pro 256GB $120
Intel Core i5-7600K $220	Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB $265	Samsung 850 Evo 500GB $150

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $45	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $724	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $33
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $77	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $152	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $22
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB $56	HyperX Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GB $141	SanDisk Extreme 16GB $20