Asus Z170-DELUXE

Performance Results


Gaming 62% Destroyer	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 53% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (35th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 65 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	78.7% 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 Drive	140% 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 (48%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-DELUXE (all builds)
Memory	8.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150703
Uptime	2.5 Days
Run Date	Sep 17 '16 at 07:00
Run Duration	116 Seconds
Run User	NZL-User
Background CPU	48%

PC Performing below expectations (35^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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	74.7% Very good	Memory 82.3 1-Core 115 2-Core 205 77% 134 Pts	4-Core 362 8-Core 522 55% 442 Pts	64-Core 600 37% 600 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 74.7% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4995) Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6839 Performing below potential (55^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	78.7% Very good	Lighting 102 Reflection 109 Parallax 94.7 83% 102 fps	MRender 90.8 Gravity 94.1 Splatting 78.1 71% 87.7 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 78.7% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston HyperX Predator AHCI PCIe M.2 480GB-$300 1,985 User benchmarks, average bench 144% 304GB free (System drive) Firmware: OC34L5TA Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 3019 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 100 4644 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 504 (64) Unknown 100 100 10040704 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 0 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 14 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 0 0 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 76 (B2) Unknown 100 100 44 (B4) Unknown 100 100 19022 (B3) Unknown 0 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 43 100 210454315051 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 3019 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 1518 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 3019 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 21865 (F1) Unknown 100 100 21006 (F2) Unknown 100 100 10687 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 4434	140% Outstanding	Read 1,121 Write 947 Mixed 919 222% 995 MB/s	4K Read 35.2 4K Write 84.8 4K Mixed 17.1 120% 45.7 MB/s	DQ Read 40.1 DQ Write 102 DQ Mixed 15.1 28% 52.5 MB/s
Poor: 94% ↑ This bench: 140% Great: 181%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$68 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 451GB free Firmware: 50.0AB50 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 168 164 6575 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3782 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 53 53 34730 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1873 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 151 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 56 56 434184 (C2) HDA temperature 115 105 35 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 95 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (C8) Write error rate 200 194 42	52.3% Above average	Read 94 Write 88.4 Mixed 85.9 67% 89.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 1.44 4K Mixed 0.19 67% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 52.3% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 2666 C15 4x4GB 37 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	69.9% Good	MC Read 24.1 MC Write 28.7 MC Mixed 23 72% 25.3 GB/s	SC Read 13.2 SC Write 25.6 SC Mixed 18.1 54% 19 GB/s	Latency 76.3 52% 76.3 ns
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 69.9% Great: 120%

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

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Workstation 73%

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Motherboard: Asus Z170-DELUXE - $319

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	1,026x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	117x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	91x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	129x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	114x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	108x

SSD
950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung $625Bench 223%, 54,978 samples	68x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	50x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	46x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $37Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	53x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	49x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 4x4GBCorsair $115Bench 88%, 5,380 samples	25x

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Value: 53% - Above average

Total price: $1,356

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16