Asus Z170-P

Performance Results


Gaming 13% Tree trunk	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 82.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	7.73% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	114% 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.

Very high background CPU (34%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-P (all builds)
Memory	26.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151116
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 16 '17 at 18:46
Run Duration	200 Seconds
Run User	NOR-User
Background CPU	34%

PC Performing above expectations (65^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	82.4% Excellent	Memory 88.5 1-Core 130 2-Core 251 87% 156 Pts	4-Core 411 8-Core 701 67% 556 Pts	64-Core 708 44% 708 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 82.4% Great: 90%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) 188,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 8694) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64 Ver. 21.20.16.4534 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.73% Terrible	Lighting 8.13 Reflection 12.1 Parallax 7.84 7% 9.36 fps	MRender 10.7 Gravity 6.97 Splatting 16.7 10% 11.4 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.73% Great: 6%
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6183) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 382.53 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 138 Reflection 150 Parallax 127 113% 138 fps	Gravity 132 Splatting 109 105% 121 fps
Poor: 93% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 75GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 7293 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 916 (B1) Unknown 97 97 52 (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 60 48 40 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 6 (EB) Unknown 99 99 64 (F1) Unknown 99 99 42497469606	114% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 406 Mixed 411 99% 443 MB/s	4K Read 46.7 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 44.7 184% 65.7 MB/s	DQ Read 312 DQ Write 270 DQ Mixed 28.4 93% 204 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 134%
WD WD10EAVS-00D7B1 1TB 26,179 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 494GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 159 154 7050 (04) Start/Stop count 90 90 10052 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 56 56 32764 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4481 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 291 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 10048 (C2) HDA temperature 111 100 39 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	45.1% Average	Read 81.8 Write 75 Mixed 76.6 59% 77.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 1.79 4K Mixed 0.4 94% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 45.1% Great: 51%
Hitachi HTS723225A7A364 250GB 1,313 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 233GB free Firmware: ECBOA60W Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 223 100 73014444033 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 2643 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 5166 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 2641 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 51545440256 (BC) Unknown 100 84 17181377446 (BE) vendor-specific 73 52 421199899 (BF) G-sense error rate 1 1 29853 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 10420383 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 85 85 152879 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0	51.7% Above average	Read 90.8 Write 89.5 Mixed 86.9 67% 89.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 1.19 4K Mixed 0.33 84% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 51.7% Great: 53%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2133 C14 4x8GB-$165 6,271 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (18^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	67.4% Good	MC Read 24.7 MC Write 26.3 MC Mixed 22.2 70% 24.4 GB/s	SC Read 12.6 SC Write 26.2 SC Mixed 12 48% 16.9 GB/s	Latency 69.1 58% 69.1 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 67.4% Great: 113%

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Gaming 67%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 86%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 57%

Gunboat

Motherboard: Asus Z170-P - $119

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	1,135x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	920x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	522x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	548x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	535x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	289x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	194x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	161x
750 EVO 250GBSamsung $42Bench 94%, 75,831 samples	86x

RAM
HyperX 2133 C14 2x8GBKingstonBench 68%, 49,673 samples	128x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	123x
Fury DDR4 2666 C15 2x8GBHyperX $169Bench 83%, 37,519 samples	123x

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Value: 89% - Excellent

Total price: $531

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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